Who is to Blame After Minor OD’s at Festival?
A 15 year-old girl died after overdosing on ecstasy at a concert festival, and now her parents are suing.
NPR Streaming New Decemberists Album
Several of the 10 songs on the Decemberists’ latest, “The King is Dead,” address the war in Iraq.
Top 10 Blogs from 2010
With 2010 coming to a close, we thought we’d share the 10 most popular stories from the HeadCount blog of the last year – as measured by you the readers.
Senator Calls Grateful Dead Archive a Waste
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) has put together the 2010 Wastebook, a compendium of government funded projects that he considers wasteful and an inappropriate use of tax payer dollars. Coming in at No. 4, is the University of Santa Cruz’s Grateful Dead Archive, which the federal government chipped in $615,000 to create and maintain.
Food & Farm Policy Issue Update: Parties Break Bread Over Food Safety
From genetically modified foods to rotten eggs, it’s good to see the government stepping up with the Food Modernization Act.
State Radio’s Chad Stokes Speaks Out on Violence Against Women Act
Chad Stokes, frontman of State Radio and co-founder of the non-profit Calling All Crows, calls for action on the Violence Against Women Act currently before Congress
Interview: Conscious Alliance’s Justin Levy and Rock the Earth’s Marc Ross
One core idea behind HeadCount is that the music community is capable of organizing from within and bettering the planet. No two organizations share that belief and spirit more than Conscious Alliance and Rock the Earth.
Gulf Coast Recovery Issue Update: An Eye-Witness Report from the Gulf
Where I can, I try to report on the positive things happening in the Gulf. But after my last update, I got a little wakeup call from Galactic guitarist Jeff Raines.
A Real Happy Meal
Municipalities are lining up to ban Happy Meals. But instead of just keeping toys out of high calorie meals, why not adding toys to healthy ones?
The Decemberists Deadheads?
We’re always excited to see connections between the newer bands we work with and the bands our community was built on. So obviously The Decemberists covering The Grateful Dead’s “Row Jimmy” is right up our alley.