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Friday music blogging: Jenny Lewis
A nine-minute country-fried epic from every indie boy's biggest crush |
David Roberts |
26 Sep 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Jenny Lewis came to indie fame as the singer for Rilo Kiley; since then, her profile has all but eclipsed theirs. (I'd bet their latest album, Under the Blacklight, is their last.) Her 2006 solo debut album Rabbit Fur Coat had critics all in a tizzy and, if I'm not mistaken, sold better than any Rilo Kiley album. I suspect her new album, Acid ... |
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| Topics: green living, music (all these topics) |
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You Give Climate Change a Bad Name
Jon Bon Jovi will play Live Earth concert in Mumbai |
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18 Sep 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 3:54 PM on 18 Sep 2008 After seven concerts on seven continents on 7/7/07, Live Earth has downsized (you may have noticed that 8/8/08 passed by with nary a warble). On Thursday, organizers Al Gore and Kevin Wall announced plans for a Dec. 7 Live Earth concert in Mumbai, India. The show will feature "some of the biggest artists from India to the U.S. and beyond," says Wall. Jon Bon Jovi and ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, celebrity, climate, green living, India, music, news (all these topics) |
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Jobs Well Done
Newest iPod nano is 'toxic free' |
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09 Sep 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 4:27 PM on 09 Sep 2008 The newly unveiled update of the iPod nano is slender and sexy, equipped with "shake-to-shuffle" capability, and eco-friendly to boot. (Well, you don't actually have to boot it ... oh, whatever.) Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who is alive and kicking despite reports to the contrary, says the music player is Apple's "cleanest" and most "toxic free" offering. The device contains no arsenic, brom ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, green products, greening biz operations, music, news, tech, toxics (all these topics) |
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Mellow fellow
Jack Johnson is laid-back -- except when it comes to being green |
Sarah van Schagen |
14 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| USA Today recently published a short feature on musician Jack Johnson. Although the focus of the piece (Jack's a mellow surfer dude from Hawaii) = not news, there is this interesting bit (emphasis mine): Johnson's contracts require that event organizers compost and recycle at least 50 percent of the waste generated at the show and purchase carbon-dioxide offsets covering the energy his show uses. To reach out to fans, he has created a social networking site ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, green living, music, recycling (all these topics) |
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Don't like the sound of that ...
Green music festivals losing money |
Sarah van Schagen |
09 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Music festivals across the country are going green ... but losing green in the process.By the numbers, green festivals can be both encouraging and discouraging. Jeremy Stein, one of the producers of Rothbury, which took place over the July 4 weekend, said that by composting waste, using recyclable materials for concessions and taking other basic measures, the festival was able to prevent 94 percent of the garbage from its central concert area from entering a la ... |
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| Topics: economy, green living, music (all these topics) |
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The green Miley
Popster Miley Cyrus pens 'eco-anthem' |
Sarah van Schagen |
22 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Photo: mileycyrus.com Fifteen-year-old Disney pop starlet Miley Cyrus (aka Hannah Montana) wants America to wake up and deal with global warming ... though she's not quite sure what that means. At least, that's what she admits in a song -- dubbed an 'eco-anthem' by some, though I'm curious what qualifies it as an anthem -- on her new release Breakout. It may seem not to fit on an album whose title track whines 'Every week's the same/Stuck in school's ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, green living, music (all these topics) |
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Climate change no gangsta's paradise for this rapper
Coolio to educate students about global warming |
Sarah van Schagen |
14 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Grammy-award-winning rapper Coolio is on a fantastic voyage ... to spread the word about climate change to historically black colleges and universities across the country. As an official spokesdude for the Environmental Justice and Climate Change campaign (a partnership with Gore's 'we' campaign), he'll aim to engage students in the climate justice debate and educate them on why global warming is no gangsta's paradise. |
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| Topics: environmental movement, music, celebrity, green living (all these topics) |
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Encore! On Gore!
