They also played "do you remember the days of slavery" one of my favorites. there were so many rastas in the crowd it was insane. there were few hipsters, naturally. this is way too cool for them.
I and I old SaY..... by RightisWrong. "I and I old I know I and I old I say I and I reconsider I and I see upfully that Christopher Columbus is a dam blasted liar Christopher Columbus is a dam blasted liar Yes Jah
He's saying that, he is the first one who discover Jamaica I and I say that, What about the Arawak Indians and the few Black man Who were around here, before him The Indians couldn't hang on no longer Here comes first Black man and woman and children, In a Jam Down Land ya A whole heap of mix up and mix up A whole heap a ben up, ben up, We have fi straighten out, Christopher Columbus is a dam blasted liar Christopher Columbus is a dam blasted liar Yes Jah
What a long way from home I and I longing to go home Within a Red, Green, and Gold Robe Come on Twelve Tribe of Isreal Come on Twelve Tribe of Isreal Out a Jam Down land ya A whole heap of mix up mix up A whole heap a ben up, ben up, Come on Twelve Tribe of Isreal Come on Twelve Tribe of Isreal Out a Jam Down land ya
Christopher Columbus is a dam blasted liar Christopher Columbus is a dam blasted liar Yes Jah, he is a liar Yes Jah, he is a liar Yes Jah, he is a liar Columbus is a liar Yes jah Christopher Columbus is a dam blasted liar Columbus" ---Burning Spear
Couldn't have been said better. And to celebrate Columbus Fuckin' Day......
The Fader tries to figure out Camp Bisco. with the help of pretentious DJ's Holy Ghost. They have been to the festival once before as members of Juan Maclean so they know more about the festival then some so I'll give him a shot at speaking his mind. They do have a cool stage setup (made by this guy). Everyone is scratching their heads trying to figure out what the hell this festival is and why these ultra cool dance bands are playing to a bunch of hippies and aqaurians in the mountains. props to ILCC for keeping out the Nitrous Mafia Scum
Thanks again to MCP presents for booking some of trouble and bass this year at camp, though I wish Math Head decided to play, his music to me probably has the most soul.
Curses: Hungry for Love
Drop the Lime, NYC's “Heavy Bass Champion” is one of three members of the Brooklyn based Trouble and Bass crew, which include Drop the Lime/Curses, Math Head/Passions Star Eyes, Starkey and AC Slater. Three driven and gifted DJs, with a knack for throwing huge parties that have become a staple in NYC. Curses debut 12" Hungry for Love, is an instant hit with electronic music fans and has him playing shows worldwide, as well as this year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Drop the Lime is managed by the same company as Girl Talk and Prefuse 73 and has performed alongside the likes of Bassnectar and DJ Z-Trip. This three track 12" is inspired by early 90's dance music, but has all the trimmings of the new sound that has made T&B so popular. “This the Way” starts with a catchy hook of female vocals, which becomes distorted and mashed up throughout the song, Trouble and Bass counterpart Passions/Math Head does something similar on the popular single “Emergency”. The Trouble and Bass crew certainly have a distinct sound that sets them apart in the dance music genre, creating extremely raw and energetic, unpretentious dance music; this helps the group staying afloat in a sea of copy cats, ostentatious performances and cut throat music executives. Drop the Lime/Curses and T&B continue to make unique, danceable music, challenging the status quo while simultaneously being a lot of fun.
A Trouble and Bass show is not just a concert, its an initiation. Hipsters, punks, upscale club goers all dressed to the heith of fashion, thrown together to create a highly volatile solution inside NYC venue, Love in Manhattan. To quote Jay-Z “Bass blaring out my system is how I detox” would be a good way to describe the pumped up crowd here, though one need only step inside the door to get high on the wild energy that Drop the Lime and the other T&B members bring as their signature. Hungry for Love uses live sounding drums and electro-synths to create a melting pot of styles; mixing dubstep, heavy bass and grime, unbound by any specific genre, this is music that could only be born out of the dark skyline of Gotham NYC.
Media Fire hosts lots of files, It is a free hosting service. If you want any type of media file use the Google site command to search their site as the files are not blocked by search engines for example, type into Google.
also check out sadsteve.com which checks ftp servers like the kind i link to for my mp3's
an interesting rant from sad steve's site
My inspiration for this site came in August '07 following a discussion with a friend regarding the current (weakened) state of the music industry. The industry's major problem, in our minds at least, was its newfound allegiance with Apple Computer Inc. Labels had relinquished control of the fastest growing distribution channel (the digital one) to Apple, a company devoted to technology, not music production.
This made no sense. Sure, Apple had the iPod, but without labels providing distribution rights to Apple, the iPod is just a little, metal, piece of shit with a scroll wheel and lousy battery life. My guess is that label executives were so frightened by the precipitous decline in record sales that they literally crapped themselves thinking they'd be out of jobs in a year. But just as executives were reaching for the toilet paper, Apple arrived and promised to save everything. A return to the glory days! Deals were signed, Steve was happy, and the era of iTunes world domination began.
I went Sunday for the Blues set, I really respect Blues and Lasers for their ill slide guitar action. then I caught them playing with Grace Potter (as the Nocturnals) then Buddy Guy. I also have a picture of "Shady Backflash's" historic 60's art tent and Stanley Mouse original artist for the Grateful Dead signing a poster for me. I was chilling to hard at this festival to take lot's of pictures. The death at gathering of the Vibes by a 29 year old new yorker has yet to be determined as of july 28.
thanks to Serena Herrick for the pics. The Big Business Concert at Union Pool was an interesting mix of tattooed biker types, hardcore loyalists and hipsters who were trying hard to be cool. There were about 200 of us pressed up against each other beneath a sign that read “maximum occupancy 75.” This shows the great lengths fans will endure to hear some of the best and most interesting new sounds in rock today. Whether it’s someone new to NYC, shopping for a subculture or a rock nerd loyal to their independent music labels, everyone in that venue got leveled by the heavy, abrasive music of Big Business. The band was celebrating the first night of their album release party for Mind the Drift on Hydra Head Records. Hydra Head is an involved, family oriented, DIY record label that features art rock bands of various styles and sounds. A common thread in the music is the willingness to experiment while sticking to structured songs with little improvisation. Hydra Head was started by the Lead singer of the band Isis and is often credited with starting the Boston Hardcore scene. Big Business is from L.A and is made up of the new drummer and bass player for the Seattle based rock institution The Melvins. The lead singer in Big Business has a thundering voice reminiscent of Metallica's James Hetfield, but comparing the band to this or any other old metal band would be a mistake. Big Business is currently three people, virtuoso drummer Coady Williams who also adds vocals or “screaming” and Jared Warren who plays a thundering bass with an equally resounding voice to back it up. The duo is joined by Toshi Kasai on guitar for this new album and tour.
Union Pool is in Williamsburg, the artsy capital of the world. The venue represents all that is wrong and all that is right with what is happening in the borough. There is new energy and creativity which has breathed new life into the area. This has spread an economic revitalization and sense of safety throughout the surrounding neighborhoods. At the same time the diverse and close knit community that formerly made up the neighborhood is gone.
The venue is an interesting place; when you step inside you can walk quickly through the indoor bar with the dancing stock broker types and Stepford Wives, then step into a large, comfortable courtyard with lots of seating. There are even some trees and a stand that sells food. Smells from the food cart mingle with marijuana smoke and faux revolution is in the air. The place is called Union Pool because the building was formerly a pool supply store, an ironic name for a subculture that has taken the term irony to a whole new level.
At times the Williamsburg vibe felt like a fashion, show with tight jeans and horned rimmed glasses everywhere, truly the heith of hipster chic. Though the second you pushed your way into the concert hall it was strictly business. People waited a long time and endured crowded conditions to see the music they loved and it reminded me of this quote from Dr. Gonzo; “If the Grateful Dead came to town, I’d beat my way in with a fucking tire iron, if necessary.”
