DEFCON 2. The Republican National Convention, only days away, looms invisibly on the horizon, and that tingle of taut anticipation, the same one that precedes hurricanes and thermonuclear war, is now palpable. But even as unknowable thousands of protesters, press agents, and boosters arm themselves for occupation, a resistance force of musicians and bands, some local and some national but all alike in the boldness of their convictions, is racing to our rescue on an interception course. "To arms, to arms," they cry, and in the predawn hours of the delegates' arrival, our lights are turning on one by one. Starting tonight with the Eight Is Enough show at the Turf Club and through the final days of the convention, we set out to learn exactly how—and why—our cities' artists plan to shine through the impending... More >>>