Mike Love Energy Czar!

[Outie 315]

 MEL Going Green:

 http://www.rushprnews.com/2009/08/13/iowa-mayor-to-announce-plans-to-name-beach-boy-mike-love-%E2%80%9Cenergy-czar%E2%80%9D-for-the-day/

[donald]

do i smell summer in paradise?

[Alex]

Way back when we had the master plan of having fun fun fun as america's band, we came out rockin' with Rhonda and Barbara Ann, singin' of surf and sand...

[Pretty Funky]

No offence to Mike, other artists, sporting events etc but give a thought to how many cars and gas it takes to get say 50000 people to a single event nowadays.
To be realistic, The Beach Boys would have helped the environment more by quitting when they started playing stadiums.

[the captain]

Who says cars are the only way? In Minneapolis you don't have to drive to get to the biggest stadium (not that the Beach Boys would fill it). Light rail, buses...

[Aegir]

No offence to Mike, other artists, sporting events etc but give a thought to how many cars and gas it takes to get say 50000 people to a single event nowadays.
To be realistic, The Beach Boys would have helped the environment more by quitting when they started playing stadiums.

That's ridiculous.

[Pretty Funky]

Every city is different of course. I drove 80 miles to see them in S Cali in the early 90s but on the train a few months later at another location. Take the 3-4 years of July 4th shows in the early 80s alone with up to half a million people a time.
Don't get me wrong. I am not knocking them but I am reminded of the oil crises in the late 70s. A columnist in my town said the highest gas users were football games and the lowest motor sports...by fan attendance alone.

[Pretty Funky]

No offence to Mike, other artists, sporting events etc but give a thought to how many cars and gas it takes to get say 50000 people to a single event nowadays.
To be realistic, The Beach Boys would have helped the environment more by quitting when they started playing stadiums.

That's ridiculous.

...but correct.

[Mr. Cohen]

That's ridiculous.

Radiohead confirmed that in an interview where they talked about how they were trying to reduce their ecological footprint while on tour. Turns out all of the fans driving to their shows was the worst part of it. They said they could play smaller venues, but they felt that being showered with money and adulation from as many fans as possible was more preferable to helping out the environment.  Well, they didn't say it in those words, but it's what they meant. In the end we're all just humans, trying to get as much as we can for ourselves while the getting is good.

[donald]

That's ridiculous.

Radiohead confirmed that in an interview where they talked about how they were trying to reduce their ecological footprint while on tour. Turns out all of the fans driving to their shows was the worst part of it. They said they could play smaller venues, but they felt that being showered with money and adulation from as many fans as possible was more preferable to helping out the environment.  Well, they didn't say it in those words, but it's what they meant. In the end we're all just humans, trying to get as much as we can for ourselves while the getting is good.

You are right.  People are no damned good!

[Bean Bag]

I'm all for -- 100% -- leaving things the way they were before we got here , so to speak.  Be sure to dispose of industrial and personal waste properly.  But that's as far as I go.  The rest of the world is free toilet paper.

[Outie 315]

The Endless Summer Tour?

http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2009/08/12/the-beach-boys-interview-with-mike-love-show-on-september-7-in-fairfield/

[Outie 315]

SoyBeans! :

http://www.radioiowa.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=1A5A0FBA-5056-B82A-37F5E00E211920BC

[Outie 315]

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