The opening set started with a band called Tweak Bird, which is made up of a drummer and guitarist. The guitarist seemed on the younger side and the drummer on the older, the guitarist had a peace sign right up on his forearm which made a statement that no matter how abrasive the music seems they are still just guitars not guns. The music proved that in most rock music the bass is underutilized. I have sometimes wondered why the bass is used in indie rock at all, which usually has the bass just playing on the root note. Tweak Bird takes this question out of the equation by turning the lows on the guitar up very high and adding a pedal effect that makes the guitar almost sound like a bass is backing it. The music was similar to the structured, heavy guitar riffs and complex drums of Big Business; though the nasal adolescent vocals were almost complementary to the booming voice of Big Business’s front man.
People kept piling into the venue, somehow disappearing inside a room that was packed tighter than a subway car during rush hour. Just when you think the doors are about to close and a person will be late to work, sure enough they manage to shove the person in front of them enough to cram in there. Big Business opened with “O.G,” a song off their second and newest album Mind the Drift. The song starts with bass player and lead singer Jared Warren whistling a melody that sounded like the background to a western showdown. The crowd was hanging on, waiting for the band to drop those first crushing riffs. The rhythms were so complex and hard it sounded like the drummer was playing everything in his kit at once. The vocals that started off the song were powerful, ominous and borderline demonic. There was an energy fueling the place that smacked you in the face like a bucked of testosterone. It was definitely dudes night out inside the venue, which to me is a testament to a bands credentials and proves that music is the sole motivating force. Unfortunately some significant morons managed to make their way into the venue and started a moshpit that was basically just shoving everyone around, one of the guys started crowd surfing and right when he got close to the stage the guy spat a load of beer directly into the bassist's face. This did not go over well with the band. I was surprised he wasn't kicked out after I witnessed two of the biker security guards dragging some guy out of the venue in a headlock earlier in the night.
Big Business plays music that is unpretentious and which feels good blasting out the stereo, its like a blast of rock and roll pragmatism. Songs they played off their new album included “Found Art,” “Gold and Final” and “Cats/Mice.” Songs from previous albums included “Just as the Day was Dawning” and "Hands Up". “Cats and Mice” starts with a guitar riff that sounds like it was inspired by Arabic music. The song is again, ominous and dark; it has the drummer and guitarist both screeching “Cats,” “Mice,” into their respective mics. “Found Art” has very impressive power drumming and proves why these guys get to be the backing force for the legendary Melvins.“The Drift,” was my favorite song that they played and my favorite off their new album, the lyrics are intelligent and contemplative and the rhythm is the closest thing one could describe as catchy.
Though some of the real fans mentioned that the band was not loud enough and that the acoustics inside were not up to par, the band sounded plenty loud to me. Though I can understand, that in order to fully project a sound so aggressive, the right acoustics and sound system are important. By exposing myself to different forms of music and subcultures I am just that much less judgmental. I probably won't make it back to Williamsburg any time soon but I'm glad I went. The band played late, until around 1:00 a.m. and by then the party was just getting started. I left, but my friend told me stories about taking shots with Artie Bucco from the Soprano's and other good times that could only happen right now during Brooklyn's “renaissance.”
Generic, UK, mega-popstars Artic Monkeys are credited with distinguishing themselves among their peers by pioneering the use of the internet to promote their music. Garnering attention through Myspace in 2005 and through the creation of fan based sites. They also debuted their third LP as online only.All opinions about their music aside, this is a grass roots marketing success story and the music industry should be taking notes. The album will debut at 9 PM this evening at their website, the details of which have been left intentionally vague to create additional hype. A single off their new album “Crying Lightning” is currently available to buy as a download. The video for “Crying Lightning” made its debut last week.
In Jay-Z's first American festival appearance (why didn't we get him over Kanye at Bonnaroo?) He will be taking the Beastie Boys spot at All Points West. If you would like to volunteer at this festival contact me and I will put you in touch with the people running the WET team. If for some reason your still pissed at cancer, they are giving refunds to people that bought Friday only tickets. here is the official statement from APW
Bear Creek and Camp Bisco are my two favorite festivals as far as musical selection go, they both fulfill two very unique niches for festivals, electronic and funk/soul respectively.
The autumn weather is really nice in north Florida (don't forget to bring your jacket!) Among the featured bands performing twice there is New Orleans’ contemporary funk institution Galactic; acid jazz sax-master Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe; the swamp funk of Crescent City natives Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk; Telepathically tight UK funk gods The New Mastersounds, West African primal swing of Toubab Krewe; world music psychedelic dub/reggae collective Dub Conscious and NYC's Royal Familie's funk jazz all-star collective Lettuce.
Additional festival highlights include Georgia’s Perpetual Groove; longtime James Brown collaborator Fred Wesley & The New JB’s; upbeat trance/dance fusion of Lotus; virtuosic guitar wizard Steve Kimock Crazy Engine; neo-soul keyboardist Robert Walter’s 20th Congress; Southern rock super group Hill Country Revue; the kinetic keyboard and drum frenzy of the Benevento Russo Duo; contemporary avant-rock trio The Slip; as well as full sets from Bonerama, Pnuma Trio, Papa Mali Band, Garage A Trois, Yonrico Scott Band and more than two dozen more. The complete artist lineup can be found online at www.bearcreekfestival.com.
VIP packages access to all music performances, primitive camping Friday through Sunday, exclusive access to the VIP area, reduced price beverages, and three meals (Friday lunch; Saturday lunch; and Sunday lunch). VIP Ticket prices start at $275 until Oct. 1 and are available online at www.bearcreekfestival.com or by calling the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park Office at 386-364-1683. The Park Office can also process requests to upgrade already purchased weekend tickets to VIP Tickets. Beark Creek Music Festival advanced weekend tickets are available now online for the early pricing of $125 through Oct. 1 and includes all music performances and primitive camping Friday through Sunday. There is no charge for children 12 and under with a paid adult weekend ticket.
Thursday night’s pre-festival kick-off Starts Nov. 12 with two sets from Toubab Krewe, Pnuma Live PA, Pimps of Joytime, The Heavy Pets, Brother Bean & Gravity A. Admission for Thursday night’s show is $40 and includes music, primitive camping and is only available to weekend festival ticket buyers.
Values Continuing its commitment to community in a variety of displays, Bear Creek once again presents its ‘Green Program’ - the festival’s pursuit for environmental improvement with a pledge to use more biodegradable materials, exhibit water conservation policies, habitat protection efforts, increase recycling and more throughout the park’s environmentally-friendly facility.
Bear Creek also hosts a weekend-long food drive in support of The Food Bank of Suwannee Valley by asking all festival patrons to bring a donation of canned goods and non-perishable food items to one of the Festival’s many receptacle barrels located at the main gate and throughout the venue. In addition, the festival is hosting the second annual Bear Creek Feed the Hungry Disc Golf Tournament happening on the Music Park’s 18-hole disc golf course. Its mission is to raise funds for the Food Bank of Suwannee Valley; yet this fun, casual and charitable disc golf tournament during the festival raised hundreds of dollars as well as hundreds of pounds of food during the 2008 event. Tournament schedule & sign-up details are available online.
TORCHE and HARVEY MILK are teaming up for a co-headlining national tour and will be stopping by in Brooklyn at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on Sunday July 26th.
Since last years release of their critically acclaimed album "Meanderthal" on Hydra Head Records, TORCHE have quickly risen to the forefront of all that is heavy and equally accessible in the hard rock underground and even sealed the spot as Decibel Magazine's Number 1 Album on 2008 among peaking many other year end lists.
The avant-sludge legends HARVEY MILK are also touring in support of their 2008 critically acclaimed release on Hydra Head Records entitled "Life.....The Best Game in Town" which included a spot in Bitchfork's Best New Music.
here is a preview of my piece on the roots jam, which will be up soon to be torn to shreds by angry hippies.
