BP Oil Flood Protest
May. 31st, 2010 07:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
infrogmationWDSU: Group Gathers For BP Oil Spill Protest.
The gathering was at Jackson Square (or technically Washington Artillery Park, on the river side of the Square). Pretty good turn out considering the weather ranged from light drip to occasional downpour; I'm sure that kept many more from attending.
My photo set on Flickr.
We had a little band play at the start and end of the event.
As seen on tv:
WGNO ABC 26 video
See Froggy (last third of the video), and hear him croaking out some lyrics out of tune. We modified the lyrics to the bridge of "Down by the Riverside" to "Ain't gonna spill no oil no more".
(We also modified "Ain't My Fault" lyrics to stuff like "You spilled it/ You clean it/ BP's fault".)
The gathering was at Jackson Square (or technically Washington Artillery Park, on the river side of the Square). Pretty good turn out considering the weather ranged from light drip to occasional downpour; I'm sure that kept many more from attending.
My photo set on Flickr.
We had a little band play at the start and end of the event.
As seen on tv:
WGNO ABC 26 video
See Froggy (last third of the video), and hear him croaking out some lyrics out of tune. We modified the lyrics to the bridge of "Down by the Riverside" to "Ain't gonna spill no oil no more".
(We also modified "Ain't My Fault" lyrics to stuff like "You spilled it/ You clean it/ BP's fault".)
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Date: 2010-05-31 04:38 pm (UTC)Love, c.
More coverage links
Date: 2010-05-31 07:04 pm (UTC)Active Rain (http://activerain.com/blogsview/1670270/bp-protest-in-new-orleans) has a set of good pix.
WWL TV (http://www.wwltv.com/news/slideshows/BP-protestors-swarm-Jackson-Square-95228054.html) Story, video, and additional photos. You see less of Froggy in this one, but unlike the ABC video I can actually hear my trombone playing in this one. (I guess those tv mikes are pretty directional.)
Re: More coverage links
Date: 2010-06-01 03:23 pm (UTC)Wonkette: Anti-Limey Hysteria Reaching Fever Pitch (http://wonkette.com/415720/anti-limey-hysteria-reaching-fever-pitch)