Peoples’ Voice Cafe Tribute to Pete Seeger on April 12, 2014

One of the more endearing performances (SPOILER ALERT – the young daughter of the singer Joel Landy with another young friend steal the show, but he still manages to do a rousing job) at the Peoples’ Voice Cafe Pete Seeger tribute sing-along this past Saturday night. It was a wonderful evening with many great folk/protest singers on stage and over 200 people joining in. Margaret Pinskiy and I mixed and miked the show.

Peoples’ Purim: Jewish Voices for Peace & Justice at the Peoples’ Voice Cafe in Manhattan on March 15, 2014

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Had a great time on the accordion, claviola, and melodica at this progressive Purim party with Robin Greenstein on the guitar, banjo, and doumbek! We played and sang in English, Yiddish, Hebrew, and Ladino, and the crowd sang along and danced. Elena Schwolsky made and displayed cue cards to aid in the sing-along. Steve Suffet updated the Purim story with humor. What fun!

The Filthy Rotten System in Union Square – April 5, 2014

The Filthy Rotten System band led by Bud Courtney at the Kairos Imagine a World Without War Peace Vigil. Members playing today included Anthony Donovan, Jim Reagan, and Paul Stein. Photo by Anthony Donovan.

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Tax Dodgers Video: Segments 2 and 3

In this third segment of “Voice of Art – The Tax Dodgers”, you can see how the game is played and hear the musical accompaniment of The Occuponics. Check it out!

In this second segment of “Voice of Art – The Tax Dodgers”, Wall Street’s least favorite baseball team “The Tax Dodgers” prepare their performance tactics for a big upcoming game. Citizens for Tax Justice illustrate the problem of corporate tax dodging, a former police captain fights against “corporate sociopaths,” and The Yes Men and Common Cause detail the corporate hijacking of the US political system through devious means.

This Land Is Your Land/Sing Out For Earth Day

This video captures our spirited sing out on April 22, 2012, a rainy Earth Day in Brooklyn, when people gathered around the country (and abroad) to sing This Land Is Your Land at the same time as part of Sing Out for Earth Day (organized by Hali Hammer of Occupella).  Our intrepid group from Occupy/Ocupemos Sunset Park joyously sings in Mandarin, Spanish, and English in our beautiful park.  Both The Occuponics and The Filthy Rotten System (the Catholic Worker band) braved the wind and rain along with Sunset Park occupiers.

This second video is the wonderful Sing Out for Earth Day compilation that captures groups of people singing This Land Is Your Land in dozens of locations throughout the US and overseas. It was exciting and uplifting to be part of it!

Tax Dodgers Admitted to Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame

Today’s New York Times reports the fact that the Tax Dodgers – a satirical baseball team often backed up by The Occuponics, has now made the Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame.

This is wonderful news, because everybody associated with this project has worked very hard over the past few months to get the word out about the glories of being super-rich and irresponsible. So let’s give a big huzzah for The Tax Dodgers – the bad guys you love to hate and hate to love!

Here’s a quick clip of our wonderful team performing outside Ann Romney’s birthday party at Trump Tower on April 15th – the Dodgers’ favorite day of the year!

Occupy Guitarmy Prepares To March to NYC

Occupy Guitarmy Squad leader Stephen Carl Baldwin and Paul Stein lead the 99 Mile March in “One Guitar” as they prepare to set out from Philadelphia to New York City on July 5th. The march raised awareness about the range of Occupy Wall Street issues, celebrated the 100th Anniversary of Woody Guthrie’s birth, and advocated for funding music education in the schools, which has been severely cut back in recent years. Steve and Paul took part in the beginning and end of the march and are in awe of those occupiers who marched all seven days.

Occuponics Perform at #NatGat (Occupy National Gathering)


The Occuponics had the pleasure of providing music for Occupy’s first National Gathering, AKA #NatGat, which happened this past week in Philadelphia.

Thanks to vidographer  for recording this free form performance of the song called “#Natgat: In the City of Brotherly and Sisterly Love.” This performance was recorded the night of July 3rd, in Franklin Square. Featuring Stephen C. Baldwin on guitar and vocal, Paul Stein on melodica, and Carlos Mandelbaum (AKA David Intrator) on saxophone.

#NATGAT (City of Brotherly and Sisterly Love)

They call it NatGat
In the City of Brotherly and Sisterly Love
NatGat
In the City of Brotherly and Sisterly Love
Down at Franklin Square
In the City of Brotherly and Sisterly Love
We’re gathering there
In the City of Brotherly and Sisterly Love

You need a good spot
In the Quaker Friends parking lot
Down at NatGat
Is in the City of Brotherly and Sisterly Love
Cause every hep cat
Is in the City of Brotherly and Sisterly Love
Down at NatGat
In the City of Brotherly and Sisterly Love

It’s a vision thing
In the City of Brotherly and Sisterly Love
It’s imagining
In the City of Brotherly and Sisterly Love
Another world’s way
In the City of Brotherly and Sisterly Love
And a better day
In the City of Brotherly and Sisterly Love

It’s not for fat cats
In the City of Brotherly and Sisterly Love
But it’s where it’s at
In the City of Brotherly and Sisterly Love
National gathering, it’s a happening
In the City of Brotherly and Sisterly Love
Weird weather, all together
In the City of Brotherly and Sisterly Love

Yeah, it’s NatGat
In the City of Brotherly and Sisterly Love
It’s where it’s at, in the City of Brotherly and Sisterly Love

City of Brotherly and Sisterly Love
City of Brotherly and Sisterly Love
City of Love/City of Love
City of Love/City of Love

Lyrics c. 2012 Stephen C. Baldwin