The line stretched down the block, outside the Highline Ballroom in NYC. People of all ages lined up at 11 PM for "The Roots Present the Jam", Produced by Jill Newman Productions. Even though it was a Wednesday night, this and every other Jam was sold out. The floral smell inside gave new meaning to the phrase "high art," and there was nothing but positive vibrations throughout the night. Black Thought, the MC for The Roots, referred to this weekly event as the “the 10 dolla bill show.” This recession special, combined with the high level of quality control that everyone involved brought, made for a really interesting and fun time. The night was a session musician/producer convention, a who’s who of the jazz and funk world as well as an anti-pop consortium; a chance to see the musicians behind some of your favorite songs, names you can find in the fine print liner notes of so many different albums. The horn section included contemporary jazz greats such as Teodross Avery, Maurice Brown, Ingmar Thomas, Dana Leong and Corey King, who are some of the most respected brass players in music right now. The night was a veritable education in the contemporary NYC experimental jazz and hip hop scene, which overlaps at times with the music of true artists such as Jay Z, Marley Marl, Common and of course, The Roots. Previous guests included members of the hip hop collective The Soulquarians, Talib Kweli, Mos Def and Q-tip. The Soulquarians also include The Roots drummer ?uestlove and are responsible for taking hip hop music off the beaten path into funkier, so called “conscious” territory. Other guests included Vernon Reid, festival regulars Antibalas, MOP, Estelle and Grand Puba (one of my favorite rappers who represents my 914 area code). From a different side of music past guests were Dee Dee Bridgewater, Andy Bey, David Murray, Craig Harris, and Patmore Lewis.
The show started out simply, with a slow jam on a couple of chords. I thought to myself, “I guess this must be why they call it the jam.” My fatalistic side was quickly shattered as the night progressed with a seemingly never ending cast of characters and musical surprises. At one point on the stage were Roots members Black Thought on the mic, ?uest Love on drums, Cap'n Kirk on guitar and Owen Biddle on bass. James Poyser was on keys. Owen Biddle began playing what sounded like the bass line to Mobb Deep’s “Quiet Storm,” evoking the synergy between hip hop and jazz which The Roots had Pioneered. The bass line seems so simple, but mimicking the tone and rhythm of a hip hop beat machine on live instruments is difficult and rare. After jamming for a bit, things began to take off as Reverend Vince Anderson took the lead on the keys and vocals. The Reverend, plays every Monday at Union Pool, serving as a shining light in the darkness that is Williamsburg. Anderson has a soulful, southern, dirty gospel style that really drew an interesting contrast to the jazz and hip hop that dominated the night. The horn section kicked in and things were on for the rest of the evening. Mazz Swift got on the stage throwing in some variety on violin, and Philadelphia rapper Truck North who appeared on The Roots album Rising Down, collaborated with Black Thought on vocals. Later on Craig G also took up the mic, rapping on subjects more varied than what is on the radio, not limiting himself to violence, cars and clothes Craig G has worked with one of the funkiest and most unique producers in hip hop, DJ Marley Marl. I remember growing up in the mid 90’s when Marley Marl made beats that sounded like no other, every single one was a funky jewel, and they were unique to everything else at the time.
This was all great music, but the real fun started when an original and even strange group came on stage calling themselves The Brown Girls Burlesque. This group identified themselves as cabaret, specifically representing women of color. They got almost naked and sang some good songs. The group exuded a confidence that overshadowed the fact that they did not live up to current body image ideals. This off-beat performance definitely sent waves of humor, shock and fun through the crowd and lightened things up.
As the funky circus kept going strong, Tiombe Lockhart took to the stage. Lockhart is a beautiful, charismatic woman who knows how to move in order to captivate the audience. Her voice was good, but I could not help but sense that there was a strong desire to emulate Santogold ( I give credit to Santogold for defying social conventions but that credit is revoked by the shallowness in her music and following). Lockhart turned to ?uestlove and asked for “four to the floor” (beats used in disco and electro). This made me realize she wanted that electronic “cool” sound, which jazz drummers just don’t need to mess around with. After trying to steer the band in an electro direction to no avail, you could tell she was a little frustrated. Regardless she rolled with the music well enough, adding powerful, confident vocals. I would love to see her do her thing with her own band backing her. A female guitarist Jane Getter joined the crew for this jam and played some solid rhythm and interesting solo’s. I always have to give a woman credit for rocking an electric guitar because they are so few out there who do.
I lost track throughout the night of the Keyboardists as there were four of them, constantly changing it up. In addition to Anderson and Poyser, there was Robert Glasper of Blue Note Records and Adam Holzman of Miles Davis fame. These keyboardists are respected studio musicians and song writers who are behind many well known songs, instrumentals and hooks.
As the night turned into day, things were mixed up further with a massive drum collaboration led by ?uest Love including Dana Hawkins and Chris Daddy Dave. Dana Hawkins is a young, energetic musician who together with Daddy Dave reached virtuoso levels on the kit. Other artists that came out throughout the night were guitarists Mark Whitfield and Binky Griptite of Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings.
The evening closed out in a grand way with two Jackson 5 Covers, “I Want You Back” and “I’ll Be There.” It was a suitable pick for these serious musicians to dig back to Michael’s Motown Roots when bass players like James Jamerson broke conventions exploring different rhythmic styles which paved the way for funk and hip hop. These were some of the best times in music and despite what happened to Michael later in life, he was there when it all started. “I Want You Back” has one of the most unique and memorable bass lines in music and was held down by Louis Cato (Eric Krasno and Chapter 2). These two songs were a perfect way to close a night which which celebrated, soulful, unique, forward thinking musical virtuosity.
Camp Bisco is the party of the year for sure. Every year the girls get hotter and the nug selection finer, insightful review with pictures, demographic/cultural break down and humorous anecdotes coming tonight. You may find some of my pictures on Jambase as well. without a big gaudy watermark.
here are the lists of special guests from last Wednesday. Damn was it long, past guests include.
-Talib Kweli and John Forte -Antibalas -Grand Puba (brand nubians big up to new rochelle!) -Mos Def -Vernon Reid -Q-Tip -MOP
THE ROOTS PRESENT THE JAM PRODUCED BY JILL NEWMAN PRODUCTIONS JULY 8, 2009 SPECIAL GUESTS, etc
Vocals:
Black Thought (Roots MC)
Truck North
Brown Girls Burlesque
Reverend Vince Anderson
Tiombe Lockhart
Craig G
Violin:
Mazz Swift
Guitar:
Jane Getter
Mark Whitfield
Binky Griptite from The Dap Kings
Bass:
Chuck Treece
Louis Cato
Horns: Dana Leong
Teodross Avery
Maurice Brown
Moist Paula Henderson
Dave Smith
Ingmar Thomas
Corey King
James Casey
Omar Little
Drums:
Dana Hawkins
Chris Daddy Dave
Keys:
James Poyser (Roots)
Robert Glasper (Blue Note Records)
Adam Holzman
The Bass Player for the Roots Owen Biddle was playing the Quiet Storm bassline on one of the jams and it sounded really cool. It sounded exactly like this.
I saw Rebirth Brass Band before the Roots last week, So know I'm going to see Big Sam this week. I wrote on him when he played Bear Creek last year.
Thurs. 7/16 Big Sam's Funky Nation and Josh Dions. Both are returning favorites at Sullivan Hall. Big Sam is a tromobone player from New Orleans and puts on an incredibly energetic show-- very funky, and very "N'awlins good time." He was just awarded a Big Easy Music Award for "Best Funk Group 2008".
Opening for Big Sam is New York based performer Josh Dion. You may have heard him with The Josh Dion Band , which broke up at the end of the year. Josh is an excellent drummer -- he's got soulful vocals and also plays the harmonica over his beats.
