Visit “Participation Row” on Dead & Co. Tour
If you’re hitting a Dead & Co. show this summer, be sure to visit the Participation Row social action village. It’s a place where you can register to vote, do fun activities with various non-profit organizations, and get cool stuff for free! At the band’s tour opening show in Charlotte, North Carolina June 10th, Participation Row…
An Interview with Matt Hirschy of Equality NC: To Play Or Not To Play?
Many many bands elected to boycott North Carolina in protest of the controversial HB2 law that – among other things – stops transgender people from using bathrooms that align with their gender identity. Dead & Company, however elected to move forward with their June 10th, Charlotte, NY show, and use the to raise awareness and…
UPDATED: This Peaceful Deadhead Will Die in Prison w/out Obama Clemency
UPDATE: As of August 30th, 2016 Timothy Tyler has been granted Clemency Twenty years without music. That ended up being part of the punishment handed down to Timothy Tyler, a now 47-year-old Deadhead who was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for selling LSD at 25-years-old. He was arrested in…
A Sign of the Times
“Give me a dollar or I will vote for Trump”. A young man’s sign makes a statement about the state of America.
The Dynamic Democratic DMB Drive: A Yankee In The South
What’s the opposite of a jet-setter? I don’t know what the best word for it is. A home-body? A small-town kid? I don’t really know. But, whatever you call it, that’s what I am. I am not a traveler. I was born in upstate New York, went to school in Upstate New York, currently work…
Getting the Best Seats for Dead & Co, Dixie Chicks, TTB
At HeadCount we are blessed with some musical friends who support us every way they can. They host our voter registration drives, take cool photos, appear in PSAs. Sometimes they even join us on conference calls with our volunteers. Another way they get behind our work is throwing us the best seats in the house for…
The Dynamic DMB Democracy Drive: Let’s Analyze The Crowds, Eh?
I’ve been going to Dave Mathews Band shows for fourteen years, now. After this summer ends, I will have seen DMB play live in over thirty venues (in fifteen states). I have been in the pit, I have been in the balcony, I have been on the lawn, and I have been in the parking…
Ben & Jerry’s Empower Mint: Democracy is in your Hands!
I have a love affair with Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. I vividly remember the first time I enjoyed a cone. It was about 9 pm on December 31, 1999. I was sitting in a field in the Everglades, edging closer and closer to the stage for hours while I waited for Phish to ring…
The Dynamic DMB Democracy Drive: Three Short Adventures in Voting
Story 1: Keli’s Tale (subtitle: “Spooky Waffle House”) It’s damn near one in the morning, somewhere outside of Memphis, and Keli needs to pee. There is nothing open. Fast food joints are closed. Gas stations are pitch black. The town is deserted with the exception of an isolated Waffle House uncomfortably far from the main…
Congress Acknowledges Medical Marijuana Could Help Vets
For the first time ever, the federal government just took a step to allow VA doctors to talk to veterans about medical marijuana. Yup. For years doctors in states with full medical marijuana programs were not allowed to talk to patients about all possible treatments, even for treatment of diseases where marijuana is proven to…