{"id":793,"date":"2011-11-12T22:09:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-12T22:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parkergambino.com\/?p=793"},"modified":"2016-12-04T12:40:45","modified_gmt":"2016-12-04T12:40:45","slug":"occupy-wall-street-november-8-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parkergambino.com\/?p=793","title":{"rendered":"Occupy Wall Street – November 8, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Occupy Wall Street\u00a0 –\u00a0 Zuccotti Park\u00a0 –\u00a0 November 8, 2011<\/p>\n

An opportune confluence of circumstances made Election Day an exceptional sketch haul.\u00a0 I subwayed down to Zuccotti Park from the Upper West Side, having found out that Graham Nash and David Crosby would be appearing at Occupy Wall Street at 3.\u00a0 I arrived plenty early, grabbed a 99% button (courtesy of the bearded guy with the hat, see below), and bivouacked at Cedar & Broadway.\u00a0 I did some singalong with the street musicians – songs of Guthrie and Seeger.\u00a0 The ensemble had an additional two or three players, including a guy on the spoons – when’s the last time you saw a band with that kind of action?\u00a0 They also played (at least 3 times) the original “Marchin’ Down to Wall Street”, composed by Richard Kent Green, which was included in his singalong lyrics handout sheet, and reproduced here without permission (but with righteous attribution).\u00a0 Alas, \u00a0they moved on before full sketch closure was achieved.\u00a0 Then I got a little overly involved in sketching the occupants and spectators (all the day’s Zuccotti work was done from standing room only).\u00a0 These diversions, pleasurable as they were, resulted in being unfavorably positioned once I became aware of the precise location of the “star” action.\u00a0 Here the crowd was tightly packed, with sketch conditions suboptimal to say the least.\u00a0 At one point my eraser dropped, and the helpful guy next to me picked it up for me.\u00a0 He could see the value of sparing everyone the adventure of me stooping, reaching, and getting up in short order.\u00a0 There was an obscene amount of video cameras and gear, with some rigs being held up overhead, thus impeding viewing for live eyes.\u00a0 I didn’t take no shouldering from no one.\u00a0 Since no electric-powered amplification of music or voice is allowed in the park (hence the human microphone – I was a participant in a few communiqu\u00e9s), the subsequent news account that I saw – they were “audible to 99” – kind of rang true, in a subdued way.\u00a0\u00a0 Little did I know there was also a melodica accompanist on the stage!\u00a0 I was close enough to be able to join in on more singing along, to “Long Time Gone” and “Teach Your Children”.\u00a0\u00a0 Wisely, I didn’t push my envelope on lyrics, and stuck to the choruses.\u00a0 Only the sketch effort on Crosby proved worthy, and autographing was never a serious consideration, whisked to and then away in a black van.<\/p>\n

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Richard Kent Green<\/p><\/div>\n

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Alan Gilbert<\/p><\/div>\n

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Dennis Gronim<\/p><\/div>\n

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Occupiers 1<\/p><\/div>\n

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Occupier 2<\/p><\/div>\n

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Occupier 3<\/p><\/div>\n

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Occupier 4<\/p><\/div>\n

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Occupier 5<\/p><\/div>\n

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David Crosby<\/p><\/div>\n

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Occupy Wall Street!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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