Phoenix Grabs stage at Lollapalooza

Every year at Lollapalooza there are always great alternative bands that headline the Budweiser stage. Phoenix, a band who has been present in the alternative scene for about ten years, was welcomed to headline the stage this year on Saturday night. Their ambient music was a nice counterpart to the opposing band, Green Day,  playing a few hundred yards across the park. Before their latest album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, their fan base in America included french following indie trendsetters, but with their latest album, their sound and lyricism has expanded. Now they have are one of the most popular bands in  mainstream music. They have acquired new fans without losing their unique sound that made them independent in the first place. Their performance at Lollapalooza was not as groundbreaking as their music, it was reserved as far as live performances go. Fans were pleased to hear the similarity between the live performance and the tracks on the album, but their was hardly an additional accent that came from the musicians in their live set. The members did not step out in front of the crowd to show something that is not already in their music. Maybe they have reached their edge.  Still, it was still a pleasure to mellow out and recover for day three of Lollapalooza with Phoenix.

Phoenix grabs stage at Lollapalooza

Every year at Lollapalooza there are always great alternative bands that headline the Budweiser stage. Phoenix, a band who has been present in the alternative scene for about ten years, was welcomed to headline the stage this year on Saturday night. Their ambient music was a nice counterpart to the opposing band, Green Day,  playing a few hundred yards across the park. Before their latest album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, their fan base in America included french following indie trendsetters, but with their latest album, their sound and lyricism has expanded. Now they have are one of the most popular bands in  mainstream music. They have acquired new fans without losing their unique sound that made them independent in the first place. Their performance at Lollapalooza was not as groundbreaking as their music, it was reserved as far as live performances go. Fans were pleased to hear the similarity between the live performance and the tracks on the album, but their was hardly an additional accent that came from the musicians in their live set. The members did not step out in front of the crowd to show something that is not already in their music. Maybe they have reached their edge.  Still, it was still a pleasure to mellow out and recover for day three of Lollapalooza with Phoenix.

Lady Gaga Hits Main Stage at Lollapalooza

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, also known as Lady Gaga on stage,  raised the bar this year at Lollapalooza 2010 as one of the most extravagant performers to date. Her costumes were monstrous and fantastical, and with a $150,000 production cost, it was expected that the show would melt faces. Even with minor sound issues, her message to fans was clear: little monsters be free! Be different! But these minute long pep talks cut into the flow of the show and the her little monsters lost their momentum. She kept reflecting on how she was picked on and neglected, and wants to tell those in the same position that they are not alone. Yet, as noble of a message as that is, her drama seemed to outshine her virtue. The performance was still a sight to see, full of eye candy and fireworks . Gaga has great intent but we hope she knows that is smart to know where your own two feet are before stepping out into a world of fantasy.

Soundgarden back at Lollapalooza

Soundgarden

After a thirteen year hiatus the ultra-heavy grungers of Soundgarden are back in the studio again and, even better, back on stage together. For frontman Chris Cornell, who has directed Audioslave and recorded three solo records in the meantime, there was no better place for this reunion to occur. “I’ve played more shows in Chicago [than anywhere else],” said Chris, alluding to his affection for The Windy City. In their younger years, Soundgarden treated the city as a base-of-sorts because of Kim Thayil – guitarist and life-long Park Forest, Chicago resident. That Sunday, it was a sweet feeling tinged with sour. The old-guard was definitely there, as forty-somethings pushing ear-muffed toddlers in strollers was a common sight, and a few of the younger fans managed to pull themselves away from The Arcade Fire for this performance. Read more

Earth Day 40th Anniversary

Forty years after the first Earth Day, the world is in greater peril than ever. While climate change is the greatest challenge of our time, it also presents the greatest opportunity – an unprecedented opportunity to build a healthy, prosperous, clean energy economy now and for the future.

Earth Day 2010 can be a turning point to advance climate policy, energy efficiency, renewable energy and green jobs. Earth Day Network is galvanizing millions who make personal commitments to sustainability. Earth Day 2010 is a pivotal opportunity for individuals, corporations and governments to join together and create a global green economy. Join the more than one billion people in 190 countries that are taking action for Earth Day.

Start planning your Earth Day event and take action!

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Green Street at Lollapalooza

There tends to be a lot of green vibes floating around during this three day music and arts festival, and at Lolla there was an entire street dedicated to it. Lollapalooza has been one of the few progressive festivals to add eco-friendly causes to the festival experience. To start off, fresh fruit samples were offered to all passerby’s at one of the local farmer’s market stations. Concert goers recharged and supported their local markets with each ad every purchase. The market included apples, cheeses, smoothies, yogurt, and an assortment of vegetables. But beyond this small import of local farm food, there was a large team of volunteers who picked up the sea of cans scattered throughout Grant Park. Lollapalooza features a rock&recycle program which dispenses trash bags to those who individuals who wish to clean up their mess and who later will be rewarded for their actions; when they return with a bag full of trash they are then eligible to win a bicycle and then walk away with a free Lolla shirt. What made the biggest environmental impact this year at Lollapalooza were the H20 water bottles. Individuals could refill these water bottles, available at $2 a piece, and fill them up at one of the water stations, cutting down the amount of water bottles used down by thousands. This year was another remarkable leap towards giving back to Grant Park and to giving the environment the kind of authority it needs in our every day partying lives.

Oceana aids at the blue carpet

The Ocean Heroes Award was created by Oceana in 2009 to recognize an exceptional personal commitment to ocean conservation.