Hear a Grist clip of the Inconvenient Truth opera |
Sarah van Schagen |
18 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Hilarious-er: Grist's own Tod(d) Hymas Samkara shares his vision for the opera (from the June 5 podcast). Huge thanks to Production Intern Jon Volkman who did all the sound editing. |
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| Topics: Al Gore, brilliance, celebrity, green living, music (all these topics) |
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Some like it really hot
An Inconvenient Musical plays on |
Sarah van Schagen |
02 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Think the idea of An Inconvenient Opera is a bit off-key? You might be singing a different tune after reading this: Apparently, An Inconvenient Musical opened to sold-out crowds in Toronto last summer. Says Kurt Firla, co-director/writer of the production:It's a satirical look at the climate crisis, corporate greed, and the general public's reluctance to do anything about the problem. It features some of Toronto's top improvisers/comedians, and we're giving $1 from ... |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, Canada, climate, green living, music (all these topics) |
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He's Got the Remedy
Jason Mraz sings the praises of a simpler life |
Sarah van Schagen |
23 May 2008 |
Grist Feature |
| Jason Mraz is strumming up support for sustainability. Jason Mraz may still be the geek in the pink, but these days, the pop-rock-rhymer is hoping to distance himself from his cigarette-puffin', girl-chasin' past and move toward a simpler, more sustainable life. Since returning from his Mr. A-Z tour two years ago, Mraz has focused his attention on greener, non-music-related pastures. Last year ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, green living, interview, music (all these topics) |
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Friday music blogging: Lyrics Born
Socially conscious bugout hip-hop funk |
David Roberts |
09 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Lyrics Born is part of the Bay area Quannum crew, and like his confreres he has a dazzling vocabulary and amazing verbal skills. Unlike them, he has strayed farther and farther from straight hip-hop, touring with a live funk band and experimenting with a wide variety of far-out sounds. These days, his tracks sound more like Gnarls Barkley or Andre 3000 tha ... |
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| Topics: music, green living, grassroots activism (all these topics) |
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Summer festivals tune into sustainability
July 4th, Memorial Day weekends offer green jams |
Sarah van Schagen |
09 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Missed the Coachella Express but still on board for a summerful of sustainable-ish music fests? Check out Rothbury, dubbed the "party with a purpose." The festival, which has attracted an impressive lineup including Dave Matthews Band, Widespread Panic, John Mayer, Snoop Dogg, and Modest Mouse, will be held Fourth of July weekend in Rothbury, Mich. According to their website, Rothbury's goal is to "harness the unique energy of the live music commun ... |
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| Topics: art, ecological footprint, green living, holiday, music (all these topics) |
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C'mon ride the train, the Coachella train
Festival-goers hop free ride -- and stay car-free, too |
Sarah van Schagen |
06 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| As we've reported in the past, music festivals across the country are making moves to be more sustainable -- mostly involving recycling efforts, compostable utensils, and biodiesel generators. But this year's Coachella music festival, held in Indio, Calif., April 25-27, took an interesting track, chartering an Amtrak train to transport festival folk to and from L.A. The Coachella Express was set up by the creative minds behind Global Inheritance, a group focusin ... |
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| Topics: green living, music, placemaking, public transportation (all these topics) |
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Friday music blogging: The Ruby Suns
Yellow Submarine on sizzurp |
David Roberts |
02 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| In 2005, New Zealand indie band The Ruby Suns put out a (self-titled) dreamy, beautiful psych-pop album that's been one of my favorites for years. Now they've finally released the follow-up: Sea Lion. The product description at Amazon is unusually accurate: The melodic musings of 'Sea Lion' found inspiration in the natural world and Ryan McPhun's travels with in i ... |
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| Topics: music, green living (all these topics) |
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Sun is in the sky, oh why, oh why, would she wanna be anywhere else?