Ecovillage permaculturegardending fire place sculpture this is very large. the inn at the ecovillage
geodescent dome
mini example of a living roof huge iron dome sculpture, this turns into a shelter with a stage in the winter some sort of holding tank The Inn at the Ecovillage with some solar panels in site. below: The Farm School, private school for many children on the farm while some go to public school, some pay extra to attend this private school at the farm, constructed to be energy efficient, with solar panels facing the afternoon sun in winter
Ecovillage Training Center at The Farm Summer Town Tennessee
http://www.thefarm.org/ This was truly an unique and enriching experience, an untouched off the grid experimental society, in the middle of rural Tennessee. A Utopian think tank that practices what it preaches, and there was plenty of preaching. It was a living example of the values it professed; environmental and philosophical sustainability. Power point presentations on sustainable building, solar energy, bamboo construction and organic gardening were given regularly. All of this was combined with a do gooder attitude toward saving the environment as well as educating and feeding needy people in third world nations... Excuse me, two thirds world, because people living there make up two thirds of the world!
The Ecovillage is the place on The Farm which accepted visitors, and also held courses and internships. The Ecovillage Training Center or ETC was the scientific, multicultural and often social cross-road of the greater community of 200 hundred people or so at The Farm; an intentional living experiment, one of the most successful on the planet. As opposed to "communes" here, everyone owns their own assets, businesses and capitalism is encouraged, yet with responsibly. On the other hand the land is held in common and the locals refer to the entire property as their "backyard." The Farm has best selling authors, many doctors, lawyers and other professionals. They are also a major suppliers of scientific instruments and electronics including solar power and radiation detectors.
The EC Organic Herb and Vegetable Garden Outline
A project I worked on in college, inspired by my time at The Farm
This garden project will fulfill multiple purposes for the Eckerd community. First, to educate the community and provide, as a learning tool, knowledge of medicinal plants that are commonly taken today without strict regulatory standards. And second, to educate the community about self subsistence and sustainable agriculture. The garden will have a strong ethnobotanical focus, pertaining to the medicinal benefits of various plants, exotic and native. All exotic plants will be contained in pots. The medicinal plants are all harmless; they are not intended for ingestion by the community, except of course common plants such as chamomile or sage. The plants are intended to raise awareness about supplements that people are ingesting today in soft drinks, food, and “tea." Medicinal plants are widely sold and commonly ingested without proper knowledge or instruction, due to their ambiguous regulatory status. This ambiguous status refers to good manufacturing practices (GMPs) and other laws defined by the F.D.A that define supplements as food and therefore do not get into details about dosage and biochemical effects. The popularity of medicinal plants is wide, with over the counter herbal product sales exceeding 2.6 billion in 1999 (HerbalGram.org). There are millions of people ingesting these plants without proper research done regarding them.
The other portion of the project will be dedicated to researching organic and sustainable forms of agriculture and applying these techniques to the garden. This project will have a strong focus on visiting local sites, businesses and organizations in the community. This will include an internship/work exchange at a sustainable community or “Eco Village,” which is also a division of the Institute for Appropriate Transferable Technology.
The project will also include 60 hours of volunteer work at the Bay Pines Veterans’ hospital, most of which will be spent working on the garden in the therapeutic recreation department. There will also be contact with local businesses, such as Acupuncture and Herbal Therapies, which held a demonstration regarding these plants at the dorm complex where the garden is located .
For a year, this garden has served as a learning tool to educate those in the community on precautionary measures to be taken with medicinal plants. It will also serve to educate the community on the benefits of convenient, safe, inexpensive, and effective home remedies. It is important to recognize both the benefits and the drawbacks of herbal and other natural phytochemiccals used as
Medications. Drawbacks stem from the fact that over the counter products often do not contain the stated dosage or potency due to inadequate scientific research. Herbs are considered “food,” and therefore must only adhere to good manufacturing practices (GMP’s). This is not the case in many countries outside America, in particular Germany which has a branch of government called Commission E which regulates many herbs under standards held for most pharmaceuticals. The supplement industry has been booming recently, this includes largely herbal or plant-based products. Herbs are gaining in popularity for various reasons. They are often safer than pharmaceutical drugs (though some still have side effects). Plants are absorbed more slowly and thus more gently into the system than synthesized chemicals. Also, there are an incredible number of deaths attributed to the ingestion of prescription drugs (Weil). An idea commonly held among complementary medical practitioners and an increasing number of doctors, is that plants in their natural state include synergistic effects of many different compounds that one does not get from an isolated chemical believed to be the active ingredient An example of this is the compound Artemisinin, isolated from Artemisia annua and used to treat drug resistant malaria. It produces a number of unpleasant side effects during treatment. However, when the whole plant is taken the side effects do not exist and treatment is just as effective. The plant creates compounds of which the only known purpose is to alleviate the sideeffects the isolated constituent produces (Harrod Buhner). This is possibly due to plants evolution in which humans have selectively helped propagate those species which are particularly beneficial. Recently pharmaceutical companies have been under pressure from the FDA and suffering economically due to recalls of products that were causing obvious and grave health problems. The following quote is from The New York Times Business Day section front page: “Pfizer's surprise announcement Friday, in which it disclosed serious health risks in high doses of its arthritis drug Celebrex, roiled the pharmaceutical sector. Pfizer, a Dow Jones industrial, once again took losses” (New York Times December 21, 2004). Another quote from the paper two days later: “Merck, another large pharmaceutical company (referring to its relation to Pfizer) just recently recalled its own painkiller
Vioxx from the market on Sept. 30” (New York Times December 18, 2004.) Information like this leads to loss of faith in the current medical establishment. Upon completion of this paper yet another article was read by the author linking the pain killer Aleve to heart attacks. This sort of publicity is also partly responsible for the resurgence of interest in complementary medicine and anything sold as “natural." Thus, the herbal supplement industry is growing and attracting much attention from pharmaceutical companies, the government and the public. Even further reasons people have been choosing plant based medication stem from the fact that medicinal plants alive and for sale are less expensive and more accessible then most other drugs. This may not seem important at first, but there are a surprisingly large number of people that leave symptoms ignored and untreated due to too much red tape or high prices. Regarding this, it bears mentioning that health care in America is below par compared to many other economically similar countries. I personally think plant based and other forms of complementary medicine should be used to do just that, complement more mainstream forms of medicine. Another, more humanitarian, importance of this study is that approximately 65 percent of the world relies on medicinal plants, not pharmaceuticals, for their health (FDA.gov). These are people in the third world or developing countries who cannot afford prescription drugs. Better study of these plants will help the local healers in these countries understand and use what they already have available. These plants have been proven to be effective as can be seen in their use in mainstream medicine. Over 25% of common medications come from plants (www.drwel.com). Many pharmaceutical drugs are concentrated or isolated derivatives of a naturally occurring plant chemical or are an analogue to those found in nature.
The benefits of medicinal plants are many. They have been proven, through ages of folk use, to be safe and effective through trial and error. This means of deducing which plants are safe and medicinal has helped serve us today in identifying potential useful species for research. There is increasing amount of scientific research into the benefits and precautions that should be taken with these plants, though not nearly enough is being done. Most chemical research is funded by pharmaceutical companies who have little to gain monetarily from plants which are unregulated and not able to be patented. Jeff Trewhitt, a spokesman for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, commented on this issue, “Drug companies do conduct research into plants but acknowledge it’s not a priority within the industry, research on other products holds more promise of being effective” (www.cnn.com).
