March 30, 2002
Added to the
Fan Covers
Page today, Sânman
& Sikke, performing "The Family Tree."
March 25, 2002
Sony has unveiled
a sneak preview of their new Venice website, "Venice Vibes." There
isn't much there yet, but you can sign up for their new mailing
list, and treat yourself to the hookline of Venice's brand new
song, "Sweet Aloha." Check it out over here!
March 21, 2002
Here's the weekend
schedule for the music acts performing at the Whole Earth Festival. Further
details are posted on the Tour
Dates page.
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Saturday, April 20, 2002 Sunday, April 21, 2002 |
March 12, 2002
I was asked to pass along the following press release for the
festival that Venice will be performing at on April 20th:
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CELEBRATES MOTHER EARTH Sponsored by Whole Foods Market he finds it attached to the rest of the world” …John Muir “Protect Our Home, Protect Our Future” is the theme of this year’s Whole Earth Festival, set April 20-21st, for the San Fernando Valley’s Lake Balboa. Through a range of activities, speakers, and an eclectic World Music Festival, the celebration promises to offer Earth-saving ideas easily achieved at home that have a positive effect on our future. The weekend event is free and welcomes all ages. This year, LA’s most prominent environmental organizations have galvanized to present pro-active ideas and activities to help improve the environment, while savoring the sounds of a live World Music Festival. Over 200 booths representing various environmental, community-based and governmental organizations, expert speakers, including Andy Lipkis of TreePeople and Tim Carmichael of Coalition for Clean Air, workshops, hands-on activities, the Whole Earth Marketplace with the Whole Foods Market Food Fest, healthy living workshops, tree-plantings, and clean-up activities are planned. The Whole Earth Festival will encourage participants to do at least five things in their lives to help improve the environment. These “action items” include: Sign Up For “Green Power”; Choose Organic Foods; Use Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs; Drive Cleaner, Fuel Efficient Vehicles; Join An Environmental Group. States Elizabeth Carovillano, Whole Foods Market Marketing Director for the Southern Pacific Region, “People are searching for realistic ways to make a difference and these five action points present opportunities to have an actual, positive impact on our environment.” A diverse mix of World Music will be featured from headliners Richard Thompson, Michelle Shocked, Michael Franti and Spearhead. The two day music festival also includes John Tesh, Peter Alsop, Venice, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Shannon Curfman, Walela featuring Rita Coolidge, Quetzal, Ziroq, special guest Lili Haydn and others. Celebrity guests and environmental supporters attending include Esai Morales, Amy Smart, Wendie Malick and Max Gail. Ed Begley Jr., well known for his environmental activism as well as his acting career, stated that "The theme for this year's Earth Day is 'protect our home, protect our future,' and there is nothing more important that we can do to achieve that, in terms of energy security, than to get ourselves off of dependence on foreign oil by making a real commitment to true alternatives like wind, solar, hydrogen and others. These are the energy sources of the 21st century and we need to develop them now." The festival will feature separate eco-villages including: Children’s Earth Village Children’s Earth Costume Parade and Contest set for Sunday April 21st at 2:00 pm. Eco Dome Workshop Center Eco Tech Village Whole Earth Marketplace Healthy Living Village Supporting organizations include title sponsor Whole Foods Market, Earth Day LA and the International Earth Day Network, The Environmental Media Association, Earth Communications Office, Environmental Education Services, Global Green USA, World Trust Foundation, Coalition for Clean Air, Sierra Club Angeles Chapter, TreePeople, Heal the Bay, Natural Resources Defense Council and sponsors LA Weekly, Whole Life Times, KPCC, LA Department of Water and Power, Toyota, Ford Think, Odwalla, Cascadian Farm, and Muir Glen Organic. Whole Earth Productions, the lead event producer, is a new Los Angeles-based non-profit production company formed in the fall of 2001 to produce events that address environmental and social justice concerns. The event is produced in association with Jacalyn Kane Productions. Lake Balboa is located in the San Fernando Valley, 6300 Balboa Blvd. (101 Fwy, Balboa Exit). For additional information, please visit our Website at www.wholeearthfestival.net, or telephone our hotline at (310) 455-3977. |
March 9, 2002
You can now
listen to Venice's full set from the Pinkpop Festival, recorded
on June 12th, 2000. Setlist is as follows: If I Were
You, World Upon My Back, End of the World, Man You Think I Am,
Baby's Calling, The Family Tree, Circus In Town, One Quiet Day,
Feelin' Alright. Check it out here. Thanks to Herman van
Empel for the tip!
March 2, 2001
John Bruil has
created executable and screen saver versions of the Venice flash
animation. The screen saver works on IBM only (sorry
Mac users) and contains four different musical montages, so it
doesn't get too tedious. The executable is perfect to e-mail
to your friends and spread the sound of Venice. (Just
make sure you send it with a signed letter that addresses your
friends by name and assures them that it is not a virus.)
To download: IBM users, right-click and select "Save Target As..." Mac users, click and hold.
To install or execute, make sure you've taken note of what folder you downloaded to. Head to that folder and double-click on the file.
In other news, in case you haven't noticed, the site's color, fonts and text size have all changed. I think it's more aesthetically pleasing this way. And as I'm sure you know, I'm all about pleasing those aesthetics! (Or was that pleasing the asthmatics? I always get those confused.)
And as an off-topic footnote, my wife Erika is pregnant again! Baby #2 is on its way! WOOHOO!!!
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