RNC 2008: "Rude Mechanical Orchestra" (What's With This Tour?)

Photo By John Hoff, September 1

I can only tell readers a little of what is up with the tour, since their flier got messed up in my backpack with an unknown but apparently quite antiseptic and fresh-smelling substance...

The flier--what I can make out of it--says, "For two weeks, we are on the "No More War Tour," a trip across the country in a veggie waste oil-powered motorhome, ending at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Minneapolis. Along the way, we're stopping in many cities, playing benefit shows and events that support local organizations, as well as sharing information about our struggles in NYC and the upcoming demonstrations in Minneapolis surrounding the RNC. The wars we oppose extend far behond the war in Iraq, to include...

Well, that's as much as I can make out, except further down the words "unflagging resist(ance?) and "joyous ruckus we foster the passion and possibility of..."