Free Pussy Riot!

C'mon, Mr. Putin, you've made your point, now do the right thing!

Have to admit I've been a little behind the curve on the Pussy Riot story. Had to go to YouTube to catch a performance. Musically, lets just say they're a bit rough. Sid Vicious was a virtuoso musician compared to these gals.

Their Wikipedia page presents quite an impressive reading list, although it is slewed heavily towards what used to be called post-structuralist theory. Nevertheless, they have presence and know how to get publicity. They are more performance artists than a "band".

One of these performances, staged in a church back in February, consisted of a prayer asking for divine intervention to rid the country of Putin. As a result three of the gals have been in jail ever since.

That seems a little excessive to me.