As a follow-up to the Washington Post story on Joshua Bell’s busking efforts, writer Gene Weingarten had an online discussion which reveals further background information to the story. Weingarten was unable to convince the D.C. Metro officials to allow Bell (or any musician) to play in a station, so he turned to the property management for the arcade area adjoining a Metro elevator. They agreed in a jiffy. Also, in a deal with Bell’s publicist, the story, which took place in January, was held until April 8th to coincide with the April 10th awarding of the Avery Fisher Prize to Bell. There are other backstory tidbits and musings from Weingarten in the session, and of course plenty of differing opinions from readers. What Weingarten wanted to understand was what exactly made so many readers cry when they read the article?