Joan Baez Nests
Joan Baez has taken up residence in a tree. Ok, I know you think I'm making this up. No, I'm not. She has actually taken up living in a tree in an effort to stop a landowner from actually exercising his rights to his property.
Folk singer Joan Baez and a woman who once spent two years perched atop a giant California redwood took up residence on Wednesday in a tree in a Los Angeles community garden that is threatened with demolition.
Baez, who gave voice to Vietnam War protesters, and Julia "Butterfly" Hill, whose anti-logging protest in the late 1990s drew widespread attention, said they would occupy the tree in shifts.
The 5.7-hectare garden in the middle of gritty south Los Angeles is tended by some 350 farmers, many of them immigrants, who have been growing fruits and vegetables there since 1992.
The farmers are threatened with eviction after the Trust for Public Land failed in its efforts to buy the site from the owner, who plans to build a warehouse there.
Well, we here at Blue Crab Boulevard have managed to obtain a photo of Joan's new digs! The hardworking guys over at Magic 8-Ball Photography and Convenience Mart, Inc. have done it again! Dang, they are good!
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By justsayno2islam, Saturday, 27 May , 2006 @ 7:17 am
I suspect Joan Baez has good reasons for hanging out in a walnut tree. Why don’t you guys bring her some cookies? We have a few really great singers in this country. Joanie is one of them.
By Gaius, Saturday, 27 May , 2006 @ 7:28 am
I never really cared for her. I didn’t dislike her or anything and actually saw her live once. But I actually went to see her opening act, Indigo Girls.
By K T Cat, Saturday, 24 June , 2006 @ 10:54 pm
I wanna see her eat some regurgitated fish.
By Gaius, Saturday, 24 June , 2006 @ 11:02 pm
Why do you think she’s smiling?