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SILENCING A PIANO MAN In London, a group of Chinese Communists test their power to crush freedom.
Front Page Magazine ^ | January 30, 2024 | Bruce Bawer

Posted on 01/30/2024 1:35:13 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

In London these days, if you’re lucky enough not to be hounded on the street by mobs of virulent pro-Hamas protesters, you just might find yourself assaulted by a gaggle of arrogant Chinese Communists. At least, that is, if you make your living by playing boogie-woogie on public pianos.

That’s what happened the other day to British piano man Brendan Kavanagh, whose YouTube channel has 2.4 million subscribers. Until this dustup occurred, I was unfamiliar with him. He comes off as a totally easygoing type, a middle-aged bloke who enjoys his music, loves sharing it online, and doesn’t take himself too seriously. In brief, a free spirit.

Alas, there are people moving among us in the Western world who, far from being free spirits, are agents of the planet’s largest terror regime. The other day Kavanagh was livestreaming while tickling the ivories at St. Pancras Station in London – on a Yamaha upright donated to the station, as it happens, by Elton John – when a half-dozen or so of them approached him. They were all wearing identical red scarves and carrying small Chinese flags.

At first it appeared as if one of them wanted to play the piano. But no: she said something in broken English about a “disclosure form” and about recording for Chinese TV. Then one of her male comrades told Kavanagh to turn off his camera, insisting that it was the group’s “right” not to have their images recorded. Kavanagh replied, firmly but pleasantly, that “we’re in a free country…..We’re not in Communist China.” To which the young man shot back: “Sorry, this is racist now!” And when Kavanagh’s hand grazed against one young woman’s flag, the Chinese guy exploded: “Don’t touch her!”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: brendankavanaugh; ccp; china; pianist; piano; pianoplayer; unitedkingdom; youtuber
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1 posted on 01/30/2024 1:35:13 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I saw yesterday that Newton Leng is marketing “Don’t Touch Her” t-shirts.

How’s that for craven chutzpa?


2 posted on 01/30/2024 1:44:39 PM PST by sauropod (The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
The ChiComs sound just like the woke Leftists in the US.
3 posted on 01/30/2024 1:49:43 PM PST by Major Matt Mason (To solve the Democrat problem, the RINO problem must first be solved.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
If I were living in England right now I sort of be rooting for the return of Alex and His Droogies to make a comeback and clean up the street with a little of the old ultra violence.
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4 posted on 01/30/2024 1:55:05 PM PST by The Louiswu (Pray for Peace in the world.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I have been watching this for the last 10 days. I am amazed at how fast their fingers fly while playing boogie woogie piano. And not just Dr. K...... He has brought other boogie woogie pianists onto his “show” at the St Pancras Station piano.

Check her out>>>>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZlFOZMPbdY

Boogie Woogie Queen Shows Up For An Epic Jam — 21M views 1 year ago

Brendan Kavanagh
2.42M subscribers

21M views 1 year ago
Ladyva turns up in London to meet Dr K for a second epic boogie woogie piano jam!
Check out Ladyva’s info/tour dates here: https://www.ladyva.com/


5 posted on 01/30/2024 2:01:43 PM PST by dennisw (Be positive. Every day is a new dayt)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Anyone so extroverted that they get their kicks finding captive audiences to serenade - is going to be told to STFU every so often - it comes with the territory.

When you go to a place crowded with commuters or shoppers and play - you are basically doing it against their will - some will think it’s cool - others won’t.

If he was good enough to draw a paying audience, I’m sure he’d find them much more appreciative.


6 posted on 01/30/2024 2:04:05 PM PST by enumerated (81 million votes my ass)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It behooves Chinese citizens to hide their identity because of the social credit score.


7 posted on 01/30/2024 2:07:03 PM PST by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: AppyPappy

Bet your they’re spies, who don’t want their cover blown.


8 posted on 01/30/2024 2:07:39 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: enumerated
Are you kidding me? This is your reply? When a person leaves their residence, everything - I mean everything - they encounter outside of their home is against their will. Do you will the vehicles to drive? Do you will the weather? Do you will the other shoppers to be at the mall? Did you will the stores in the mall to order and sell the items in the store? And if you do not like someone playing a piano at the mall and try to make them stop, are you not thwarting the will of the other consumers who perhaps like the piano playing?

Please get back on your porch and yell at the kids on your yard!

9 posted on 01/30/2024 2:20:31 PM PST by 7thson (I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
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To: dfwgator
Bet your they’re spies, who don’t want their cover blown.

Why were they carrying Chinese flags? And behaving boorishly. Not very low-key!

Not to mention that the UK has cameras everywhere already, so one more guy recording video on a smartphone is not going to make much difference.

10 posted on 01/30/2024 2:21:07 PM PST by Disambiguator
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To: dennisw

Wow...if my piano teacher had given me music like that to learn...I would have continued my lessons (I got too advanced for her)


11 posted on 01/30/2024 2:25:05 PM PST by goodnesswins ( We pretend to vote and they pretend to count the votes.)
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To: enumerated

That’s not at all what happened here though. It’s a public piano, donated by Elton John, placed in that station specifically for this purpose. Kavanuagh is a great piano player and makes his living doing it. These ChiComs came out of nowhere and tried to invoke CCP “law” to shut down his videomaking in a public place, and even worse, the cop initially sided with the ChiComs when they accused him of discrimination and playing hands on that gal.


12 posted on 01/30/2024 2:26:09 PM PST by Timber Rattler ("To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." --George Washington)
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To: Timber Rattler

Chuck Fina!


13 posted on 01/30/2024 2:27:52 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’ve been watching this live on YouTube.

The Chinese are just digging themselves a hole.

Dr. K is a great guy but the poked a stick in a British hornet’s nest.

There are a bunch of madlads who (like our 4chaners) who are exposing and doxxing all of them. Looks like they’re exposing a group of lower-level CCP agents posing as political refuges!


14 posted on 01/30/2024 2:28:30 PM PST by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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Looks like they’re exposing a group of lower-level CCP agents posing as political refuges!

They're in training, and Leng is their handler.

15 posted on 01/30/2024 2:36:11 PM PST by Timber Rattler ("To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." --George Washington)
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To: enumerated

Sorry you were inconvenienced.


16 posted on 01/30/2024 2:41:23 PM PST by sauropod (The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

bttt


17 posted on 01/30/2024 2:50:27 PM PST by Pajamajan (Pray for our nation. Never be a slave in a new Socialist America.)
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To: sauropod

I didn’t say I was inconvenienced - I just said that if you are going to perform for people who didn’t ask you to - you are going to get a mixed reaction.


18 posted on 01/30/2024 2:56:48 PM PST by enumerated (81 million votes my ass)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Now the Chinese are trying to sue DrK for defamation??

things that make you go WTF


19 posted on 01/30/2024 3:05:20 PM PST by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: sauropod

No dont think it the CCP shrill, might be DRK or someone he knows.


20 posted on 01/30/2024 3:06:14 PM PST by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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