The second aspect of this garden, still concentrating on personal health, will be the organic and subsistence garden section. Today what we eat is usually processed (often with an otherworldly appearance) and rarely made with healthy or naturalingredients. We have become completely detached, removed and disinterested from the food we put in our bodies. This is where the creation of home gardens and a movement called Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) can be a wonderful solution to this problem. Such local farms as “Sweet Water Organic” (a popular quest for meaning volunteer organization) practice CSA for its numerous community building, health and ecological benefits. Community supported agriculture is a recent movement in which small local farms charge individual membership to community members for a portion of the weekly (or bi-weekly) share of the produce. The food is less expensive than going through a middleman wholesaler, is fresher, and usually (depending on the farm) is organic. Often there are opportunities to work to pay part off the cost of membership. Besides being a hands-on learning tool for the community, it provides recreation, education, and possibly most importantly, environmentally sustainable, nutritious, pesticide free, fresh produce to members. CSA and home gardens more directly integrate people with their food source. Our society today is in need of this in these dark days of nutrition, with the dominance of processed and fast foods in America’s markets and stomachs.
Home gardens such as this, are another way of producing fresh organic food. About fifty- three percent of households in the United States now garden. They garden only 600 square feet on average. Home gardens make around two dollars per square foot, double that for the premium price of what organic food costs retail. These gardens produce about eighteen percent of the food in the United States (Jeeves). Home gardens and small-scale farming are also more productive then large scale agriculture. If farmers were to break down their farms into smaller plots of land (though no less then one acre), they would be more productive. Large-scale agriculture is also highly dependent on fossil fuel, with modern farming consuming more petroleum than any other single industry.(Jeeves).
Another health benefit of the EC Organic Medicinal Herb and Vegetable Garden is that it will be organic, though to be certified-organic one must prove organic methods for over three years. The popularity of organic food has grown immensely in the past few years.This has recently become very visible with the advent of big corporations, such as “Frito-Lay,” introducing a “natural” line of chips with organic ingredients. It is also evident with large supermarket chains such as Publix, creating organic sections in their stores. People are going for anything touted as natural due to a loss of faith and even rebellion towards conventional health practices. Unfortunately legal issues and regulations have not been developed with much concern for what is “certified organic”, or concerning standards of supplements. As a consequence, not enough scientific research is being done regarding these practices or to uphold these standards of quality. Organic food is entering the mainstream strictly from consumer demand for good reasons. Aside from the health benefits, organic gardening prevents soil erosion and protects water quality through finding alternatives to toxic pesticides. This garden will be a learning project on how to produce or be involved with ones own healthy food production. I look forward to a golden age of health where one does not have to eat an orange from California if he lives in Florida! The EC Organic Medicinal Herb and Subsistence Garden Club, will continue maintenance of this garden through the future generations of Eckerd College. The club will correspond with other gardening projects including three already contacted. These include “Sweet Water Organic Farm” in Tampa, a New College graduate currently facilitating their extensive organic garden project; and via email with “The Farm," a self sustainable community in Tennessee to which many top scientists come to study.
here are natural building/adobe sculptures that I was commission to put into some of their prized buildings, because of my artistic inclinations out of the interns.
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Technology is changing the game for promoters, too. Some festivals are communicating with ticket holders via text message, both at the event and beforehand, to announce secret shows, run contests and share schedule updates. The booking process has also evolved. Kevin Lyman, who created and continues to run the Vans Warped Tour, has found that artists who seemed obscure when he booked them often amass a sizable, Internet-based following by the time the tour kicks off. But because blog buzz can instantly rocket a band to the kind of fame that once required years of courting A&R reps and touring tirelessly to build up a fan base, it's also increased the pressure to find the next big thing and discard the last one. Now, promoters must be able to judge the staying power of the acts they choose, knowing that a band that's popular in the winter, when booking decisions are made, may be passé by summer. "Sometimes the buzz on the Internet is so big that it dies out by the time the festival hits," says Pitchfork Music Festival organizer Mike Reed. "Certain acts are pitched to us that would have made sense at the time, but that we didn't think had a shelf life until July."
This summer, as well as banking on bands' staying power, festival organizers must also contend with the recent economic downturn. And though conventional wisdom holds that entertainment and other luxury industries are the first to take a hit during a recession, promoters claim that ticket sales are as robust as ever. Over six weeks before the festival, Pitchfork has sold out of three-day passes, and fans of My Bloody Valentine snapped up the first round of All Tomorrowís Parties tickets (which bear the hefty price tag of $225) mere hours after they went on sale.
FRIDAY APRIL 17: Paul McCartney, Morrissey, Franz Ferdinand, Leonard Cohen, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Beirut, The Black Keys, Girl Talk, Silversun Pickups, The Ting Tings, The Crystal Method, Ghostland Observatory, Crystal Castles, The Airborne Toxic Event, We Are Scientists, N.A.S.A., Patton & Rahzel, M. Ward, The Presets, The Hold Steady, A Place to Bury Strangers, Felix da Housecat, Buraka Som Sistema, Ryan Bingham, Bajofondo, Peanut Butter Wolf, Noah & the Whale, White Lies, The Bug, Alberta Cross, Los Campesinos!, Craze & Klever, Molotov, Switch, Gui Boratto, Steve Aoki, The Aggrolites, People Under the Stairs, The Courteeners, Cage the Elephant, Dear and the Headlights.
SATURDAY, APRIL 18: The Killers, Amy Winehouse, Thievery Corporation, TV on the Radio, Band of Horses, Fleet Foxes, MSTRKRFT, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Atmosphere, Mastodon, TRAV$DJ-AM, Henry Rollins, Crookers, Turbonegro, Hercules and Love Affair, Superchunk, Glasvegas, Dr. Dog, Drive-By Truckers, Booker T & the DBT's, Amanda Palmer, The Bloody Beetroots, Surkin, Para One (Live), Calexico, Liars, Bob Mould Band, Zane Lowe, Electric Touch, Blitzen Trapper, James Morrison, Drop the Lime, Glass Candy, Thenewno2, Gang Gang Dance, Billy Talent, Ida Maria, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Zizek, Cloud Cult, Tinariwen.
SUNDAY, APRIL 19: The Cure, My Bloody Valentine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Throbbing Gristle, Lupe Fiasco, Paul Weller, Peter Bjorn and John, X, Antony & the Johnsons, Roni Size, Public Enemy, Jenny Lewis, Groove Armada, Paolo Nutini, Christopher Lawrence, Lykke Li, The Kills, Okkervil River, M.A.N.D.Y., Clipse, Sebastien Tellier, Fucked Up, Perry Farrell, The Horrors, Late of the Pier, K'naan, Junior Boys, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Supermayer, No Age, Vivian Girls, Shepard Fairey, Themselves, Gaslight Anthem, The Knux, Mexican Institute of Sound, The Night Marchers, Marshall Barnes.
