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Concerts Go Green


April 23, 2008 | Tags: none

Oh man, I’m not a fan of Tuesdays, but I can’t even complain about them when they entail the announcement of the Rock the Bells lineup for this year. It’s definitely not what I expected. Wale at Rock the Bells? I never saw that one coming. On the other hand, I’m looking forward to Nas, Immortal Technique, Dead Prez, Rakim, and the Pharcyde in particular – and I definitely expected some of those. Sure, the Wu in their entirety is absent, and Rage is ghost, but who cares? It’s still good music, and a good time to be had. So quit whining about how this year’s lineup is a disappointment (yeah, I see you!). I’d say this is right up there with the A3C or Paid Dues’ lineup for 2008.

And speaking of concerts, let’s talk about a recent phenomenon - Earth Day. Or week, month, year, decade, or however the fuck long the thing lasts. I feel like I’ve been seeing green nonstop for the past week. And last time I checked, Earth Day was only supposed to be a day long. Whatever though.

…ok so I just checked Wikipedia and apparently certain cities choose to observe an Earth Week as opposed to a single day. I guess DC is one of them.

Anyway, a large part of the festivities in DC involved the Green Apple Festival, which I had mentioned in my last post. I didn’t get to the event, it was raining like hell, but the show still went on. Or at least most of it did. This video pretty much sums it up:

“It’s raining sideways!”

I’m glad I stayed home. The point I’m slowly building to is that it’s kind of ironic to hold events like these to commemorate Earth Day. If I think about this too hard I end up with that “what the fuck?!” sort of look plastered on my face for a good ten minutes straight. Think about how much electronic equipment is necessary to put on a concert. Sound systems, lights, climate control if the event is indoors…not to mention the transportation people used to get to that event. So…what are these things really accomplishing? Concerts to save the planet and promote energy conservation and what not. Yeah. Sure. Talk to me when you can hear an acoustic guitar 500 feet from the stage over a crowd of 50,000 people.

Then aside from all these shows, you gotta love the environmentalists’ approach to promoting their agenda via television. Commercials about going green, news stories pertaining to things of a green nature…green, green, and more green. Nevermind the fact that 4/20 just passed and it was already green enough. It’s just insane right now. But back to my point. How much energy does it take to film these commercials? How much energy does it take to broadcast them? To watch them?

Don’t even make me throw in the classic argument about how much energy cost is involved in growing the damn crops to make ethanol, which is supposed to ultimately conserve energy resources. Go figure.

And to throw another point in here in a late honor of 4/20, did you know that hemp oil would be a plausible fuel source? But guess what? We can’t use it because it’s illegal to grow. Thank you, DEA. You’re really saving the world.

http://www.hempcar.org/indexOLD.html

Click on “Hemp Car Manifesto” on the left hand side. Wow.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp#Fuel

Peep the “Fuel” section.

And if you think about how many blunts were blazed during those Green Apple Festival concerts that ever so conveniently happened to fall on April 20th…well, I guess you know where I’m going with this.

Legalize the ganja, fools! Word to Brillyance.

I’m not entirely sure if I mean that, by the way. But I think if we’re missing out on a potential energy source, then that’s more important than worrying if people are going to blaze some blunts or spark up a bowl or two. Not to mention the fiber of the hemp plant is also quite useful. But hey, I’m not the DEA, I don’t make the rules, I just complain about them on this little section of the internet.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/6193455876e499/

Bounty Killer and Masta Killa…blazin’ track. Double meaning.

This post is kind of full of ramblings, and for that I (kind of) apologize. I hope it has provided some food for thought for contemplating during your next concert trip or smoke session.

And remember kids, for more ideas on how to go green, keep those eyes focused on that television screen, and keep those laptops plugged in and charging while you stay posted to my little spot here on DX! That was halfway between a joke and being serious, by the way. Consider it conserving energy on making jokes.

PS - I think we should really be asking Amish people about energy conservation. Forget special light bulbs, fair trade coffee, and ethanol. They got that "save the world" shit on lock!


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