Kweli Takes the Mic at the Human Microphone @OccupyWallStreet

Talib Kweli at Occupy Wall Street from Eddie Pages on Vimeo.

Truth Speaks... with every few words / WITH EVERY FEW WORDS! repeated and amplified out loud / REPEATED AND AMPLIFIED OUT LOUD! by what has been dubbed / BY WHAT HAS BEEN DUBBED! the human microphone / THE HUMAN MICROPHONE!!! (jazz hands here). What is the Human Microphone? "Anyone who’s been down to Occupy Wall Street and stayed for a General Assembly will instantly recognize the call and response that begins, and frequently interrupts, each meeting. “Mic check?” someone implores. “MIC CHECK!” the crowd shouts back, more or less in unison. The thing is—there's no microphone. New York City requires a permit for “amplified sound” in public, something that the pointedly unpermitted Occupy Wall Street lacks. This means that microphones and speakers are banned from Liberty Plaza, and the NYPD has also been interpreting the law to include battery-powered bullhorns. Violators can be sentenced for up to thirty days in prison." "The overall effect can be hypnotic, comic or exhilarating—often all at once. As with every media technology, to some degree the medium is the message." We are all the Human Microphone -- Peace and Light