Dave Matthews Band Expands LeRoi Moore’s Philanthropic Legacy
In honor of the late saxophonist’s September 7 birthday, and a year after his death, the Dave Matthews Band has announced new scholarship and charitable programs to continue LeRoi Moore’s own legacy of giving. The LeRoi Moore Fund, which was established prior to the founding DMB member’s death in 2008, will make contributions to the…
Ticketmaster Tried To Undermine Live Nation With Ticket Scalpers
Prior to its decision to marry Live Nation, Ticketmaster tried to crush the rival ticket agency by striking deals with several large regional ticket resellers. The Wall Street Journal reports that “Project Showtime” involved buying six of the largest ticket brokers, at up to $25 million each, and then funneling hundreds of prime seats to…
AFL-CIO Study Finds Young Workers Facing ‘Lost Decade’
The news ain’t good. An AFL-CIO-commissioned study has found that young workers (18-35) face low wages, inadequate health insurance, and minimal chances of retirement benefits for at least the next decade. “Young Workers: A Lost Decade” derives from a July survey of 1,156 people conducted by the Peter D. Hart Research Associates. The study is…
My Burma Story: By moe.’s Al Schnier
[Editor’s note: There will be some special guests at this weekend’s moe.down in Turin, NY. Priests and other members of the Burmese community, who fled oppression in their country and resettled in nearby Utica, will be on hand to enjoy the festivities, share their stories, and screen a documentary about their experience. In addition, representatives…
Interview: Paul Diaz Of Tree Sound Studios
The list of clients who’ve recorded at Paul Diaz’s Tree Sound Studios starts with Aerosmith and ends with Usher. In-between are literally hundreds of rock, rap, folk, and r&b acts who’ve availed themselves of this Atlanta facility’s blend of state-of-the-art recording technology and environmentally conscious outlook. In addition to his studio complex, Diaz also oversees…
Phish Doc ‘We Enjoy Yourself’ Screens
Phish fans, traffic slavery, and mud unlimited (not necessarily in that order) are the themes of We Enjoy Yourself, Chris Pepino’s sweet new documentary about Phish’s not-so-final 2004 fandango in Coventry, Vermont. Pepino keeps his camera on the crowd as the band wraps up its summer tour in Camden (where Trey announced that traffic was…
Health Care And The ‘Young Invincibles’
Are young people – 30% percent of whom are uninsured, according to the Commonwealth Fund – being written off in the health-care debate due to assumptions that they consider themselves “invincible?” Craig Berger unravels this meme in a Future Majority post, “Youth Not Turned Off By Health Care, But By Tone of Debate.” Our generation…
Interview: Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco‘s Red Letter Year begins with a psychedelic New Year’s Eve party and ends with one of the loosest and liveliest New Orleans jam sessions you’ll ever hear. In-between, the prolific musician-activist muses on current events, love, insecurity, and her new role as parent amid arguably the most beautiful and sophisticated arrangements of her…
Carbon Credits And The Bankers Who Love Them
So you think the health-care debate is complicated? Wait until you try to understand carbon credits. The only thing I took away from economics professor Nance Folbre’s post on The New York Times‘s Green Inc. blog is that while I suppose I’ll have to hunker down and come to grips with the Waxman-Markey bill’s “cap-and-trade”…