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Oddly, one newspaper (the only non-corporate media outlet targeted that day)
wrote about the action in their theatre section. They get much of
it wrong, including the translation of the title, the general organizers,
and the content of the sound, but whatever.
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Moukabir Sawte
(noize redistribution)
11th Ave & Pine St
Tues March 25, 5:30 pm.It started with an ungodly racket. Half air-raid
siren and half screeching feedback, the noise pierced all ears within
a half-mile radius. Diners in a restaurant on 15th Avenue wondered
if Seattle was under attack. Other Capitol Hillers optimistically
attributed the racket to a garden-variety fire or freeway pileup,
albeit one serious enough to require the screaming attention of
every ambulance and fire truck in town
Meanwhile, those in The Stranger's offices gazed down onto the source
of all the trouble--eight or 10 guys in sharp suits and hats, paired
off on corners, where they alternately ran jumper cables to screaming
siren-boxes and bleated through distorted megaphones.
Conceived by acclaimed music/protest troupe the Infernal Noise Brigade,
Moukabir Sawte (noize redistribution) was executed outside the offices
ofThe Stranger, KING 5, and the Seattle Times as "a way to
give back to the pro-war media what you have so generously given
to us--noise."
Never mind the speciousness of The Stranger's status as a "pro-war
paper"; the INB's protest scored far more points as art, as
for a few freaky minutes this sleepy city sounded like it was actually
at war. DAVID SCHMADER
original
article in the Stranger
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