{"id":190,"date":"2011-11-14T16:30:46","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T00:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/?p=190"},"modified":"2012-05-04T22:34:53","modified_gmt":"2012-05-05T05:34:53","slug":"omega-wave-podcast-offers-video-footage-from-occupy-oakland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/2011\/11\/14\/omega-wave-podcast-offers-video-footage-from-occupy-oakland\/","title":{"rendered":"OMEGA WAVE Podcast Offers Video Footage From Occupy Oakland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"omega\" src=\"http:\/\/email06.secureserver.net\/download.php?rand=104736&amp;folder=INBOX&amp;uid=26171&amp;part=2&amp;tnef_part=-1&amp;aEmlPart=0&amp;orig=cid%3Aimage002.jpg%4001CCA2E4.BC389610&amp;inline=1&amp;filename=image002.jpg&amp;type=image%2Fjpeg&amp;encoding=base64&amp;\" alt=\"\" width=\"342\" height=\"188\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Craig Locicero, guitarist &amp; songwriter for the Bay Area thrash band FORBIDDEN and co-host of the Omega Wave Podcast, attended the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.occupyoakland.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Occupy Oakland<\/a>\u00a0demonstration on November 2nd and inaugurated a special video episode of the Omega Wave Podcast.\u00a0 View the footage\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1pCuSoIZZ8M&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m here to ask questions,\u201d states Locicero in his introduction.\u00a0 \u201cI don\u2019t really have any answers\u2026 but I can tell you this much, in my opinion, and the one thing I know for fact: this is better than sitting on your ass and complaining about the world.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>People interviewed in this 43-minute segment include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rabbi Lerner from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/spiritualprogressives.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">SpiritualProgressives.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Haroon, an injured protestor<\/li>\n<li>Rick, a carpenter &amp; union worker<\/li>\n<li>Mary, a retired schoolteacher who works with the Oakland Education Association<\/li>\n<li>Musicians Allen &amp; Barry, members of Contrast The Water from South Africa<\/li>\n<li>Winston Burton from B.O.S.S.<\/li>\n<li>Calvin, an Occupy Oakland attendee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Craig Locicero, Bill Shields, and Jeff Schenck of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.metalluminati.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Metalluminati.com<\/a>\u00a0(co-collaborators &amp; producers of the audio\/video versions of the Omega Wave Podcast) are currently seeking another producer\/talent booker to assist with the show.\u00a0 If you are interested, please contact<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Bill Shields at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Barbedwirebill@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">Barbedwirebill@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>FORBIDDEN recently announced the addition of new drummer Sasha Horn into their ranks.\u00a0 The band\u2019s\u00a0<em>Omega Wave\u00a0<\/em>album<em>\u00a0<\/em>debuted at #27 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, #83 on the Billboard Top Hard Music Albums chart, and #92 on the Billboard Top Independent Albums chart the week following its October 2010 release.<\/p>\n<p>Visit FORBIDDEN online at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FORBIDDENOFFICIAL\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com\/FORBIDDENOFFICIAL<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ForbiddenMetal\" target=\"_blank\">twitter.com\/ForbiddenMetal<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/FORBIDDENOFFICIAL\" target=\"_blank\">www.myspace.com\/FORBIDDENOFFICIAL<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Craig Locicero, guitarist &amp; songwriter for the Bay Area thrash band FORBIDDEN and co-host of the Omega Wave Podcast, attended the\u00a0Occupy Oakland\u00a0demonstration on November 2nd and inaugurated a special video episode of the Omega Wave Podcast.\u00a0 View the footage\u00a0here. \u201cI\u2019m here to ask questions,\u201d states Locicero in his introduction.\u00a0 \u201cI don\u2019t really have any answers\u2026 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/2011\/11\/14\/omega-wave-podcast-offers-video-footage-from-occupy-oakland\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;OMEGA WAVE Podcast Offers Video Footage From Occupy Oakland&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190\/revisions\/193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}