Originally posted (in slightly modified form) at Ecotality.com on June 26, 2007.
On July 1st that sound you don't hear will be a quieter New York City. City officials have targeted that date for new regulations governing various annoying noises, from jackhammers to barking dogs to music to ice-cream trucks, to go into take effect. These regulations are the first revisions to the city's noise code in more than thirty years.
Even Mister Softee will have to keep it down: The ice-cream chain must now stop playing its maddening jingle — the tinkling tune that gets stuck in your head — when the trucks are stopped in residential areas.
Yikes! The Mister Softee theme?! This is serious!
Can a 24/7 city, regarded by many to be the cultural capital of the planet, actually be quiet?
"Last time I checked, this is New York," said Erik Foss, owner of a bar and gallery called Lit in Manhattan's East Village. "I don't know how you make it quiet around here. It wouldn't be New York if it were silent."
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Rock & Roll Martial Artist: Lou Reed On Music, Meditation And Tai Chi
Originally posted (in slightly modified form) at Ecotality.com on June 21, 2007. I've discussed Lou Reed and his rejuvenation from drugged out rocker to enlightenment seeking tai chi practitioner on other environmental blogs before. Well, from an old friend comes this in-depth interview that outlines Reed's quarter-century interest in the martial arts and forays into meditation and music to inspire his practice.
Upon learning that filmmaker David Lynch was an avid devotee of transcendental meditation, and had created a foundation to bring meditation into schools, Reed said:
"Very, very shameful that that part of our education is completely ignored. It’s just really tragic. I think that’s why our foreign policy is what it is but that’s a whole other story. Anyway, good for David Lynch, isn’t that great?
I, for one, would have to agree.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Global Warming - Real Or Fake? You Decide!
Originally posted (in slightly modified form) at Ecotality.com on June 20, 2007. Top Ten Ways You Can Tell Global Warming is Real
1. Linen napkin sales skyrocket.
2. Michael Bloomberg dumps GOP affiliation, intending to run for President as an independent candidate.
3. Curious lack of concern among incensed Tennesseans regarding Al Gore's solar panels.
4. Carpooling suddenly seen as hip.
5. Polar bears observed body surfing toward the Jersey shore.
6. Christmas trees now have coconuts.
7. President Bush seen readying Air Force One escape pod to Alpha Centauri.
8. American flag colors changed to red, white and green.
9. Fox News taken over by federal government and turned into world's most powerful wind farm.
10. Two words: peak oil.
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