Phish’s 99 Festival 8 Rejects Distilled Into 4:20
Eclectic Method – consisting of London audiovideo remixers Jonny Wilson, Ian Edgar and Geoff Gamlen – have collaged the 99 slaughtered rejects of Phish’s Halloween set into four minutes and twenty seconds of thrilling classic-rock goodness. Eclectic Method Goes Phish from Eclectic Method on Vimeo.
Student VOTER Act Would Take Registration To School
According to a 2004 study by CIRCLE (The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement), 22% of 18-to-29-year-olds did not vote that year because they missed the registration deadline, and 10% of this group didn’t even know where or how to register to vote. But what if registering to vote were as…
‘New York Times’ Ethicist Deems (Most) Voting Unethical
In an oddly timed Op-Ed piece yesterday, New York Times “Ethicist” Randy Cohen argued that only the civically well-informed should be encouraged to vote. National efforts like MTV’s Rock the Vote are particularly idiotic….A nonpartisan push is apt to rally Republicans as well as Democrats, liberals as well as conservatives, who will vote in the…
Musicians Mobilize To Close Guantanamo
Barack Obama promised to close Guantanamo within a year of taking office. He has four months to go. Until then, dozens of musicians – including Rage Against the Machine, R.E.M., Trent Reznor, Pearl Jam, the Roots, and Rise Against – are demanding to know whether their music was played at ear-splitting volume in order to…
Don’t Forget To Vote Today
There’s probably an election going on in your state today. Take advantage of it. (photo by Just Us 3)
Phish Biographer Parke Puterbaugh Speaks
Parke Puterbaugh didn’t dodge the tough one during his interview with Relix magazine for the Festival 8 Express. Puterbaugh’s Phish: The Biography is due out November 24. Your situation was somewhat akin to that of Dennis McNally, who was the Grateful Dead’s publicist and then went on to write their biography. Can you talk about…
Getting Out The Vote With Jack Johnson
I literally had the time of my life last summer while representing HeadCount on Jack Johnson‘s Sleep Through the Static Tour. In June, fellow HeadCount volunteer Johanna Nuding and I followed the tour around the Upper Midwest and Southeast in a compact car. We ran HeadCount booths at five of Jack’s shows and joined up…
Where’s The Money? Kenyan Artists Pester Government In Video
Did you know that only 17% of Kenyans have access to clean drinking water? Me neither, until I watched “Mteja,” a collaborative rap video by Kenya artists Wahu, Juliani, Roba (Kalamashaka), Lyn, Wenyeji, Kanjii Mbugua, and ICJ. Where, asks the Swahili-English track, are the millions of dollars budgeted for rural development as part of Kenya’s…
Interview: Lotus Bassist Jesse Miller
Last month, Lotus rolled through San Francisco as part of their Pay-What-You-Want Tour, which let fans pay anywhere from $1 to $20 per ticket. Those who paid $15 or more were hooked up with Lotus’s two new EPs, Oil on Glass and Feather on Wood. I asked bass player Jesse Miller a few questions about…
Phish Festival 8 Goes Green
“Phish aims to set the standard for ‘green’ concert events” In addition to cutting down on water bottles, most of the food booths are using recyclable napkins, plates, forks and bags. The festival organizers also set up an eco-shuttle with bio-diesel powered vans and hybrids ferrying fans to and from Los Angeles and Palm Springs…