07-31-2007, 04:21 PM
Yes, Beachboy, the Bear and I have a well-used CD of Lou Reed's "Rock and Roll Animal." It is one of the best live albums ever. There is a re-issue of "Cheap Thrills" available now that has two live and two studio cuts that were not on the original album. I highly recommend it.
Rob, the political scene in Austin was really weird. It was a notorious island of liberalism and anti-war sentiment in a sea of Texas rednecks. There were violent people on both sides, but I can honestly say most of the riots were started by the police. On one occasion, I witnessed the Austin PD breaking up a vigil being held by the disabled Vets by kicking over their wheelchairs and then clubbing them on the ground. A bevy of prim sorority girls was passing by and tried to stop it and got beaten up, too. Some more sorority girls came along and pelted the cops with bricks from a nearby construction site. This sort of stuff went on for years.
A bunch of us got thrown in jail on a Saturday night in Killeen, Texas for demonstrating outside Fort Hood. It turns out that it was a legal demonstration and they had to let us go the next day without charging us. Sunday morning before we got let out, a bunch of church ladies came to the jail to sing hymns to the prisoners. The jailer pointed to us and said, "Watch out. They're Communisses." The church ladies recoiled in horror and scurried down the row of cell to serenade the drunks. We went back later with the ACLU to pursue a false arrest complaint and were told that we had never been arrested. Sure enough, they had no record of us ever being there.
What days those were!
Cheers,
Jerry
Rob, the political scene in Austin was really weird. It was a notorious island of liberalism and anti-war sentiment in a sea of Texas rednecks. There were violent people on both sides, but I can honestly say most of the riots were started by the police. On one occasion, I witnessed the Austin PD breaking up a vigil being held by the disabled Vets by kicking over their wheelchairs and then clubbing them on the ground. A bevy of prim sorority girls was passing by and tried to stop it and got beaten up, too. Some more sorority girls came along and pelted the cops with bricks from a nearby construction site. This sort of stuff went on for years.
A bunch of us got thrown in jail on a Saturday night in Killeen, Texas for demonstrating outside Fort Hood. It turns out that it was a legal demonstration and they had to let us go the next day without charging us. Sunday morning before we got let out, a bunch of church ladies came to the jail to sing hymns to the prisoners. The jailer pointed to us and said, "Watch out. They're Communisses." The church ladies recoiled in horror and scurried down the row of cell to serenade the drunks. We went back later with the ACLU to pursue a false arrest complaint and were told that we had never been arrested. Sure enough, they had no record of us ever being there.
What days those were!
Cheers,
Jerry