Festy Food Review: The Search for Healthy Bonnafood
By Lisa Shanken Finding healthy vegetarian food at Bonnaroo is like finding a clean Porta-Potty. It’s there, but you have to look for it. This year marked my first Bonnaroo experience, and I had very high expectations given all the rave reviews I’ve heard from friends. Being a vegetarian and a nutritionist, I’m always a…
Phish 3.0: Even Carl Sagan Can’t Shine My Shoes
By Andy Gadiel As I rode the bus home from work last week, watching a live Phish show streamed via someone’s iPhone on my laptop connected to mobile Wi-Fi, I couldn’t help but think of how far we’ve come from the days of people running to lobby pay phones at set break to call me…
Dave Matthews Band’s Wild New York Week
The Dave Matthews Band’s emotional June 1 album-release show at Manhattan’s Beacon Theatre was merely a pit stop – well, a three-hour pit stop – on a long journey. During the week of Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King‘s release, the band played two shows at Boston’s Fenway Park before flying into New York. There…
STS9 Releases Remix Album to Help Rebuild in New Orleans
Today Sound Tribe Sector 9 releases Peaceblaster: The New Orleans Make It Right Remixes. All proceeds will go toward building a house in New Orleans through the Make It Right Foundation. The album features tracks from 30 artists, including Pretty Lights, the Glitch Mob, Count Bass D, Richard Devine, Eskmo, and Alex B., Ronald Jenkees….
Single Mom Hit For $80,000/Track in RIAA Suit
Jammie Thomas-Rasset might not seem like the recording industry’s arch-nemesis. She is a single mother of four children who works for an Indian tribe in Minnesota. Yet this week she was slammed in court with a staggering $1.92 million fine for illegally downloading 24 songs – or $80,000 per track – in a suit brought…
PETA Requests Phish Change Name to ‘Sea Kitten’
. Betting that people would consume fewer fish if they were known by the cuddlier name of “sea kittens,” People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has requested that Phish temporarily change its name to Sea Kitten for tonight’s and tomorrow’s shows at Wisconsin’s Alpine Valley Music Theater. “We felt that fish needed an…
‘David Matthews’ Popped at DMB show; Cops Want Tasers
A pair of Dave Matthews Band shows at New York’s Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) led to 30 arrests, including a charge of sexual assault against a David Matthews of Cohoes, New York – no relation to the singer – for “inappropriately touching a woman during the concert,” according to the local television station WTEN….
Senate Passes Smoking Regulation Bill
These British cigarette warnings, highly intense and seemingly obvious though they may be, may soon become reality in the United States with the June 11 passage of the FDA Tobacco Regulation Bill by the Senate. Menthol cigarettes, the cigarette companies’ ability to advertise particular brands as “lite” or “mild,” and the release of future altered…
Who’s In Favor of the Food Safety Act?
Google HR 2749 – The Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 and you’ll be bombarded by naysayers and haters. Really, is anyone in favor of HR 2749? The latest version of the Food Safety bill was approved yesterday by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. A recent Washington Post article explains that the new…
Georgia Theatre 1978-2009
A sad day for Athens, Georgia, is a say day for the world of live music. This morning, the historic Georgia Theatre burned down. Host to countless memorable shows by HeadCount affiliated artists, the Georgia Theatre has long been a staple for touring bands. The Athens-Clarke County Fire Chief called the venue, which opened in…