Tag: Music - Page 11
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Ellen Page Gets Down and Dirty, Michelle Obama Hits the Street, and More
This weekend, actress Ellen Page returns to movie theaters in the Drew Barrymore-directed roller derby film Whip It--and she returns to the spotlight with a decidedly non-L.A. perspective: Page tells USA Today that, after the
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Hazardous Waste at Fender Instruments Hits a Sour Note
Image via: Mercury State on Flickr.com Fender Musical Instruments Corp and Goodrich Aerostructures Group were both fined by the US Environmental Protection Agency for improper storage and handling of hazardous waste. Yuck! How do you make sure your axe
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"Beds'r Burnin:" the New Green "We Are the World"
Hands across the globe everybody, sing along: "The time has come/a fact's a fact/It belongs to us all/Let's give it back." The 1987
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Pearl Jam Backspacer Tee-Shirt for Target Available Today, Help Feed Hungry
Seattle grunge rockers Pearl Jam, set to release a new CD album "Backspacer" today, Sunday, Sept. 20, are making it easy to help feed the hungry in America. Working with the green fashion designers at Loomstate, the band
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David Byrne Dreams of a Perfect City
Pace Wilderstein via Wallpaper I see the school and the houses where the kids are. Places to park by the fac'tries and buildings. Restaunts and bar for later in the evening. Then we come to the farmlands, and the undeveloped areas. And I have learned
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Cross-Pollination of Music and Insects
We have heard of music performed on vegetables, and in ice and played on car parts and bicycle parts.
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Search, earn swag, plant trees
So if you're going to search, why not earn a few bucks for yourself, and plant a few trees while you're at it?No, this isn't one of those
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Moonbell Lets You Create Music Based on Lunar Topography
It's one thing to get music recommendations from your Pandora radio station. It's a whole other thing to have the moon craft what you're listening to. Moonbell will do just that, creating music based on information gathered
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Outside Lands Music Fest Offers Eco Lands as Educational Green Haven
Photos by Jaymi Heimbuch Outside Lands has given attendees a one-stop shop for all things green, from food to recycling to renewable energy to volunteerism. The festival has carved out a corner dubbed "Eco Lands" and it seems to be having an impact. It
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Pearl Jam Runs on People Power at San Francisco's Outside Lands Music Fest
Fans were cranking out the music at Friday's Outside Lands music festival in San Francisco. Cranking with their hands, on a sort of exercise bike. You crank, you hear Eddie Vedder and the crew through the headphones.It's
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Outside Lands Starts Off on Rocky Green Foot When It Comes to Water
photos via Jaymi Heimbuch Outside Lands, the San Francisco music festival, is working diligently to be a green standard for music festivals. And in fact, the designated Eco Lands section is a haven for those looking for organic and local refreshments,
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Grist Lists Green Hollywood Youth, Julia Stiles' New Clothing Line, and More
Photo via Grist Grist's list of young, green Hollywood stars calls out the actors and actresses who spend their free time supporting environmental organizations, promoting sustainability on-set, and making their homes more energy efficient--and while
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Organic Planet Festival: Transforming Harmful to Healthful
The fifth annual Organic Planet Festival is coming up and if you’re anywhere near Humboldt County, Calif., it looks like quite the organic extravaganza. It’s the largest green event in the area featuring organic food and
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Stella and Ali Face Off, Brian Boitano Gets Cooking, and More
Two of the green fashion world's biggest names went head to head this week, as Edun's Ali Hewson sued Stella McCartney to stop McCartney from releasing a perfume called "Stella Nude." Hewson, who co-owns Edun with her husband, Bono,
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Music Plays Vital Role in Greenpeace Activism
Photo left: Jerry Garcia plays a benefit concert in front of the James Bay, San Francisco Embarcadero, 1977. Photo copyright Rex Weyler. Photo right: James Taylor and Joni Mitchell at the Don’t Make A Wave Committee Fundraiser, Vancouver Coliseum,
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Bob Barker Blogs for Bears, Disney Stars Go Green, and More
Former The Price is Right host Bob Barker readily admits that he's "an expert on giving away refrigerators," and not on animals, but that didn't stop him from sounding off about the treatment of bears at roadside zoos in a guest blog
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Disney's Green Teens: BFFs For Change
An anthemic teen tune with an environmental message, "Send It On," is zipping up the iTunes' chart since its release yesterday and suddenly
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7 Woodstock-Era Songs Just as Influential Today
Sometimes the drama of Woodstock overshadows one basic fact: In the beginning, it was all about the music. The songs of the time were powerful tools in the '60s' movement toward social, political, and environmental
