Disco Biscuits Nughuffin’ In ‘High Times’ Mag
As the marijuana legalization debate heats up, the Disco Biscuits roll in for an interview and photo shoot in the December issue of High Times magazine. High Times is no stranger to musicians who favor legalizing the ganja. Last month’s issue featured an interview with Kid Cudi (who played at Camp Bisco this summer), while…
Phish Festival 8 Work Exchange Team Positions Still Open
It’s not to late to agree to trade 18 hours’ labor (over three six-hour shifts) for admission (and other goodies) to Phish’s Festival 8 as a member of the Work Exchange Team (WET). You have to be 18 or older, pay a $15 application fee, put down a $240 refundable deposit, and expect…
State Radio’s Chad Stokes Urmston On Phish, Fandom, And Volunteerism
“The music industry needs to devise a single strategy to leverage new federal funding to mobilize fans to volunteer,” blogs State Radio‘s Chad Stokes Urmston (with co-writer Matt Wilhelm) in the Huffington Post. Urmston, whom we interviewed recently here, provides an excellent roundup of the many ways in which musicians are leveraging their fan base…
Empire State Building Tie-Dyes One On
Last night, as promised, the Empire State Building donned a patchouli-scented tie-dye T-shirt it bought outside Madison Square Garden on 9/10/91.
Obama Announces Federal Medical Marijuana Policy
Today, the Department of Justice released guidelines to clarify the enforcement of federal policy on people in states with medical marijuana legislation. The new guidelines prioritize federal law enforcement resources for drug traffickers and money launders and explicitly state that prosecuting those in compliance with state law should not be a priority. As a general…
Empire State Building Lights Up For Grateful Dead
Tonight the Empire State Building dons “Psychedelic Tie-Dye Colors” in honor of an upcoming exhibit, “The Grateful Dead: Now Playing at the New-York Historical Society,” which opens at the Historical Society on March 5, 2010. The exhibit will display material from the extensive Grateful Dead Archive housed at the University of California-Santa Cruz. The lights…
U2: A Window Into Conservativism
A mini-brouhaha over Bono’s recent video appearance at the Conservative Party Conference led to this Telegraph column by Neil McCormick about how U2’s lyrics could conceivably represent a conservative worldview. McCormick was inspired by a talk he heard at an academic conference devoted to the group, where Stephen Catanzarite, director of Pittsburgh’s Lincoln Park…
Study Says Live Earth Had No Impact On Public Opinion
Remember Live Earth? On July 7, 2007, 150 A-list acts performed around the clock on seven continents to a television audience of billions. The point was to draw attention to global climate issues. Each location brought its own vibe. Australia was earnest, China factory-fresh pop lite, and Keith Urban covered “Gimme Shelter” at Giants Stadium….
Marijuana Growers The Latest Environmental Enemy
There’s an environmentally correct new way to demonize cannabis consumers — and foreigners. In a post headlined “Marijuana growers worsening California drought,” the Christian Science Monitor‘s Bright Green Blog (a stoner name if ever there were one) interviews a Northern California police officer, who explains that large-scale cultivators of California’s largest cash crop are illegally…
Eating Locally With The Greenway Table
Sustainable agriculture is socially just, environmentally enhancing, and economically viable for the communities in which it exists. If we continually demand the cheapest food possible, we’ll continue to get food produced with cheap labor on land bereft of its beautiful resources from a company that most likely does not care about how it’s created, distributed,…