native americans in guildford

i was a little surprised to wake up to live, bad flute music this a.m., but even more surprised when i looked out the window and saw 3 native americans dressed in full indian garb, playing along to some lame new-age music. i think i've seen these people in, of all places, reykjavik! i'm positive these were the street musicians i saw and ignored while i was there in july 2004. i'm not sure how many roving bands of street native american musicians there are in--europe.

this is something i've yet to see anywhere in the states. i mean, you see it when people come to your school during 'indian week', but rarely do you see native americans in full garb promoting cds on streets in the midwest. which i guess is why i'm so surprised to see it on the streets of guildford. not even london.

oh and do i need to say it? it's awful. it's them playing flutes over pre-recorded flutes, drums and keyboards. really, really dreadful. and it's really loud, and as you can see from the pic, it's directly outside my window. and they're still playing. it's been 8 hours or so.