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Sonograph Festival 2014 im OKH Vöcklabruck mit Ezra Furman & the Boyfriends, Hella Comet, Sister Jones, Polirac, Gospel Dating Service, Viech uvm. | Foto: Erli Grünzweil – EARLIER.at
Sonograph Festival 2014 im OKH Vöcklabruck mit Ezra Furman & the Boyfriends, Hella Comet, Sister Jones, Polirac, Gospel Dating Service, Viech uvm. | Foto: Erli Grünzweil – EARLIER.at
The drummer for Hella - who is crazy good, by the way - uses the most awesomely thrashed cymbals I've ever seen. Plus: cowbell!
Today, after a number of legal hearings for some of the twelve people who were arrested from Occupy Oakland's Oscar Grant Plaza because a symbolic tipi existed on the plaza, I returned to the plaza to see a wonderful sight. Like a Jack Pine which must be destroyed in a fire in order to spread its seeds, the destruction of the adult tipi had spawned sixty juvenile offspring, scattered about the lawn in front of City Hall (now dubbed "Quan Lake" in honor of the mayor who drowned it to keep the tents away).
I attempted to photograph each of them, but my battery died most of the way through and I had to duck into a nearby coffee shop to recharge it. By the time I left, I lamented the darkness, fearing I wouldn't be able to finish the full set. Much to my surprise, someone had lit a candle under each one, illuminating the darkness and bringing hope to the steadfast occupiers who remain in the plaza, just as Occupy itself has lit a fire inside many of us.
"As the licorice workers fight to make their stand
And behind them every honest working man
In unity there's each other and your friend becomes your brother
And in the tyrant's heart will be a lesson learned
Give them hope, give them strength, give them life
Like a candle burning in the black of night
We are with you in our hearts and in our minds
And we'll Occupy a nation through it's darkest times
I know that your hearts are made of a firmer kind
And a riot stick wont kill your peace of mind
You can fight with all the spirit that you possess,
Because your fight is a struggle that is best
As the licorice workers fight to make their stand
And behind them every honest working woman
Join hand with your sister and then you can help resist her
Watch the tyrant burn in the fire that she has built"
Angelic Upstarts - Solidarity
www.youtube.com/watch?v=owrVQebWCtc
(Tipis by Kerie Campbell)
