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A Tale of Two Jams: Music Occupies Wall Street and Oakland

So far, two music compilations have emerged as fundraisers: one in New York City, another in Oakland. If there are other benefit comps in other locations, please leave a comment below and tell us about them. Here are the fundraising albums we have seen emerge from Year One of the Occupy movement…   Occupy This Album  (Occupy Wall Street) http://musicforoccupy.org/2012/05/pre-order-occupy-this-album/ cost :  $9.99 running time :  77 songs, 300:00 (99 [...]

 

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Occupy The Wall: How Pink Floyd's Album Became Political Theater in 2012

text by Kevin Seal photographs by Jonathan Pirro – “If at first you don’t succeed, call an airstrike.” – projected text from Roger Waters: The Wall at AT&T Park, 5/11/12 Roger Waters, the stadium-rock showman and concept-album auteur who quit the band Pink Floyd nearly thirty years ago, has brought his epic, expensive production of that band’s 1979 album, The Wall, back for another round of performances. This time, however, [...]