On Saturday, September 4th at 7:00 pm ET/4:00pm PT, SIRIUS XM’s The Spectrum channel will broadcast the “Voices For Justice” rally in its entirety. They also offer a free 30-day trial.
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Justices of the Arkansas Supreme Court
Members of Arkansas Take Action are organizing a quiet vigil on Sept. 29, the eve of arguments for Damien Echols before Arkansas Supreme Court. On the morning of Sept. 30, when lawyers for Echols will make a brief appearance before the court, supporters will gather in a public display of their expectation that the justices will administer justice—this time.
There will be plenty going on, so stay tuned.
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Some of you may have seen the column by Linda Caillouet in today’s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in which she suggests I may be ethically challenged because I both report on the West Memphis case and advocate hard as I can for new trials. Here’s the email I sent her this morning:
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Saturday night was a big one in Little Rock’s Robinson Auditorium, when Eddie Vedder, Natalie Maines, Johnny Depp, Patti Smith and other artists put on a high-energy, near-perfect show to raise awareness about the injustice being suffered by the West Memphis Three. Here’s a good account of it from AOL.com.
I’m told that Live Nation may eventually make the whole concert available on pay-per-view, and that Sirius radio will broadcast it on some yet-to-be-announced date.
Meantime, thanks to members of the audience who captured good audio of many of the songs with their cell phones, here’s a sense of how the concert unfolded.
Eddie Vedder:
Rise
It Rains On Me (Tom Waits)
Lisa Blount:
Mercedes Benz
Video with Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley, Jr.
Bill Carter and Will Sexton:
Something Made Of Paper
Video from *Henry Rollins *
Johnny Depp reading from Damien Echols’ journal
Eddie Vedder:
The Times They Are A Changin’
Open All Night (Bruce Springsteen)
Fistful of Mercy:
Fistful Of Mercy,
Restore Me
My Father’s Son
Natalie Maines:
Death’s Got A Warrant
If I Had My Way, Free Life
I Smell A Rat
Eddie Vedder and Natalie Maines:
Golden State
You Can Close Your Eyes (James Taylor
Eddie Vedder with Johnny Depp on guitar:
Society
Patti Smith:
My Blakean Year
Wings
Dancing Barefoot
Finale (all):
People Have The Power)