Green With Envy
Earth Day is April 22nd and the third annual Green Apple Festival is expanding to eight cities across the country, bringing with it a full afternoon of free live music, speakers, and environment-conscious fun to celebrate the global holiday two days early on Sunday April 20th. The Los Angeles location is being held at Santa Monica Pier with scheduled acts Taj Mahal, acoustic Ziggy Marley, Juliette and the Licks, School of Rock Hollywood Allstars, and more. The Washington, DC installment takes place on the National Mall and boasts the best list with The Roots & Friends, Gov’t Mule, Toots & The Maytals, and a DJ set by Thievery Corporation among others. The Green Apple Festival started out in multiple venues across New York City in 2006, branched out to include Chicago and San Francisco last year, and now also stretches to Miami, Dallas, and Denver in addition to LA and DC. Green Apple intends to make its Southern California edition one to remember and I can’t think of a better way to spend Earth Day than a mountain hike followed by music at the pier, so it should be a perfect fit.
Lakers fans, have you seen the “Laker Rhapsody” on YouTube ? It’s an amusing visual recapitulation of the 2007-2008 season set to a parody of Queen ’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” the song having originated from a 710 ESPN radio skit on The Dave Dameshek Show. Tonight’s home game against the Charlotte Bobcats starts at 7:30 pm on Fox Sports Net and should be over just in time for the new South Park at 10 on Comedy Central. This is the third episode of the season and while last week’s Britney Spears-centric plotline never quite got off the ground, this one shouldn’t have the same problem. “Major Boobage” leads Kenny through an interpretation of the 1981 Canadian animated fantasy film Heavy Metal as only Trey Parker and Matt Stone could re-envision it. I even remember owning some of the old magazines back in the day, so its up in the air as to whether my lofty expectations will be fulfilled or left wanting for more. Too few programs successfully incorporate dated references but South Park has always been selective in what they decide to bring back so high hopes are that they deliver another classic.
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