Yoko Ono Imagines There’s No Hunger
“When John and I were sort of talking about world peace and love and all that kind of thing, bed-ins, etc, you know people were just laughing at us,” Yoko Ono told Reuters recently. No one’s laughing anymore, fortunately. Ono is teaming up with Hard Rock International for an Imagine There’s No Hunger campaign, which…
Interview: Monsters of Folk’s Jim James On The Health Care Jam
Folk music, politically inclined or not, tends to bring people together even if the words are describing something that’s tearing people apart. And even though the Monsters of Folk — Jim James (taking a break from longtime cohorts My Morning Jacket), M. Ward, Conor Oberst, and Mike Mogis — employ the F-word with just a…
Great 8
With all their cool little touches, high fan energy, and powerful music, there’s really nothing quite like a Phish festival. But I’d say my favorite Phish event is Halloween. I’m very grateful to have been at every single musical costume dating back to Glens Fall in 1994. I always walked away with a new appreciation…
When Johnny Cash Walked The Line For Native Americans
After releasing his chart-topping I Walk the Line in 1964, Johnny Cash recorded Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian. Cash used to say he was part Cherokee but eventually admitted he wasn’t. Neverthless, Bitter Tears was an early and heartfelt attempt to translate the history and problems of Native Americans into musical form, drums…
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…