It's a sign of the times when observing a day that most people used to think was only reserved for hippies or scientifically enlightened types becomes an uber fashionable badge of social and environmental consciousness and concern. As you probably know, today, April 22nd, is Earth Day. In 2008, however, one day is just not enough and that's why April has been declared Earth Month.
This initiative's got everyone on board:
+This Sunday, The New York Times Magazine published a painstakingly dense, albeit noble, guide to reducing the size of your carbon footprint.
+The Discovery Channel launched new channel, Planet Green.
+Major US television network, NBC, is focusing this week on featuring environmentally conscious programming. On Wednesday night, Late Night With Conan O'Brien, will feature green themed guests Seth Green, Peter Greenberg and RADIOHEAD. The band, who were the show's first ever musical guests back in 1993, will raise environmental awareness by showing an exclusive performance of House of Cards previously recorded in London.
Lily Allen has posted 2 brand new songs on her Myspace page.(thx Popjustice) I Don't Know and I Can't Say see Lily expressing her jaded view of celebrity and lamenting some recent personal tragedies. Both seem to be quite rudimentary versions of the songs. Her voice sounds lovely on both but the latter feels more like something you'd expect from the Sugababes or Girls Aloud than the refreshing reggae and brass infused offerings found on Alright, Still. Her awkward BBC 3 chat show, Lily Allen and Friends, has turned me off to her of late but maybe she'll redeem herself with a thoughtful sophomore album.
Lily's recently found herself overcome with blonde ambition:
Comedian Russell Brand is making his major US film debut in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, the latest installment from the Judd Apatow comedy mafia. I haven't seen the movie yet, but it seems as though Russell's character, a debaucherous rock star, is a perfect fit for him. He's grossly over-exposed in the UK and I got sick of him after a while when the novelty of his cockney comedy with a Dickensian flair wore off. I'm not really sure what American audiences will think of him initially, but he's bound to get great exposure from his involvement with the popular Apatow set and will surely rise to some sort of cult status among Anglophiles at least.
+USA Today ran a profile of Russell while the BBC pondered how we'll receive him.
+check out his myspace to hear him performing the hysterical song from Sarah Marshall, Inside of You, as Aldous Snow, lead singer of Infant Sorrow.
+He'll be appearing on Letterman this Wednesday, April 23rd and on Jimmy Kimmel May 2nd.
Looks like we'll just have to wait and see if America is ready for THIS:
2 comments:
so i saw i hate you sarah marshall and russel brand was good in it, but dude, i only was able to understand like half of what he said. it was alot of british mumbling. and thats me talking. americans with no ear for his accent are gonna think hes talking gibberish the whole movie.
russell russell russell!
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