2009 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival Confirmed Artists:
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Phish (2 Shows) Beastie Boys Nine Inch Nails David Byrne Wilco Al Green Snoop Dogg Elvis Costello Solo Erykah Badu Paul Oakenfold Ben Harper and Relentless7 The Mars Volta TV on the Radio Yeah Yeah Yeahs Gov't Mule Andrew Bird Band of Horses Merle Haggard MGMT moe. The Decemberists Girl Talk Bon Iver Béla Fleck & Toumani Diabate Rodrigo y Gabriela Galactic The Del McCoury Band of Montreal Allen Toussaint Coheed and Cambria Booker T & the DBTs David Grisman Quintet Lucinda Williams Animal Collective Gomez Neko Case Down Jenny Lewis Santogold Robert Earl Keen Citizen Cope Femi Kuti and the Positive Force The Ting Tings Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Kaki King Grizzly Bear King Sunny Adé Okkervil River St. Vincent Zac Brown Band Raphael Saadiq Ted Leo and the Pharmacists Crystal Castles Tift Merritt Brett Dennen Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue Toubab Krewe People Under the Stairs Alejandro Escovedo Vieux Farka Touré Elvis Perkins In Dearland Cherryholmes Yeasayer Todd Snider Chairlift Portugal. The Man. The SteelDrivers Midnite The Knux The Low Anthem Delta Spirit A.A. Bondy The Lovell Sisters Alberta Cross
10K lakes 2009 lineup (initial list )
Dave Matthews Band Widespread Panic (2 nights) Wilco Umphrey's McGee Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings Railroad Earth Tea Leaf Green (2 nights) Junior Brown WookieFoot Trampled By Turtles Cloud Cult Everyone Orchestra Kathleen Edwards Pretty Lights BoomBox William Elliott Whitmore My Dear Disco Kinetix The Macpodz The Ragbirds Enchanted Ape
Friday, March 6 Snoop Dogg - Flogging Molly - Broken Social Scene - The Faint - Chromeo - Tricky - Against Me! - Bad Brains - Devotchka - Lotus - Gym Class Heroes - The Aggrolites - Holy F*ck - K'Naan - The Virgins - Tortured Soul - Tiger City
Saturday, March 7 Death Cab For Cutie - Thievery Corporation (Live) - Slightly Stoopid - The Pogues - Umphrey's McGee - Cold War Kids - Public Enemy - Pepper - Robert Randolph & The Family Band - Steel Pulse - Mute Math - George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic - Tortoise - Ozomatli - Rebelution - Budos Band - Lucero - King Khan and the Shrines - Ra Ra Riot - Rachel Goodrich - Spam Allstars - Awesome New Republic - Suenalo
Sunday, March 8 Ryan Adams and the Cardinals - Matisyahu - Dashboard Confessional - Michael Franti & Spearhead - The Disco Biscuits - Cafe Tacuba - Girl Talk - Black Kids - Tokyo Police Club - Grupo Fantasma - The Egg - Zac Brown Band - Cloud Cult - The Gaslight Anthem - Murs - Blue King Brown - The Heavy Pets - The Postmarks
Wakarusa 2009
New artist additions G. Love and Special Sauce Matisyahu Les Claypool JJ Grey and MOFRO The New Mastersounds (2 sets) New Monsoon (2 sets) Ganga Giri Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue Dusty Rhodes and the River Band
announced earlier
Yonder Mountain String Band (2 big sets!) STS9 (2 big sets!) Galactic (late night set) Buckethead (late night set) Sly & Robbie Railroad Earth (2 sets) Cross Canadian Ragweed Digable Planets Porter, Batiste & Stoltz (2 sets) Steve Kimock & Crazy Engine Perpetual Groove (2 sets) Split Lip Rayfield (2 sets) Lucero The Egg 20/20 Soundsystem Jimmy Herring Band Cornmeal (2 sets) EOTO BoomBox Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit Secret Chiefs 3 Joe Purdy Dirtfoot (2 sets) Pretty Lights Big Smith (2 sets) Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad Ott Heavyweight Dub Champion DJ Rekha Underground Orchestra Moonalice My Dear Disco Blue Mountain Truckstop Honeymoon Elephant Revival Burnin' Smyrnans Euforquestra Hana Pestle
MOUNTAIN JAM 2009 GOV’T MULE TO HEADLINE the fifth annual Mountain Jam Music Festival (www.mountainjam.com) Hunter, NY Friday, May 29th-Sunday, May 31st .
The Allman Brothers Band will make their exclusive Northeast festival appearance.
Mountain Jam favorites Michael Franti & Spearhead will return for their fourth festival appearance along with Ray Lamontagne and Jackie Greene. A diverse array of first time Mountain Jam performers will join in, such as Coheed & Cambria, The Derek Trucks Band, The Hold Steady, Richie Havens, Railroad Earth, Porter Batiste & Stoltz, Brett Dennen, The Lee Boys, and many others. Late Night performances will begin at 1 am and will take place both outside “Under the Stars” and inside The Hunter Mountain Lodge. DJ phenomenon Girl Talk will be one of the late night performers. Other bands will be announced soon.
The Hunter Mountain Lodge has 24-hour access to both food and indoor bathrooms, while onsite camping and a many nearby hotels and lodges will ensure that all attendees will have a wide variety of accommodations. Mountain Jam will also offer expanded VIP options, and will bring back its highly acclaimed “Tavern in the Woods” featuring private bar area and hammocks, as well as a shaded hospitality tent, and a variety of gourmet food and beverages.
Mountain Jam passes will be available at www.mountainjam.com beginning Monday, January 26. Early bird festival passes without camping will be offered at $129.50, before being raised to the next tier of $139.50. Early bird three-day camping festival passes are being offered at $149.50 and will then be raised to the next tier of $159.50 after that allotment sells out. A limited number of VIP tickets will be offered initially at $349.50. A very small number of RV tickets are available at $175, plus a camping festival ticket.
Single day tickets will be available at a later date - there will be no Friday Only single day tickets issued. Tickets will be made available at mountainjam.com and at mule.net.
Summer Camp 2009 initial lineup
Umphrey's McGee, who for the first time headlined last year, return in 2009. Keller Williams, Medeski Scofield Martin and Wood, Girl Talk (pictured above), Darkstar Orchestra, Cornmeal, Family Groove Company and 56 Hope Road round out the initial line up.
GOTV 2009 line up Best Leaks & Rumors
Main Stage
The Dead, DSO, Animal Liberation Orchestra, Allman Brothers, Donavan Frankenreiter, Juggling Suns, Keller, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Ryan Montbleau Band, Yonder Mountain String Band, Umphrey's McGee, strangefolk (extended set),Zen Tricksters w/ Donna, Deep Banana Blackout, Los Lobos
Solar Stage
The Brew, Moon Taxi, New Monsoon, Turbine, NRPS, Heavy Pets, Barefoot Truth, Telepath, Dub is a Weapon, Cornmeal, Buzz Universe, Juggling Suns
Rothbury Music Festival 2009: July 2-5, 2009 - Rothbury, MI
THE DEAD • (ONLY SUMMER PERFORMANCE) • BOB DYLAN AND HIS BAND • THE STRING CHEESE INCIDENT • (ONLY 2009 PERFORMANCE) • WILLIE NELSON & FAMILY • THE BLACK CROWES • DAMIAN 'JR. GONG' MARLEY & NAS • STS9 • G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE • GOV'T MULE • UMPHREY'S MCGEE • BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE • YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND • THE DISCO BISCUITS • LES CLAYPOOL • COLD WAR KIDS • JOHN BUTLER • CHROMEO • KELLER WILLIAMS • ANI DIFRANCO • MSTRKRFT • MATISYAHU • GIRL TALK • GUSTER • FEMI KUTI & THE POSITIVE FORCE • MARTIN SEXTON • FLOGGING MOLLY • RAILROAD EARTH • THE HOLD STEADY • TOOTS & THE MAYTALS • RALPH STANLEY & THE CLINCH MOUNTAIN BOYS • BRETT DENNEN • ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA • GRACE POTTER AND THE NOCTURNALS • SHPONGLE DJ SET • SON VOLT • JACKIE GREENE • LOTUS • SOULIVE • MAN MAN • PETER ROWAN BLUEGRASS BAND W/ TONY RICE • KING SUNNY ADE & HIS AFRICAN BEATS • KID CUDI • STS9 (LIVE PA SET) • THE GLITCH MOB • DAVY KNOWLES AND BACK DOOR SLAM • EOTO • PRETTY LIGHTS • REBELUTION • QUANNUM ALL STARS FT. LYRICS BORN, THE MIGHTY UNDERDOGS, GIFT OF GAB, LIFESAVAS & JOYO VELARDE • TOUBAB KREWE • SAM ROBERTS BAND • HILL COUNTRY REVUE • LIPP SERVICE (ELIOT LIPP + MEMBERS OF PNUMA) • 2020 SOUNDSYSTEM • BREAK SCIENCE FT. ADAM DEITCH • THE HARD LESSONS • UNDERGROUND ORCHESTRA • FUTURE ROCK • THE MACPODZ • STEPPIN' IN IT • THE WHITE BUFFALO • THE PARLOR MOB • GIANT PANDA GUERILLA DUB SQUAD • CHRIS PIERCE • REED THOMAS LAWRENCE • WENDY DARLING • RACHEL GOODRICH • BIG GIGANTIC • LYNX & JANOVER • THE RAGBIRDS • FOUR FINGER FIVE
