For those of you who subscribe to the Beastie Boys listserv, then you have already seen this. For those who are not subscribers, here is the email that was distributed yesterday:
party people,
just wanted to reach out and make sure everyone is registered to vote this year. in many states you need to register well ahead of time. this is a friendly reminder so you don’t get caught with your pants down. let’s get obama into that oval office and get things back on track.
adam, mike and adam
What is even more interesting is the performance give by Zach DeLaRocha and crew at the RNC yesterday. Apparently, they were scheduled to perform during the protest, but the cops shut it down. So they did a little impromptu set with a bullhorn. AnimalNewYork Posted video of it. If you are as much of a Rage Against the Machine fan as I am, you will probably get a kick out of it.
Go here to check it out.