The Occupied Nation Show Monday, February 20th, 2023 Katherine Desmond/ Sound Museum

Host – Patrick Wilson

Co-Hosts – Rhodes Pierre and David Concepcion

Guest – Katherine Desmond

Dave, Rhodes and I have a conversation with Katherine Desmond about the situation surrounding the Sound Museum and the City of Boston. Recently the owners of the Sound Museum were told they had to compete for the opportunity to run the business they have been running for 38 years. After jumping through several layers of hoops, their competitor was awarded the opportunity.

“When the Desmonds and their attorneys on behalf of the Sound Museum wrote to the BPDA AND Councilor Breadons’ office for legal documentation that qualified this offer of relocation and rebuilding as ‘Illegal’ ,several times, they refused to answer or send proof that this relocation and rebuilding was in fact “Illegal”. The Desmonds’ called and emailed the city and stated the were open to working with the city and MOAC’s and the Concilor’s office as verified representatives of their tenants and the local Boston community they have been a part of as musicians themselves for decades, to find solutions that satisfied this city and worked within MOAC’s mandate of the Sound Museum’s sustainability and rebuilding, and were completely ignored after that.” from SaveTheSoundMuseum website.

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