Glastonbury Festival 2009
THURSDAY JUNE 25
Queen's Head Stage: Metronomy Kap Bambino Ebony Bones Golden Silvers Alessi's Ark Liz Green The Gentle Good Charlene Soraia Stornoway We Have Band Maximo Park
FRIDAY JUNE 26
Pyramid Stage: Neil Young The Specials Lily Allen Fleet Foxes Special Guests Regina Spektor Gabrielle Cilmi Bjorn Again
Other Stage: Bloc Party The Ting Tings Lady GaGa Friendly Fires White Lies The View The Maccabees The Rakes The Whip Mr Hudson
John Peel Stage: Doves Jamie T Jack Penate Little Boots Metronomy VV Brown The Virgins Fucked Up Rumble Strips Dan Black General Fiasco
Jazz/World Stage: Q Tip The Streets Steel Pulse Lamb Hot 8 Brass Band Stephanie Mckay Speed Caravan The Perceptions Rolf Harris Warsaw Village Band
Acoustic Stage: Ray Davies Fairport Convention Jason Mraz Scott Matthews No Crows Hugh Cornwall Ben Taylor Sean Taylor Alyssa Bonagura John Smith
The Park Stage Animal Collective The Horrors Noah And The Whale Special Guests Emiliana Torrini Special Guests James Hunter Golden Silvers Bishi Lay Low
Queen's Head Stage: Jason Mraz The Big Pink The Rakes Rumble Strips The Virgins Dan Le Sac Vs Scoobius Pip Tommy Sparks The Low Anthem Team Waterpolo Hope And Social Dead Like Harry Yr Ods City Stereo The Mojo Fins Maura Kincaid The Slips Sub Universe Smash n' Grab
East Dance David Guetta Layo and Bushwacka! Easy Star Allstars Iration Steppas ft Mark Iration Dreadzone Tom Middleton The Egg Paul Woolford Pama International
West Dance Erol Alkan Crookers The Whip Annie Mac Skream And Benga Whomadewho Joe Goddard (Hot Chip) DeepGroove Nathan Detroit
Avalon Stage: The Blockheads British Sea Power Michael McGoldrick, Iain Fletcher and Andy Dinan The Puppini Sisters 3 Daft Monkeys Baskery The Mandibles
The Glade: Tom Real Beardyman with The Bays James Monro Banco de Gaia Pathaan Outmode Mum Suleiman Clive Craske
SATURDAY JUNE 27
Bruce Springsteen
Pyramid Stage: Bruce Springsteen Kasabian Crosby, Stills & Nash Dizzee Rascal Spinal Tap Eagles Of Death Metal Tinariwen VV Brown
Other Stage: Franz Ferdinand Pendulum Maximo Park Paolo Nutini Peter Doherty The Script Jason Mraz Metric Peter, Bjorn and John Broken Family Band
John Peel Stage: Jarvis Cocker White Lies Florence And The Machine Passion Pit Gaslight Anthem Hockey The Temper Trap Esser The Big Pink Baddies The Nightingales
Jazz/World Stage: Playing For Change Baaba Maal Lonnie Liston Smith Jamie Cullum Rokia Traore Erik Truffaz
Acoustic Stage: Kilfenorca Ceili Band Tindersticks Newton Faulkner Lisa Hannigan Gary Louris and Mark Olson Lunasa Bap Kennedy Hope And Social Stornoway Cora Smyth Band
The Park Stage: Bon Iver M. Ward Special Guests Shlomo and Guests Horace Andy Easy Star Allstars The Memory Band Bombay Bicycle Club The Low Anthem First Aid Kit
Queen's Head Stage: Guilty Pleasures Dan Black The King Blues The Shortwave Set Special Guest The Wombats Official Secrets Act Noah And The Whale Emmy The Great Broken Records Special Guest Peggy Sue and the Pirates Marina and the Diamonds Theoretical Girl Blue Roses The Glitterati
East Dance: 2ManyDJs Deadmau5 Pete Tong La Roux Wiley Tinchy Stryder Eric Prydz Heartbreak We Have Band
West Dance: Josh Wink Yoda DJ Food Qemists Timo Maas Japanese Popstars Hudson Mohawke NAPT Emperors Machine Jam The Channel
Avalon Stage: The Wonder Stuff Edward II Eliza Carthy Badly Drawn Boy Solas The King Blues The Lancashire Hotpots Wheeler Street The Martin Harley Band
The Glade: Stereo MCs Stanton Warriors DJ Fresh Dub Pistols Don Letts Dr Meaker Tayo Rusko Sancho Panza Nairobi Jinx
SUNDAY JUNE 28
Blur
Pyramid Stage: Blur Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Madness Tom Jones Amadou & Mariam Tony Christie Status Quo Easy Star AllStars
Other Stage: Prodigy Glasvegas Bon Iver Bat For Lashes Yeah Yeah Yeahs Enter Shikari Brand New Art Brut Boxer Rebellion In Case Of Fire
John Peet Stage: Echo And The Bunnymen The Wombats Noisettes Ladyhawke The Soft Pack Just Jack Emmy The Great Twisted Wheel We Have Band Wave Machines Good Books
Jazz/World Stage: Black Eyed Peas Manu Dibango Roots Manuva Khaled Orquesta Aragon Linda Lewis Abdullah Chhadeh And Syriana
Acoustic Stage: Georgie Fame Roger McGuinn Sharon Corr London Community Gospel Choir Beth Rowley Imelda May Penguin Café Orchestra Kate Walsh Martin Harley Band Lucy Wainwright Roche
The Park Stage: Seun Kuti and Fela's Egypt 80 Cold War Kids Tunng and Tinariwen Alela Diane Terry Reid The Rockingbirds Alberta Cross Chief Micachu and the Shapes ristol Community Choir
Queen's Head Stage: Robyn Hitchcock The Aliens Magic Numbers Bombay Bicycle Club Joe Gideon And The Shark Vagabond Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong Fight Like Apes The Capitol Years Soft Toy Emergency Priscilla Ahn Jersey Budd Two Door Cinema Club Major Major
East Dance: Calvin Harris Mr Scruff VV Brown Rob Da Bank Frankmusik Wonky Pop DJs Kissy Sellout Wonky Pop DJs Ou Est Chris Coco
West Dance: Peaches Jodie Harsh Beat Torrent Freq Nasty Dirty Vegas Quiver Filthy Dukes Don Diablo Goldfish Stuart Wilkinson Transformer
Avalon Stage: Peatbog Fairies Seth Lakeman Dodgy Will Young Teddy Thompson The Mummers The Destroyers 6 Day Riot Stornoway
The Glade: Gong Sunday Steve Hillage Band Eatstatic Richard 'Kid' Strange and the Party Second Class Citizen Back to the Planet 3 Daft Monkeys Hybrid Cinematic Set Breakfast with Howard Marks
MONDAY JUNE 29
Queen's Head Stage: Motown 50th Birthday
Ultra Fest 2009 Line Up (March)
Day 1 Line Up The Black Eyed Peas, Tiesto, Bloc Party, David Guetta, Deadmau5, Santogold, The Ting Tings, Steve Lawler, Sneaky Sound System, Perry Farrell, The Whip, Rye Rye, Pendulum Live, Roni Size Reprazent, Rabbit In The Moon, Shiny Toy Guns, Kevens, Una Slim, Carl Cox, Ritchie Hawtin, Luciano vs. Loco Dice, Tini, Swedish House Mafia, (Steve Angelo. Axwell Sebastian Ingrosso), Benny Benassi, Tiga, Dirty South, Josh Wink, Busy P, Chris Lake, Mar T The Bloody Beetroots, Riton, L.A. Riots, Surkin, Para One, Rory Phillips, DJ Alexey Romero, Patrick M, Riorgear, Clayton Steele, Natali Suvorova
Day 2 Line Up The Prodigy, Paul Van Dyk, Armin Van Buuren, Booka Shade, Above & Beyond, Fedde Le Grand, Infected Mushroom, ATB, Kaskade, Markus Schulz, Alina, Francesco Rossi, Nate Campbell, Deadmau5, Cut Copy, Simian Mobile Disco, Chrystal Castles, MSTRKRFT, m.a.n.d.y. vs tiefschwarz, Boys Noize, Hercules & Love Affair, The Presents, Late of The Pier, Kraak & Smaak Live, The Bloody Beetroots, Heidi, L.A. Riots, Carl Cox, Moby, Erick Morillo, Pete Tong, Elio Riso, Roni Size DJ Set, Planet Of The Drums (AK1200, Dara, Diesel Boy, J Messinian), Goldie, Andy C & MC QQ, Ed Rush 7 Optical, Evol Intent Live, Chase & Status, Noisia, Subfocus, SS, Bass Nacho & Human, Marcus Visionary, Circle K & MC Collaborator, DJUNYA, Ill Collaboration, Juan Basshead, BT Laptop Symphony, Stanton Warriors, Hybrid DJ Set, Bassbin Twins, DJ Icey, Freestylers, Sould Of Man, Drumattic Twins, 2020 Soundsystem (4X DJ Set) Baby Anne, Future Funk Squad Live, Storm & Johnny Dangerously, DNF ( DJ/Vocal Set), Peoples
Friday - "Write the Night: Set Lists by Request" Built to Spill The Jesus Lizard Yo La Tengo Tortoise
Saturday The National Pharoahe Monch The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Sunday Grizzly Bear The Walkmen Vivian Girls
Volunteer with Headcount there are lots of positions available from in field at a show to behind a computer screen (I have done both!) Volunteering Info.
