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Concert gets Sirius

Posted by Mara on Thursday September 2, 2010

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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Plans underway for events surrounding Echols oral arguments Sept. 30

Posted by Mara on Tuesday August 31, 2010
Plans underway for events surrounding Echols oral arguments Sept. 30

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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Journalism ethics?

Posted by Mara on Wednesday September 1, 2010
Journalism ethics?

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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2,500 turn out for celebrity concert seeking justice for the WM3

Posted by Mara on Tuesday August 31, 2010
2,500 turn out for celebrity concert seeking justice for the WM3

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)

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