One band you won't see playing in Zuccotti Park is the grunge-like - and openly conservative - quartet Madison Rising. Their application to perform there has been rejected by Brookfield Properties, which owns the park but for months hasn't really controlled it.

The tents are gone, but dozens of Occupy Wall Streeters still swarm Zuccotti during the day. Madison Rising's manager and organizer, Richard Mgrdechian, says the band had hoped to give Downtown a "Take Back Wall Street" concert, something "pro-American and pro-capitalist." A chance to say "thank you to the firemen for all you've put up with, thank you to the police for all you've put up with."

Bass player Alex Bodnar admits this isn't the first time Madison Rising has run into trouble trying to book an intended spot. "A couple venues, when they heard our topics, were like, 'We don't cater to that sort of thing.' One liberal blog that attacked us had nothing but negative comments from its readers - and one of them admitted, 'Dude, I only listened to four seconds.'