#Occupy, Madonna, M.I.A., Nicki Minaj & SUNY New Paltz!

I don't know about YOU, but I had one helluvabusy week!

Matter of fact, moi was quite busy today - my noon report followed up on the racist incident that hit the SUNY New Paltz campus last fall. Then in the afternoon I went over to the new Madison Avenue winter storefront HQ of the Occupy Albany movement.

The folks were readying to welcome the "Occutrip" bus ride - a handful of die-hard Occupy New Yorkers touring 16 cities - they arrived in Albany this afternoon aboard a dilapidated old school bus - disembarked in Washington Park and walked across Madison Avenue to the New Occupy Albany winter storefront headquarters at 472 Madison Avenue - where they were warmly greeted by Albany Occupiers!

Here's a look at the storefront and some of the activities just before the bus arrived:
It's interesting that back around 1970-1 the neighborhood was heavily hippie, some would have called it Albany's Haight-Ashbury. The spirit in the atmosphere was eerily similar!
And here's a shot of the back of the bus the Occupy Wall Streeters came up on:
You can click on either picture for a larger image view! Now onto the moving pictures:
UPDATE ::: Surrealistic pre-press video from inside 724 Madison Avenue

First video is just chanting:
BONUS ::: More pix + Radio ReportUnfortunately, my cam stopped in the middle of everything, hanging with a message "memory is full." Oh my! Deleting I must do! Speaking of deleting:

Facebook widget dimissed - I had to delete one from the left sidebar - I have a zero tolerance policy when widgets f*** up!

And here's a few odds and ends: Miss Info has been posting the new video by Madonna+M.I.A.+Nicki Minaj, but I notice they keep getting taken down (copyright issues?) Try this:

I was pleasantly surprised to win some EC credits from Nita's Corner blog!

Blue Mountain Arts is running a Poetry Contest. Details are here and 1st prize is $300!

Tags: Occupy Wall Street, SUNY New Paltz, Occupy Albany, Madonna