[From Jim] Aaron Burr Society in Berlin

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Update from the Aaron Burr Society [f7]

Pilgrims,

Today we celebrate the 256 anniversary of Aaron Burr’s birth. Tomorrow is the full moon and we will commune with the spirit of Aaron Burr while marching in Williamsburg’s McCarran Park blowing the big chrome horn [see fotos] and imbibing the distilled spirits of 2nd Whiskey Rebellion
 
The moon is a powerful force to reckoned with but that ain’t the only reason we’re celebrating tomorrow night. Tonight we had two Occupy Wall Street meetings, that's right two in one night. First was Occupy Museums with brother Noah and all those new sisters and brothers. And the second was with Outreach to spread the word about Making World, an OWS forum on the Commons which is a’comin’ in a few weeks. Hell’s bells but I’ve been going to so many OWS meeting that I don’t know if I’m coming or going.
 
Now some of y’ll have been sending cards and letters complaining about our infrequent and erratic postings. And ya ain’t been seeing no Occupiers getting arrested so all y’ll been a thinking it’s over. But think again, that ain’t the case. We’re all planning to break out in the spring with a few surprises before the Equinox just to remind ya'll that we’re still here. And the Society has also been getting around too.
 
Check out the links:

• There has been a lot of press about Occupy Museums but this one written by our friend from the REPOhistory days wrote the best one http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/pollack/occupy-moma-1-17-12.asp#.TxXGPvebwyQ.facebook
• the Society has also been Occupying indoors http://www.capitaloffense.info/aaronburrsociety.html
• pgs 13 to 16 from a performance for the opening of a show curated by another REPOhistorian who is also in the above show with the usual suspects http://davidplakke.us/client/ACF_Political_24Jan2012/index_13.html

[Aaron Burr Society] Winter Solstice bar crawl & occupation of the Commons with light & sound

Pilgrims,

The Aaron Burr Society will occupy the Winter Solstice by marching through the Oak, Maple and Sycamore tress of our Commons at McCarren Park in Williamsburg.

At 9pm on Thursday, December 22, we will meet at the Matchless bar on the corner of Manhattan and Driggs, just one block from McCarren. Then from 9 till dawn of the new celestial year [1], we will march back and forth over the roots of these old trees to celebrate our Common ground, this planet, our earth. There will be no agenda, just communing with our fellow travelers and the spirits of change, which will be in perfect balance, suspended by the solstice. Please join us to commune with these transgendered spirits and together we will tip the balance to the 99%; to save this misshaped sphere, our planet, Mother Earth.

Celebrate with us by making noise, smoking cigars and placing luminaries along the pathways of our Commons. For the uninitiated, luminaries are paper bags with lit candles inside. Of course the Society's luminaries will be stamped with "Free Money" and "Slave of Wall Street" just as our Federal Reserve Notes [dollars]. And we will write #OWS on the bag in anticipation of our newly ordered stamp.

Our march will be accompanied by the French bugle, the chrome plated baritone bugle/tuba, and symbols which are the cymbals that we have played from Madison WI to the Summer of Change and throughout the occupation. Please bring bells plus pots and pan to bang. Of course it goes without saying that additional musical instruments are always welcome.

and yes, yes, I said yes, the Society will bring a bottle of our home distilled, 2nd Whiskey Rebellion spirits to warm our collective soul.

p.s. attached is a foto of the New York Stock Exchange’s xmas decorations. Please note the predominance of Red without Green, the traditional holiday colors. The monochromatic light emanating from the NYSE is indicative of the fires of hell, though I regret besmirching the devil’s reputation by aligning the prince of darkness with Wall Street Bankers.

Our Winter Solstice luminaries will feature white candles in brown, working class lunch bag.

p.p.s. it goes without say that all Pilgrims are welcome to our Solstice celebration whether or not you are a member of the Society or haven’t been occupying. Please pass this along.

[1] Please do not confuse the dawn of a new celestial year with the dawn of the next day. The new celestial year is 12am, not the rising of the sun. We would assume that members will be continue celebrate well past midnight but no consensus has been reached about last call.