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In March, Occupy Austin participants marched (actually, danced) across the Texas capital’s downtown and gathered outside Morello’s official showcase at the South by Southwest music conference. Morello quickly wrapped his indoor performance, for conference attendees only, and took his guitar into the street. Cops pulled the plug on his sidewalk PA, but Morello kept going, strumming his acoustic guitar and singing “This Land Is Your Land” and speaking to the crowd via the “human microphone.” “I love it when they pull the plug,” Morello says. “I’m always ready for that. You want the crowd to get bigger and rowdier? Pull the plug.” (via Message in the music: Here for NATO, new voices plan 3 concerts - Chicago Sun-Times)

Al Gore at South by South West tech convention in Austin: “Democracy Has Been Hacked.” Sean Parker joined saying, “Change won’t come from within the political system.” To applause, Gore added, “I can confirm that.”

via Huffington Post