The Naked Parade

The Solstice Parade in Fremont was as cool as we've ever seen it this weekend and our personal highlights were the pink riot cops, the Ents and the water monsters. The water monsters were a part of a float that was based on the theme of the privatization of water and one of their characters was shouting "free water!" as they approached. It was, however, particularly disappointing to learn that they meant "free water" as in "Free Willy!" not "here's some free bottled water, you idiot, the very thing we're raging against."

We spent the first nudie part of the parade near the end of the route outside Gasworks and there was a small bleacher section there that we would later learn housed Big D Matthews. He doesn't stick out much, though, when he's surrounded by a Solstice Parade. We did take notice of members of that group lighting a pile of charcoal with a blow torch and selling mohawks for $3.02. Confidential to the kid with the pony tail down to his ass hawking haircuts: No one needs his head shaved more than you. Seattlest's pictures suck so if you want to flip through the Flickr goodness this search is a good place to start. Also check out this overhead and tilt-shifted gallery by ChrisB.

Top image courtesy of George W.