Dead & Co., Meet Participation Row
St. Stephen with a rose, in and out of THE GARDEN he goes After rousing successes at Fare Thee Well and Lockn’, we’ll be bringing our‘Participation Row’ non-profit experience to the Dead & Company shows at Madison Square Garden on October 31st and November 1st. Participation Row will allow you to interact with six charities hand-picked by the…
Internet Explodes Over T.I.’s Sexist Voting Preferences
T.I. said that women are definitely not qualified to be president and I said yes to writing a blog about it. I thought Why Not? After all, as a rash and emotional decision-maker in my own feminine right, I am going to vote in the upcoming election. And the person I vote for could be a woman. Ironically,…
Dead & Co Tix + Signed Poster
Gas is less than $2 a gallon, the Mets played the Dodgers in the playoffs, and the Grateful Dead are about to criss-cross the nation on a fall tour: did I just have a dream and wake up in 1988? No, I am still in 2015 and this is reality! If you are as pumped…
Interview: Patrick Hawco, Veteran and Founder of Electric Forces
Electric Forest was an exceptional experience for HeadCount this year and I had the privilege of being the Team Leader for the event. Over the course of the four-day festival our team registered nearly 500 people to vote, had countless inspirational interactions, and marked the nationwide legalization of same-sex marriage with 40,000 of our closest friends. One of…
Movers, Shakers, Music Lovers: John Yob, National GOP Campaign Consultant
Since our first interview with Politico’s Jake Sherman in January 2014, HeadCount has been taking a deeper, bipartisan look at the consultants, reporters and others who make and report the news in New York, Washington, D.C. and elsewhere — and we’re talking to them about (what else?) music. It turns out that the people who…
Think You Traveled The Furthest To Attend Lockn’?
Well if you came all the way from Australia to Lockn’, you’d be right! If you recall, the North Branch School’s Participation Row action was to place a pin on a map indicating where you travelled from. After Lockn’ they brought the pin-filled “Tell Us Where You Are From” map to their campus in Afton,…
Movers, Shakers, Music Lovers: Robert Gifford, Bloomberg
Since our first interview with Politico’s Jake Sherman in January 2014, HeadCount has been taking a deeper, bipartisan look at the consultants, reporters and others who make and report the news in New York, Washington, D.C. and elsewhere — and we’re talking to them about (what else?) music. It turns out that the people who…
The RITE To Vote and a “Thank You” to Jack Johnson
On National Voter Registration Day Tuesday, Jack Johnson posted this “Register to Vote” photo on Facebook. It garnered nearly 5,000 likes and dozens of comments, including the one above from the parent of a special needs Jack Johnson fan who just turned 18. We asked her to share her story. My son turned 18 this…
America’s Front Yard, The National Mall
At least once a week, during my commute to work, I hear the following conversation: Tourist: Where are we going? Local guide: We are going to the Mall. Tourist: Why are we to a mall? I want to see the memorials. Local guide: Yes, we are going to THE MALL – the giant park with…
Signed D’Angelico Guitar Raises $65K for Charity at LOCKN’
It started with a storm, and ended with a storm. After a rogue thunderstorm pushed the opening of the LOCKN’ Festival back by a day, the festivities ended with a furious charity auction for a guitar signed by the festival’s headliners, including Robert Plant, Carlos Santana, and all four members of the Grateful Dead. The…