Maybe it was just me, but I couldn't help but feel a little disappointed by the energy in Westlake Park when I arrived around noon on Saturday to join the Occupation. Gone were the tents and tarps and piles of sleeping bags, and with them a lot of the excitement and tension of the previous week. The crowd wasn't much smaller, but without something physical to defend, it just felt like there was much less at stake.

I've been to a lot of rallies in Westlake Park. This felt like that.

And then the band Virgin Islands took the stage, and everything started to change. They were loud. They were angry. They were rocking. And when they were done, two to three thousand people—maybe more—poured onto 4th Avenue for a march that filled the street from curb to curb, and ultimately stretched four or five blocks long. Upon their return, the tents went up, and Westlake Park was reoccupied.

Perhaps the excitement was building all along, and it just took a little loud music to wake me up and see it. But for those who missed it, I thought I'd share the clip above from video I took walking through the crowd while Virgin Islands played their oh-so-appropriate "Smells Like Gold" on stage.

Hate on the crappy videography if you want, but if you like what you hear, Virgin Islands is playing at Chop Suey on Saturday, Oct. 22, as part of City Arts Fest.