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Home Front: Culture Wars
Seeger, Guthrie join Wall Street protest
2011-10-23
[Emirates 24/7] Folk music legend Pete Seeger and '60s folk singer Arlo Guthrie have joined Occupy Wall Street demonstrators in their campaign against corporate greed while residents near the protest park encampment are pushing to regain some peace and quiet in their neighborhood.

Seeger joined in the Occupy Wall Street protest Friday night, replacing his banjo with two canes as he marched with throngs of people in New York City's tony Upper West Side past banks and shiny department stores. The 92-year-old Seeger shouted out the verses of protest anthems as the crowd of about 1,000 people sang and chanted.

But some residents complain of protesters urinating in the streets and beating drums in the middle of the night. Some are calling for the protesters to vacate the park.
Posted by:Fred

#12  After looking at the above post, I realized it had kind of a JOE M structural quality to it that I don't want to "rip off, man..."
For those of a certain age, my reference is a no brainer... other feel free to ask Mr WiKi what I am talking about and how it applies to the cast of characters in this thread :-)
Posted by: Capsu78   2011-10-23 21:46  

#11  Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin
Posted by: Capsu78   2011-10-23 21:41  

#10  Like, wow, tw. Last I heard of Wavy Gravy was when he did a eulogy at Jerry Garcia's funeral.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2011-10-23 20:01  

#9  Heeeeeeeeeeere's Wavy!
The 60's was not good for teeth and other living things...
Posted by: tu3031   2011-10-23 19:56  

#8  What's a Wavy Gravy, Fred?

Heh. I detect either a generation gap, or a sheltered upbringing.

Awhile back, Ol' Banjo Pete came out and declared that Communism wasn't all it was cracked up to be. Don't know if he finally finished counting up all the corpses or if he learned something about economics. I suspect the protests just triggered his involuntary Stick-it-to-the-Man reflex.

A major difference between the 60's protests and this band of mooks is the hippies and Weathermen hated both the corporations AND the government. No self-respecting hippie would be calling for more government.
Posted by: SteveS   2011-10-23 18:59  

#7  TW - showing your age, or bragging? Don't eat the brown acid
Posted by: Frank G   2011-10-23 15:53  

#6  What's a Wavy Gravy, Fred?

The name of a professional hippie...
Posted by: badanov   2011-10-23 15:48  

#5  What's a Wavy Gravy, Fred?
Posted by: trailing wife   2011-10-23 15:21  

#4  I'm sure Wavy Gravy told them.
Posted by: Fred   2011-10-23 12:45  

#3  I wonder if anybody down there knew who they were?
Posted by: tu3031   2011-10-23 11:30  

#2  They are coming out of the woodwork and being resurrected from the grave.
Posted by: JohnQC   2011-10-23 10:47  

#1  Wow. It's like they flipped over a 60's rock and everything came crawling out. Who's up next? Country Joe and the Fish?
Posted by: tu3031   2011-10-23 01:18  

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