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Broken Social Scene Presents Kevin Drew’s “Spirit If…”

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Saw Broken Social Scene present Kevin Drew’s Spirit If… last night. Which really means I saw Broken Social Scene play last night. I would say half the set was Spirit If and half was BSS stuff. Even though only about half the members of BSS were present, with members of other bands filling in for some people, it was still fucking amazing. You think Broken Social Scene is good recorded? It’s nothing like when they played last night. Well I mean, it’s about 70% as good as last night. Holy hell, they sounded BEAUtiful. They had this ethereal quality to them throughout and then the BSS songs just fucking rocked. Not to mention the theater was spectacular.

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Here are more pictures from the show.

 

I’m going to upload more when I get home. I also have some video of Emily Haines singing Anthems for a 17-year-old girl with them. Not sure if that will upload though because it’s about two or three minutes and the file is probably too big.

Anyway, it would have been great if I didn’t get a headache in the middle of it and then continue to shake my head around dancing. Kevin Drew’s singing piercing into my skull didn’t help the pain. It was well worth it though.

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How You Livin’ G?

So the G Living network is an all encompassing “green living” magazine that tries to cover everything from green design and technology to fitness and uh, green music?

Not sure why there needs to be green music but apparently it’s something that people care about?

The magazine looks cool, but as for content? I’m not so sure. Of course I’ve only glimpsed over the site so I have some more browsing to do.

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Thoughtful Consumption

Ever since I started thinking more ecologically consciously I’ve felt guilty for buying… well, anything really. If I purchase something it will eventually end up in a landfill somewhere and that really bothers me. It hasn’t stopped me from consuming, I don’t think there’s any way I can really stop, but once I buy something I eventually think through it’s life cycle and it almost always ends in a “bad” way.

I know there’s no way to halt or keep people from continuing to live how they do now, and I really dont think that’s how we should go about taking steps toward living greener. I think the solution is more about changing the way we do and make things, as opposed to stop doing what we’re doing. For example, people aren’t going to stop driving cars. I know I wouldn’t want to. Taking a step backward in technology isn’t really the best solution. Changing the fuel the cars run on, how they’re made, and their environmental impact would be a much better solution, I think. It’s a step forward in a good direction.

Anyway, with that sort of mentality, I don’t think I could stop shopping. Yes, it’s an unnecessary desire caused by modern society, but the act of shopping is sort of like therapy for me, but this is a conversation for a later time. I’ve decided that, from now on, the purchasing decision thought process will include thinking about the processes in which the items were made, what they are made of, and where they will end up before I buy them. This is obviously something I should have thought of a long time ago but I figured now was a good time to put it in writing so I’ll stick to it. Continue reading “Thoughtful Consumption”

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E Squared Series

The E2 is a new documentary series on PBS that explores changes that people are making “for a greener planet.” (I really hate that phrase, it sounds so cheesy and commercial, but that’s what they’re doing). The episodes will also be broadcast on the internet via the E2 website which is pretty cool for those who maybe don’t have a TV or can’t watch when it’s on. Each week a new episode will be made available on the website a week before they air it on PBS.

The first set of shows seem to be about alternative energies. It looks like they have about three “seasons” or series with episodes slated to go live weekly through the fall all the way into next year. Personally, I’m very much looking forward to the design series of the shows that will be released from November to January.

I’m actually pretty impressed with how the website was built. The video player can be taken to full screen. I like the way the show is shot as well. Plus Morgan Freeman is narrating so how could it not be good? I definitely will be watching these shows each week as the new episodes are released. Quite looking forward to them too.

E2 website

hat tip: EcoGeek