Ever wanted to go to a festival and not pay the exorbitant ticket fees? ever want to get an inside perspective on how a festival is run? managed? or perhaps you also may care about the earth and be interested in the cutting edge recycling tactics carried out by the green festival movement and organizations like clean vibes. well there are two options for you to get an inside view on these festivals, work with important people and get in free, maybe even get a shiny laminate! you can register with clean vibes and be part of the recycling team,or volunteer, with an organization like Shimon Presents, who runs the street team and volunteer program for many of the top festivals in the nation. the heads of the agencies who's names you will want to know are Seth with Shimon presents and Anna Borofsky with Clean Vibes.
In this internet age, the term "grass roots organizing" has taken on a much more of a powerful and cutting edge meaning. Through the internet as well as the effort of large numbers of like minded people, a tremendous amount can be accomplished. We have this in grass roots campaign organizing and Shimon Presents uses this toward creating a successful marketing strategy in the fast paced business of music. Shimon Presents uses the allure of the music industry as well as some free perks and incentives to motivate there massive database of dedicated fans. These fans put up posters, hand out flyers and inevitably complete successful marketing campaigns which has grown Shimon Presents client roster throughout the years. All through valuable "feet on the street" marketing with little cost to the company. The "street team" as they are reffed are fans of music who work diligently to promote these bands and document their efforts through photographing their work as they go along, Thus earning rewards ranging from CDS to passes to expensive week long festivals. In turn, Shimon Presents shows these pictures to clients as proof of their effectiveness. I have watched over the years as so many band sand event that Shimon Presents has been affiliated with has turned to gold and realize it is through their propper use of grass roots organizing as well as creative use of tools such as the internet, that they were able to accomplish so much. Shimon Presents has an extensive database where it tracks its volunteers, logs their work and also sends email update. Virtually all communication is done via email and through their online forms which allows them to manage large numbers of grass roots organizers and lightens the work load on the Shimon Presents office, by having the volunteers do much of the data entry themselves. In a world when innovative solutions are needed to adapt to the changing times Shimon Presents is a model of a successful marketing practice, that implements, grass roots organizing and internet web 2.0 technology.Line ups for Shimon Presents events include just about every major band popular right now, REM, The Beastie Boys, 311, The Roots, Snoop Dogg, MSTRKRFT, WideSpread Panic, Dave Mathews Band, Tori Amos ect. in addition to living legends such as James Brown, The Wailers and Taj Mahal.
StreetShimon NEWS
StreetShimon is in high gear, and we have teams in almost every major city! We are helping to ensure that the festivals we love continue to thrive year after year, damned economy or not! Please be sure to sign up to help out any of the Festivals we are promoting. We currently have teams all over the Northeast promoting All Good Music Festival, Camp Bisco, and Gathering of the Vibes. In the Virginia area, we have FloydFest and Floyd Fandango Beer and Wine Festival, and out west we are winding down our Wakarusa street team, which we will replace with the Mulberry Mountain Harvest Music Festival street team - so be sure to sign up to help out these great events. We at Shimon will hit the road this summer starting with Wakarusa, so be sure to stop by the WET tent at any of our events to grab some promo, meet and hang with the Shimon Team!
WORK EXCHANGE TEAM NEWS:
Sign up for the Work Exchange Team (WET) at the festivals you want to attend this summer. Exchange a little work for your festival ticket while experiencing the festival from another perspective and saving some money! Gain invaluable experience in the music industry while you earn your festival ticket! It's a great way to network and build lasting relationships with like-minded music enthusiasts, and can even lead to future industry careers.
Still interested in being a part of the WET program but think it's too late? Think again! As festival needs have changed, we still have spots that need to be filled for Wakarusa, but be sure to sign up asap as the festival is right around the corner. We're also still accepting applications for Rothbury, All Good, and the inaugural Wanderlust Festival in beautiful Lake Tahoe! If you're interested in any/all of these, be sure to sign up asap as spots are filling up quickly.
Here is some information from Anna Borofsky head of the revolutionary recycling and sustainability project Clean Vibes, help her out this year she needs volunteers! and it is a worthwhile experience for college age post college age, people with wanderlust.
2009 marks the 10th anniversary of Clean Vibes as its own company! As we celebrate a decade of event recycling, we have already been very busy gearing up for what appears to be the busiest Clean Vibes season to date. Lots of new festivals are making a commitment to reduce their footprint and want to work with us to ensure that they are walking the sustainable walk, not just talking the talk.
Some very exciting news for our 10th year as well – we have just launched our brand new and long overdue website!!! The site has been completely redesigned and has a long overdue update to all of the content of the site. So head on over to cleanvibes.com and check it out! Clean Vibes has come a long way in the last 10 years, and it is pretty amazing to see just how many events we have worked, and what an enormous impact our recycling efforts at all of these events have had on the Earth. Every single one of you that has worked or volunteered with us before should take great pride in all that the website, and the company as a whole, represents. We can’t wait to continue to help keep the scene clean and spread the clean vibe in 2009!
All that being said, we are now accepting applications for the 2009 season. The new applications can be downloaded from our website at: http://cleanvibes.com/vibes_jobs.cfm
Please be sure to read the descriptions of the positions carefully. Also, as always, all applicants have the option of submitting an audio version of the narrative section of the application in case you feel more comfortable speaking your answers than writing them.
**If you are only interested in volunteering with Clean Vibes this year, and you are receiving this email, you do NOT need to reapply as you have already been accepted within our volunteer database. If you want to volunteer with us at Bonnaroo, you can go ahead and sign up in the database now. Several other shows will be added to the database for sign up within the next few months.
If you have any questions, please email me at annab@cleanvibes.com Please read through all of the information on the Employment page of the website carefully before emailing with questions.
Thanks for all of your hard work and positive energy over the years – we hope to see you again this season!
