July 9, 2007 - Once you put the energy-sucking and pollution-producing metropolis of New York City behind and start heading south, one of the next behemoths of conspicuous consumption, the Meadowlands sports complex, rises from the swamps of Jersey. The cold and uninviting concrete of Giants Stadium seems like the least 'green' location possible for a concert dedicated to saving the planet from environmental destruction, but the venue ended up substituting for what was originally planned as a Washington, DC, ground-zero destination for Live Earth US.
August 15, 2003 - For eclectic artist Kenna, working on his debut album, "New Sacred Cow," was a way to free some inner demons. He tackled his self-proclaimed "authority complex" and obsessive-compulsive disorder, and completed his transition from being treated as royalty in his native Ethiopia to arriving in a country where he couldn't speak the language.
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