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Phosphorescent & Willie Nelson @ Farm Aid 2009 (Ebet Roberts, Farm Aid)
Neil Young - "Stop Factory Farms" @ Farm Aid 2009 (Matt Edson, Farm Aid)
Farm Aid finally planted its deep seeds in St. Louis for the first time Sunday, with the big benefit event unfolding all day at a sold-out Verizon Wireless Amphitheater.Wilco and Phosphorescent were also on Sunday's bill. As you can see above, Phos even shared a stage with his hero Willie (who he made a tribute album for). If you want to watch the whole event, it seems to just be continually streaming at Farm Aid's website. A few YouTubes from Neil Young's set below...It was a long day of messages -- just say "no" to factory farming and "yes" to family farming. The point couldn't be stressed enough, it seemed, whether via the interactive Homegrown Village area, the concessions, the PA system on the concourse and the performers from the stage.
"We want our farms back," said rock icon Neil Young at the top of his set. Later, he said: "I hope you're enjoying Farm Aid. We'd enjoy it more if you'd give us some money."
But it was the music, not the messages necessarily, that packed the joint, the wall-to-wall rock and country music. And Farm Aid overflowed with it, culminating in headliners Willie Nelson, Young, Dave Matthews and John Mellencamp, all Farm Aid board members. [St Louis Dispatch]
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Farm MEHaid
Posted by Anonymous | October 5, 2009 9:48 AM
My favorite Farm Aid moment ever..Steven Adler of GNR falling while climbing the drum riser before Civil War..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnwWXDMVbbs
Posted by Anonymous | October 5, 2009 9:56 AM
all of you Brooklyn types should really support farm aid...
As I'm sure you realize, chickpeas are in danger of being in short supply, and your hummus prices will then skyrocket.
Posted by Anonymous | October 5, 2009 10:18 AM
everybody knows this is "know where"?
Posted by Anonymous | October 5, 2009 10:28 AM
Everybody seems to One Durr
What it's like down here
Posted by Anonymous | October 5, 2009 10:38 AM
I recently paid $3.50 for my order of hummus, and its not really that large of a container.
Posted by Anonymous | October 5, 2009 10:54 AM
10:18 no biggie I am allergic to that crap anyways! Ha!
Posted by Anonymous | October 5, 2009 10:54 AM
i'm from israel. hummus-based nutrition is one reason why my dick is so large.
Posted by Anonymous | October 5, 2009 3:46 PM
Hummus? I'm from Brooklyn (and by the way, so are my parents, grandparents and two great grandparents)
Shit man, you could make your own hummus in about 5 minutes with a 75 cent can of Rienzi ceci, some tahini, some lemon juice and some olive oil!
Damn it's good!
Posted by WinstonSmith | October 6, 2009 10:37 AM