Wikileaks Releases Classified Iraq Slaughter Video
Today Wikileaks released an intensely disturbing video of an American Apache helicopter crew killing several Iraqi civilians in 2007 – including a young Reuters journalist and his driver. The video is a remarkably vivid – and rare – document of precisely how the Iraq occupation has been handled for the past several years. What’s even…
Henley, DeVore And The Little Boys Of Summer
The California senatorial race is being played out to the strains of Don Henley songs. In 2008, Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, a righter-than-right GOP candidate for Barbara Boxer’s seat, thought it would be cute to release “After the Hope of November Is Gone.” DeVore’s not particularly witty blast at Democrats was sung to the tune of…
HeadCount Human Rights Update: Eyes of the World on Darfur
As Sudan, a country notorious for political instability and brutal genocide, prepares for a national election in April, the world will be watching. Since 2003, an estimated 300,000 lives have been lost in Sudan’s ethnic conflict. A new study shows that nearly 80 percent of the casualties have been caused by disease due to “unsanitary [living] conditions with…
Interview: ‘Headz’ Author J. J. Colagrande
Have you ever been to a music festival, looked around, and thought, “I could write a book about this”? Well, a few months ago I noticed a post on my friend’s Facebook wall with a link to a novel called Headz and realized someone had beat us to the punch. Headz features characters you may…
We Live For Live: Phish And The Greek(s)
Given that Phish and serendipitous synchronicity seem to go hand in hand, it’s not so strange that within a matter of days I will have pondered ancient Greek performance history and attempted to land coveted tickets to Phish’s three-night stand at Berkeley’s Greek Theatre. Earlier this week, as a new quarter got underway, I gave…
Moby Versus Meat: Let The Market Decide!
Monomonikered musician Moby has co-edited a new book called Gristle: From Factory Farms to Food Safety (Thinking Twice About the Meat We Eat) with Global Animal Partnership executive director Miyun Park. Turns out that Moby’s a raving capitalist, who believes the free market should decide the price of meat; rather than giving agribusiness a big…
‘Treme’ And Tragedy In New Orleans
As a huge fan of both HBO’s The Wire and New Orleans the city, I await this Sunday’s premiere of Treme, Wire creator David Simon’s latest TV epic, with breathless, if not drooling, anticipation. But what a shock to learn that David Mills, a key writer/producer for both series, died suddenly yesterday in New Orleans…
New Dr. Dog Album ‘Shame, Shame’ Streaming At NPR
Philadelphia rock band Dr. Dog are one of HeadCount’s newer partner artists. We’ll be sending our teams to their shows starting mid-April through May. Sign up here to volunteer for shows You can also check out the Dog’s new album, Shame, Shame, which drops April 6 but is currently streaming at NPR. This is the…
Furthur Festival Jumps Into Calaveras County
Mark Twain’s celebrated jumping frogs of Calaveras County better watch their lily pads May 28-30 during the newly announced Furthur Festival @ Mountain Aire. The fest will take place on four stages over three days in California’s Sierra Foothills. Furthur will perform a Friday-night soundcheck, host a late-night jam later that evening, and headline the…
Interview: Bob Weir Part 2 – Analog Vs. Digital Music
“I may sound like a serious crank here, but I don’t think music means as much to people as when they were listening to analog music….Your body resists digital musical.” Bob Weir – of the Grateful Dead, RatDog, and, most recently, Furthur – sits on HeadCount’s board of directors and has long been a vigorous…