Penelope Houston performed two songs at the San Francisco node of Howard Dean’s nationwide launch last Monday night, June 23, 2003.
I’ve created a couple different edits of these movies:
– Movies that have both songs, with an introduction to the second song in the middle.
– Movies consisting of each song as a separate clip.
– A “radio edit” of “Scum” in case you wish to add it to your MP3 collection without having to listen to the talking at the beginning everytime (although Penelope teaching the audience the words to the song is pretty fun to listen to).
(That’s me singing backup along with the guitar player at the end of “Scum.” I think it came out pretty good actually, considering 🙂
Penelope has asked me to retain our traditional copyright on this footage until she has a chance to look over the Creative Commons Licenses in more detail. (Sounds fair to me!)
Thanks again for an incredible show, Penelope!


Penelope Houston At Howard Dean Rally – “American In Me” and “Scum” (With intro to “Scum” in between)
Penelope Houston – Both Songs (Small – 17 MB)
Penelope Houston – Both Songs (Hi-res – 234 MB)
Audio – Penelope Houston – Both Songs (MP3 – 8 MB)
Penelope Houston At Howard Dean Rally – “American In Me”
Penelope Houston – American In Me (Small – 7 MB)
Penelope Houston – American In Me (Hi-res – 92 MB)
Audio – Penelope Houston – American In Me (MP3 – 3 MB)
Penelope Houston At Howard Dean Rally – “Scum” (w/intro)
Penelope Houston – Scum w/intro (Small – 10 MB)
Penelope Houston – Scum w/intro (Hi-res – 137 MB)
Audio – Penelope Houston – Scum w/intro (MP3 – 5 MB)
Penelope Houston At Howard Dean Rally – “Scum” (Radio Edit – no intro)
Penelope Houston – Scum (Radio Edit) (Small – 8 MB)
Penelope Houston – Scum (Radio Edit) (Hi-res – 111 MB)
Audio – Penelope Houston – Scum (Radio Edit) (MP3 – 4 MB)

Matthew Taylor and friends would like to give you a chance to get to know Gov. Dean a little better, so they’re throwing a party where he’ll call in live and answer your questions. (Details below.)
Here’s Matthew explaining his support for Dean and the details about his party.
Matthew Taylor Invites You To Howard Dean House Party

When: SATURDAY, JUNE 28TH — 6:00 P.M.
Where: 2933 BENVENUE AVENUE (near Ashby), Berkeley (tasty appetizers and beverages provided)
**LIVE CONFERENCE CALL WITH HOWARD DEAN!!!!**
At exactly 7:00 p.m., Howard Dean will speak to House Party guests via speaker-phone. Bring Questions to Ask, and Don’t Be Late!!
R.S.V.P. to Matthew Taylor (info removed due to spam problems. drop lisa a line if you need to connect with matthew for some reason)

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Here’s a link to the video from this trip.

Photographs from San Francisco Ferry Ride With Howard Dean

Date: June 19, 2003

Each of these smaller photos (7) is linked to its larger high resolution JPEG image.

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Howard Dean For President in 2004

Here are the photographs from this trip.
I met and spoke with Howard Dean in person last Thursday night on a Ferry ride from San Francisco to Larkspur. (On the way to a pep rally in Larkspur.)
I didn’t have a windsock for my microphone, so a lot of the footage on the Ferry is almost inaudible, but I was able to get some great footage with him before and after the ferry ride itself. I’ve included some clips of the Ferry ride so you can get a feel for what it was like hanging out and talking to him. (I’ll have to transcribe later it so you guys can hear what was said on the Ferry.)
As I mentioned before, I’m not going to spend time trying to convincing anyone to vote for Dean.
(Although it would be great if you participated in the MoveOn Primary going on tomorrow through Wednesday, whoever you decide to vote for.)
I’m just letting you guys know who I’m endorsing and why, so you can take that into consideration when deciding for yourself.
Over the coming weeks and months, I’ll be providing more details about Dean and his current stance (and past accomplishments that back up that stance) in Health Care, Education, Civil Rights and other domestic issues that I feel are the crux of this election.

Complete and Edited Movies Of Ferry Ride and Speech With Howard Dean

Read the individual description of each. I’ve created a couple different edits so you can see and hear as little or as much as you want.

First Half Of The Trip

Here’s me talking to Howard Dean before he gets on the Ferry to Larkspur. He mentions the 34,000 meetup.com supporters and Howard Dean TV. He says hello to people in the downstairs cabin and heads out to the front deck of the boat, where he remained for a good part of the ride.
Lisa Rein Talks To Howard Dean (Small – 8 MB)

Second Half Of The Trip

Long Version: The crowd gets off the ferry, my running through the crowd to find a spot to film the speech, and the entire speech itself (give or take a second).
Long Version – Howard Dean In Larkspur (Small – 51 MB)
Short Version – everything included in the “Long Version,” but a little less of it.
Shorter Version – Howard Dean In Larkspur (Small – 21 MB)

Highlight Reel: Short Version Of Speech Only

A highlight reel of Howard Dean’s Speech
Howard Dean In Larkspur – Highlights (Small – 15 MB)




This work is dedicated to the
Public Domain. (Take it and run, baby!)

If you’re in the SF Bay Area, you should come to the party TONIGHT (Monday, June 23rd) from 6:30-9:00 pm at the SF Hyatt on Embarcadero.
Penelope Houston will be performing around 8pm.
The party is in the Grand Ballroom. There’s an Open Bar.
(It might make a nice pit stop after a hard day at the office…)
There will be a marching band there around 6:30 pm when the doors open.
Directions: The hotel is at Embarcadero Bart, on the northernmost end of Market at Main St. Bart’s easier, but there’s lots of overpriced parking if you cross Market (with the Hyatt on your right) and hit one of the lots.
Penelope Houston, formerly of The Avengers will be performing at 8:00pm. (Yes, the punk rock group that opened for the Sex Pistols in San Francisco in 1978, although she’s got a mellower sound now, she has promised to “rock” 🙂
Here’s a cool interview with Penelope that explains more about who they are and what happened to them.

Thanks to Christopher at Paper Frog for sending me this nice little backgrounder on Howard Dean that he published back in May.
Favorite Dean quote from this article: “I represent the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party!”

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