Lily Allen backs U.K. solar incentive campaign |
Sarah van Schagen |
30 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Brit popster Lily Allen has sung about 'riding through the city on [her] bike all day' at the Premises solar-powered recording studio. Now, she's added her backing to a campaign to reward homes that generate their own green energy. The amendment to an energy bill in Parliament this week introduces a 'feed-in tariff,' which would 'guarantee a minimum price for all renewable energy generated by homes and businesses through a system of long-term contracts with energy ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, energy, energy at home, green living, music, politics, renewable energy, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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I heart T. Yorke
Video of Radiohead's green performance on Conan |
Sarah van Schagen |
28 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Rather than take a transatlantic flight (the carbon footprint equivalent of driving for a whole year), Radiohead recorded a live performance in London for their 'appearance' on Late Night with Conan O'Brien last week. They played 'House of Cards,' a song with the refrain 'denial, denial' -- and dedicated it to 'that twat who walked away from the Kyoto agreement.' Heart! Here's the video: |
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| Topics: air travel, celebrity, green living, music, TV (all these topics) |
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Reunion Tour
Live Earth is back, so get ready to rock |
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28 Apr 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 10:02 AM on 28 Apr 2008 Mark your calendars for Oct. 5: Live Earth is back and ready to rock. Kevin Wall, founder of last summer's international concert extravaganza, says that the October shows will be held on U.S. college campuses, and the focus will be on pushing the presidential candidates to address environmental issues. Locations, bands, and all other specifics are yet to be determined, but will Dreamy Al be involved again? Sa ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, green living, music, news (all these topics) |
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A very important Earth Day message
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David Roberts |
22 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: green living, messaging, music (all these topics) |
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Friday music blogging: Cloud Cult
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David Roberts |
18 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| We've done a lot of gushing on this site about the ecologically and musically righteous band Cloud Cult. See Sarah here, or me here, here, and here. Also I interviewed singer Craig Minewa here, and we put the band on our top 15 list here. So I won't go over all of it again. Instead I'll just point out that they have a new album -- Feel Good G ... |
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| Topics: music, green living (all these topics) |
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Vanity is Green
Digging into the relationships between business and environmentalism |
Maywa Montenegro |
07 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Admittedly, this is more of a link dump than a true blog post, but sometimes the green goodness is too good to pass up ... As Sarah and David have mentioned, the May edition of Vanity Fair is their third annual green issue. Featuring, ironically, the material girl on the cover, it's crammed with features that will enlighten, illuminate, and ... disturb.Pulitzer prize-winning journalists Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele investigate Monsanto. ('We've never writt ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, Big Ag, business, celebrity, green living, music, shopping (all these topics) |
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Friday music blogging: Thao Nguyen
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David Roberts |
04 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Thao Nguyen is a San Francisco singer-songwriter who sometimes tours with her band as Thao with the Get Down Sit Down. That's about all I know about her. I love this song from her new album We Brave Bee Stings and All. |
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| Topics: green living, music, San Francisco (all these topics) |
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Luda v. Lee
Rapper, rocker compete in eco-reality show |
Sarah van Schagen |
01 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Rapper Ludacris and rocker Tommy Lee will be teaming up for a new eco-reality series called Battleground Earth. Together, the motley crew (!) will compete in various challenges aimed at highlighting green issues -- though the show is actually 'designed to emphasize entertainment over eco-preaching.' Hmm ... ya think? |
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| Topics: celebrity, green living, music, TV (all these topics) |
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Green issues galore
Paper mags go green(ish) for one month |
Sarah van Schagen |
01 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The third annual 'Green Issue' of Vanity Fair has arrived: Although Madonna graces the cover, the story inside makes no mention of greenness ... including her 'eco-song' and headlining gig last summer at Live Earth. Altogether an interesting choice for the 'green issue,' though I applaud the absence of sweater belts. The cover promises other stories of a greener hue, including:'A Letter to the Next President' by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (perhaps an invitation to se ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, deforestation, energy at home, green living, magazines, music, shopping (all these topics) |
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My Brightest Diamond is the earth's best friend
Shara chats about animals, organics, and recycling |
Sarah van Schagen |
28 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Check out this video of indie artist Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond at South by Southwest as she chats about her love for animals, organic foods, and recycling: My Brightest Diamond at SXSWUploaded by NRDC |
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| Topics: food, green living, music, oceans, organic food (all these topics) |
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Livin' on a hair
Bon Jovi to offset next tour |
Sarah van Schagen |
25 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Photo: Stephen Lovekin/WireImage. Remember back in 2006, when Jon Bon Jovi said he got into green stuff to offset his hair spray-related indiscretions in the past? Allow me to remind you: Actual quote: 'Do you really want to know why I'm doing all this goodwill? ... It's because I feel guilty about the huge hole in the ozone layer my haircuts created. It's my responsibility to right the wrongs of the '80s.' Well, apparently he's still doing penance ... |
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| Topics: carbon offsets, celebrity, green living, music (all these topics) |
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