The first winner, announced on World Oceans Day, June 8, 2009, was John Halas, a marine biologist and manager of the Upper Region of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

Halas, who won a $500 Nautica gift certificate and an outgoing voicemail greeting by Ted Danson, has been working to protect coral systems in Florida since 1981. He developed an environmentally friendly anchor and mooring buoy system that prevents damage to coral reefs and has worked to implement this anchorage system in 38 countries.

Bob Schoelkopf was the runner-up for his work rescuing and rehabilitating seals, dolphins, sea turtles and other marine animals in New Jersey. Shark expert Andy Dehart earned the third most votes for his work educating the public about sharks.

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POLIWOOD - Barry Levinson’s new Film

The Fusion of Politics, Celebrity and the Media Explored in “Poliwood,” the New Documentary by Barry Levinson, Produced by Robert Baruc, Robin Bronk, Tim Daly and Jason Sosnoff
by Annette Ferstenberg

Poliwood, which premiered on May 1, 2009 at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival is a searching visual essay on how the media and especially television has transformed the way we receive and regard politics and even what and who is political. No longer are societal roles fixed, issues clear-cut and leaders defined or limited by their professions.

In an age where “Joe the Plumber” can become a global news correspondent in mere weeks, a little known Alaskan governor can be Read more

GREEN MAGAZINE

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CTN GREEN MAGAZINE always scales to optimize size and quality. No extra click to make it readable, or users lost on some “Zoom Mode” they have to escape from to continue.

STAYING TRUE TO THE PARADIGM The magazine engine had been focus group studied for 6 months during development. It is In-house custom-coded and available for your publication by visiting www.ctndigital.com. This was done because all other options currently available fall short of our quality standard and user experience expectations. We command a full screen presence without the added need to zoom even more to become usefully readable. All other systems end up treating you to the equivalent of a PDF.

THIS SYSTEM by CTNDIGITAL is without doubt the best way to tell a story while commanding a full screen presence in an expected manner.

VIDEO Our video streams are specially prepared to arrive gracefully and scale cleanly to any screen resolution. Controls are Play/Pause, progress of download and play position with audio mute, and placed into the page to suit design. A close/exit button upper right will dismiss the video. Many pages have a story to tell that is best done not through reading but by seeing and hearing, hence many will auto-play when the page turn is completed. We also have end-of-play options that provide for yet more re-use of the page, by replacing the area with more info and links to drill down details.

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A Living Document:
CTNgreen magazine is not static, but in fact grows and changes during its lifecycle from issue opening date to the inevitable next issue opening. Its well worth a repeat visit since every couple of days new content, ( perhaps fresh new coupons ) and video interviews and articles are provided to us, if its very cool and very real, then in it goes.

SIZE MATTERS
CTN always fills whatever screen you have, as one of the very few best-of-class presentations with as much visual detail as possible. Crisp accurate and beautiful works better than any other mode of screen-based delivery. Virtual and paperless is eco-smart and many times more powerful than anything a paper product can provide,with video and links to your web-presence.

CONNECTED:
link always goes to the latest issue at www.ctngreen.com/mag

Each page is is one-click linkable ( meaning the magazine loads, gracefully presents the cover and automatically turns to the specific linked page) , Sitemapped ( search engines are page-aware ),  and lives forever once launched. The GET PAGE LINK in the Magazine is a fast copy to clipboard of that page link, to paste into your blog or article. We do not force the user to cough up an email address to do this, no extra effort or compromise is requested or required.

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Each page spread has a direct link generator for Twitter and Facebook. Social/viral direct-to-page clicks are easy. Look for the icons bottom center of every page spread.

The One Click Link
In most online magazines, any page inside the online publication is essentially lost until someone happens upon it. In CTNGREEN MAGAZINE we link directly to, and have the ability to directly promote any page within, from anywhere… including our email newsletter and the newsletters of our partners.

For example, current issue link to Pevonia Botanica:
http://ctngreen.com/2009/jan/?page=22

Example LINK URL for Nov 2008, page 24 BAMBOO:
http://ctngreen.com/2008/nov/?page=24

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These are our Friends
and we want you to get to know them. Henrik Fisker, designer of the incredibly cool KARMA, Mariel Hemingway ( going green for real, upfront and unbridled ) and Josh Tickell ( rooting for his FUEL Film to get that oscar ), Linda Loudermilk ( Exraordinary fashion eco-lux clothing that feeds your body and soul), Bradford Rand ( the man both behind and in front of the amazing Go Green EXPO), and Terry Torok ( the empassioned filmmaker/ecologist and creative mind behind the Perf GoGreen stuff ) are just a few of the many that we are honored to have a great connection with, and offer you an upclose and real view of it.

Sometimes we encounter a real high value gem in the mix of green things out there. To reward such extra effort, we have an excellence award for 2009, for specific categories in the Green Space. Its always better to have someone-else say nice things about you ( that you deserve ) than it is to toot your own tin horn and do that yourself.

We are sincere in our belief that recognition should be earned and respected, and not subjected to some bulleted criteria or column fodder for coolness in some ‘green-enough’ list. Our way is good old yankee common-sense found from paying attention to details. In some few cases the most quality green people are not even in the spotlight often, do not seek out any awards, and are appropriately humble about it.

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LAST CALL for the Summer Issue living document ( this issue ) insertions, Living document update is August 10th - add comment below if you have something that we should cover
Insertion for the Fall Issue are open now — call for that is August 22nd - contact Neal@ctnla.com

Have fun and Drive by the sun!

By Ashley Van Dyke
Just as summer is on its way I have the perfect thing for you! Who needs gasoline when you can drive by the sun? Solar powered transport is here in the shape of the Cruise Cars available through yours truly.
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