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Ziggy's anti-nuclear tour, or 'Vote the Bastards Out!'
Ziggy the 'no nukes' white elephant toured Melbourne on Thursday 22 November to spread the message before the election; at the GPO he was part of the audience for a performance of 'Vote the Bastards Out' given by an impromptu choir directed by Stephen Taberner of the Spooky Men's Chorale ...
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| Produced by | pc |
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| Produced | Nov 23, 2007 |
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Ziggy had already spent a busy day at the State Library and elsewhere before arriving at the GPO at about 5pm. So too the choir, which had toured the city at lunchtime before re-forming at the State Library at 5pm.
The performance there was in the nature of a warm-up, and in fact the numbers as well as the confidence of the performers had increased markedly by the time they launched into harmonies not usually be associated with a strong political message - hard to say what Monteverdi would have made of it, but the substantial crowd was enthusiastic. And Ziggy kept nodding in the background.
For more on the nuclear issues in the election context, visit http://votenuclearfree.net, and for more on the Spooky Men's Chorale, visit http://www.myspace.com/thespookymenschorale.
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