That was the musical question on my mind just about all of week but I only recently got around to seeing if I could scare up an answer and discovered rock crtic Ann Powers had the same idea but got further along with it.on NPR … so this I got off her post.
1. Nobody famous
2. The Clash?
3. Public Enemy?
4. The human mic -that's why somebody says something and everybody else repeats it. At the Hilly Eye gig on Saturday, an audience member opined it was very irritating.
5. Jeff Magnum of Neutral Milk Hotel (who played there)
6. The Immortal Technique
7. Spearhead
8. In the march across Brooklyn Bridge some folks were singing "No Sleep Til Brooklyn"
9. Jon Stewart compared the scene to Bonnaroo.
Bob Lefsetz wondered aloud why no rock bands had gone to play, it would have built enormous good will. Yes, it would, wouldn't it? Please huge publicity (Radiohead really missed an opportunity there)
What else? According to WNYC ,
10. plenty of drums and protest songs