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Routes Music is a documentary film acting as a roving music census, taking in the true musical passions (and disgusts) of the American people. We’re traveling all across the country, stopping along the way to interview local bands, take footage of live performances and chat with anyone and everyone. Learn more about the documentary here; check out all previous entries here.

As with anything in life – including music documentaries – the unexpected moments are usually the best. Our time in New Orleans was no different.

On Friday, we came across two girls – Anastasia Euthanasia and Joy Deemster – performing on the street in the French Quarter (in front of a police station no less!). Going by the name Delicious Gloom, the girls played a highly infectious song for us. After days of Los Mega Boyz’ “Selena” looping in our heads, it was welcome relief.

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What’s Green Community contributor Carrie Webb doing this summer? She gets to vacation in San Francisco and on someone else’s dime! She also talks about her fond summer memories of playing on the beach at Fort Desoto as a kid. Hear her story and more on our Summer Guide. (Video after the jump) Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s Joe Bardi (handsome devil, ain’t he?) talking about what I’m he’s doing on his summer vacation. (Getting married on top of a mountain? High times, indeed!) And be sure to check out the rest of our Summer Guide content (including Joe’s Top 10 summer vacation movies) when making plans for your own summer holiday.

“Are you ok?” I asked my friend after realizing that she wasn’t faking and couldn’t get up. She was sitting on the volleyball court with a fearful expression on her face. Looking at her face I also realized that she was in a lot of pain even though she was trying to hide it and stay calm.

I planned to have one of the best weekends ever at El Caribe hotel on Daytona Beach Shores. I absolutely love the beach. It’s a completely different world for me—a world where my worries and daily errands cannot reach me. It’s the world with no reception, where I’m completely disconnected from my daily chaos. I love the sunshine, even though I get sunburned almost every time I go. The threat of cancer doesn’t scare me away from my addiction to tanning. The sand adds a lot to the beach experience, making the beach a perfect place for volleyball. You can dive for a ball without getting hurt most of the time. But the best part is the water. The water literally is a different world, allowing you to do all kinds of things you can’t on land like surf, skim, ski; the list goes on and on. You can even make out in the water, adding a whole new dimension to the experience… Read the rest of this entry »