I'm hearing all of this talk of how people in the 1960s and earlier used music as part of their movements. This is plain to see.

Did they call it a festival, however? Did CORE try to have the Freedom Rides renamed to the "Freedom Rides Festival" because they were going to sing music moments before and after almost getting killed by the Klan?

I think you're right about the images it conjures up, also. It's worth pointing out that the types of music that get played at things like this usually appeal to only a very narrow, in terms of age and race, segment of the population, and we're trying to be much more diverse than that.

But I digress. The reality is you can perform all of the music you want without a single stage, and I've seen people who are marching perform all sorts of music (from marching bands through riotfolk musicians with a backpack guitar) as they marched, and they didn't need a f'in stage and a "festival" label to do it. But when you want to be a superstar, when you want to be a celebrity, when you want to sell your CDs, I imagine that could get very boring for you.

I think the problem is that David here wants to be a musician but can't be bothered to join the common people where they actually are, so he needs a stage so that people go to him.