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What’s the deal with all the impromptu drum circles at Occupy _______? I mean, no disrespect to djembes, but is this really the most effective way to draw attention to your plight – or to help you be taken seriously? —Benny
This article appears in Oct 27 – Nov 2, 2011.
23 Comments
I really laughed at the singing of “Give Peace a Chance” on Friday night. They’re not protesting a war!
dooood..like the tasty vibes from the skins will like transform the toatally uptight money dood..like yea know chill and smoke a fatty..:)
Meh. I’d rather hear bongos than sirens.
When the drumming stops; that’s when they attack. Save your last round for yourselves, lads
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Personally, I prefer to protest with a percussion instrument that can be held with one hand. (example: http://www.tenthousandvillages.com/beaded-…) That way, the other hand is free for sign holding, raised fist-clenching, and bird flipping. Invest a good one when you’re young, and it’ll serve you through years of marches.
ONe time I had two marches in five days and only one piece of clean poster board. I wrote “This Is An Outrage!” The sign has been in use now and then for years.
“When the drumming stops; that’s when they attack.” – Even worse Ivan.
When the drums stop, it means that next (horrors of horrors) is the Bass solo =0
Dear God – Kill me now!
“Steady lads! Don’t fire until you see the red of their eyes!”
“I’m scared, Sarge!”
“We’re all scared, son.”
>: )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjvKZHJeayg
And what would you suggest OP, I think it is great what they are doing, Canada is complacent….it is about time. Some people would rather stick their heads in the sand and pass that buck and let someone else figure it out.
OB, those losers will accomplish nothing. On CBC radio, the protesters had no logically explanation on how to solve any of the issues they are protesting about. All they say is “down with corruption.” Fine, tell us your ideas you bunch of dread-locked, stoner granolas, otherwise go drink from the harbour. HR people should be out there snapping pictures of who companies should not hire.
Im with you op:) Protest if you will, but do it in an educational way that makes sense.
Just a bunch of aimless scruffy drifters.
In London they are going home at night, sleeping in a nice warm bed and leaving the tents empty !!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financi…
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/8…
methinks, they all be fucked.
abc123, the very least we can hope for is some new protest songs out of this. Brother, can you spare a dime doesn’t sound good sung en chorus.
hmmm…..it reminds me of that song…..”I don’t want to work, I just want to bang on a drum each day”
ironic, ain’t it? lol
Yep, bongo and hacky sack playing along with ganga smoking for R&R and being fed mostly via freeebies — ah yes the new economy. And this is to be much better, how? Perhaps fine if we were in a southern paradise, but in this climate -ugh!
Yes, things could use a shake up, but vegging out in front of a down at heel city hall and not really coming forth with any useful ideas does not ‘spin the world’ with elation. Perhaps you should be protesting in front of a power base that has authority to make change at least at a provincial level, instead of one where they have trouble enough with the likes of cats and chickens – and that at a very local level.
Yikes – of course that should be ‘ganja’ in my previous post. Keyboarding 101 required.
Where are the ACTUAL protesters? You know.. the ones who chain themselves across the entryway to office buildings (so the fatcats of HRM can’t get in easily) or the monks setting themselves on fire? The ones who ACTUALLY do what these ineffective morons say they’re doing?
All i see are a bunch of urban campers on iphones talking about how companies (such as the one that makes the iphones they’re talking on) are bad. All i see are people who hate the system for giving money to those who don’t deserve it.. but.. are any of them employed? Or have they just clamped themselves like barnacles to the system that they hate so much?
I will be very interested to see where these dillturds do their shopping come Christmas.
I think they should do a hunger strike. When people start dropping dead in the streets, maybe something will be done. But until they actually do something other than camp out, I don’t really see what it accomplishes.
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Ooo – Does this dress make my butt look big? Unh hunh!