Occupy Wall Street

Despite his recent high profile tours with Black Star and an appearance on Colbert, Talib Kweli has always aligned himself with revolutionary thoughts and people, so it was absolutely no surprise to see the tweet last night that announced he would be at Occupy Wall Street (like Jeff Mangum was)…

Speaking of Talib Kweli, look what he tweeted today:

So Radiohead didn’t happen, but, while Portishead was playing at Hammerstein Ballroom Tuesday night (10/4), Jeff Mangum made a surprise live appearance down at Wall Street in support of the Occupy Wall Street protestors…

As previously mentioned, the venue asks that nobody lineup before 8pm to help avoid any police action of our own. In related news, a NY Times reporter was among those arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge Saturday…

“Puppet Masters” @ Occupy Wall St today (photo by mbleadotcom) someone should Photoshop a Radiohead show ad on this one (photo by bneatheremedy) today in NYC * ATP * X @ Irving Plaza * New Yorker Fest * Louis CK @ The Bell House * The Crooked Trio @ Barbes * Primus @ Roseland Ballroom * Talea Ensemble @ The Stone * Sean Price @ Public Assembly * Freedy Johnston @ 92YTribeca * Burlesque Fest @ Brooklyn Bowl * Brian Posehn @ Starland Ballroom * The Diplomats @ Best Buy Theater * N’dambi @ Brooklyn Academy of Music * Todd Barry @ Eastville Comedy Club (and * late) * St Vincent @ The New Yorker Festival * Josh Flagg, Brian Bonz @ The Rock Shop * Keren Ann, Old Man River @ City Winery * Dave Hertzberg’s Hearts & Bones @ Barbes * Scott Kettner’s Forro Brass Band @ Barbes * DD/MM/YYYY, Yvette, Bambara @ Cameo Gallery * Peter Wolf Crier, Milagres @ Mercury Lounge * Girls & Boys, Datsik, Tittsworth @ Webster Hall * DJ Nickodemus, Mark de Clive-Lowe @ Brooklyn Bowl * Ossie Dellimore & The Soldiers of Justice @ Zebulon * Lost Bayou Ramblers, The Wiyos, Gordon Gano @ Southpaw * Outernational, Uzuhi, Radio Armada @ Knitting Factory * Gardens and Villa, Youth Lagoon, Gem Club @ Glasslands * Adam Franklin & Bolts Of Melody, Hopewell @ Mercury Lounge * Tapes ‘n Tapes, Howler, The Static Jacks @ Bowery Ballroom * The Knux, Oxymorrons, Arnow, J…

Radiohead @ Roseland Ballroom (more by Dana (Distortion) Yavin) Occupy Wall Street posted a confirmation to the rumor that Radiohead is playing for them today at 4PM…

Radiohead @ Roseland last night (more by Bao Nguyen)”The Occupy Wall Street protesters camped out in Lower Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park are buzzing over a big secret musical guest scheduled to play this afternoon at around 4pm…

Deer Tick @ Pier 54 in August (more by Amanda Hatfield) BrooklynVegan is proud to present another free show. But I’ll let Deer Tick do the talking:Deer Tick will be playing a show on Monday, presented by Brooklyn Vegan, with the intention of raising awareness of the unnecessary and unjust police brutality on the part of the NYPD against the ‘Occupy Wall Street‘ peaceful protesters this past weekend…

Tinariwen‘s new album Aman Iman is out now. Clips from it are playing in a player at their site. Listen to a feature at NPR. Catch the band of Tuareg rebels at Highline Ballroom in NYC tonight (Nov 27, 2007)…