Dancin’ fools

Dancin’ fools

: John Perry Barlow gives us a report from the front (chorus) line of his dancing protests/theater/whatever:

After four missions, Dancing in the Streets has exceeded my fondest expectations…. We generally make the credentialed Republicans we encounter visibly nervous and spread good will and humor to most of the rest, including the police, who could well use it at the moment….

Republicans were hard to encounter at first. They are being quarantined behind the blue membrane of the NYPD (for whom my affection and respect has only increased through this experience). In addition, they spend much of their time inside the Garden having a lot less fun than we were. (As several of them told us.) Levels of engagement have increased with fine-tuning. The results vary, ranging from the Stepford husband whom we made so nervous that he walked into a plate glass window to the sweet young delegate from Oklahoma who tore off his tie and joined us for the balance of the evening.

Video, please.

7 responses to “Dancin’ fools”

  1. Richard Bennett Avatar

    Jeff, this man Barlow is obviously mentally ill, probably from too much LSD, so you really shouldn’t encourage him. There was plenty of dancing INSIDE the convention, but if somebody was to show Barlow a video of it, his little head would explode.

  2. Andrea Harris Avatar

    I’d be nervous too if a bunch of dancing freaks came at me on a New York street. It has nothing to do with some supposed Republican Fear of Dancing. Please stop inhaling the patchouli oil — or whatever that is.

  3. Joe Baby Avatar

    About as creative as the Soy Bomb guy.

  4. John Avatar

    It could have been worse — they could have been dressed up as mimes for the last four days.

  5. person of choler Avatar
    person of choler

    First Jarvis hitches his wagon to Howard’s stern, now to this idiocy.
    Is he trying to look “hip”, “cool”, or “with it”?
    Well, he looks more like a guy with a comb-over at a rave waiting for the square dance music to start.

  6. Yehudit Avatar

    “They are being quarantined behind the blue membrane of the NYPD”
    Yeah, they are avoiding being spit on and threatened and verbally harrassed.
    “Stepford husband.” Hipster stereotypes from forty years ago.
    Barlow is old news.

  7. Cartman Avatar

    Silly hippies.