Les Artistes

Remembering Buddy Holly

Florence Welch: Not Fade Awayfor Buddy Holly Tribute Album NOWNESS

Outfitted in Day of the Dead regalia, Florence Welch conjures a soulful rendition of Buddy Holly’s 1957 hit in new music video “Not Fade Away.” Produced by Louisiana native C.C. Adcock and recorded in New Orleans last year in the midst of Florence and the Machine’s North American tour, the cover is part of a forthcoming 19-track tribute album, Rave On Buddy Holly, which commemorates the late musician’s 75th birthday. ” The compilation’s producers, Randall Poster and Gelya Robb, enlisted the likes of Patti Smith, Julian Casablancas, Paul McCartney and Karen Elson (with Jack White) in testament to Holly’s immeasurable influence. “He elevated the ordinary to poetry,” says Poster, renowned music supervisor for films by Wes Anderson, Martin Scorsese and Todd Haynes. “A lot of artists have found inspiration and identified with Buddy Holly, because they feel like he’s everyman, not a superman. He gave John Lennon the confidence to wear glasses.”

Buddy Holly on the Arthur Murray Dance Party 12/29/57

Daily Smarts

Jill Abramson Top Editor @NYTimes | Tom Ford Documentary | Subversive Snow Globes AOC

Former investigative reporter and Washington bureau chief for The New York Times, Jill Abramson will become the paper’s executive editor, succeeding Bill Keller, who will become a full-time writer for the paper.

Ms Abramson 57, said that a born-and-raised New Yorkers, she considered being named editor of The Times to be like ‘ascending to Valhalla’. The appointments are effective Sept. 6.

Must-See TV: Tom Ford Documentary Premieres on OWN June 24th

Green Beigns

Biodegradable Products May Be Bad for the Environment Science Daily

In about one-third of America’s landfills, biodegradable products are probably doing more harm than good, because of the powerful amounts of methane gas released.

Methane released in landfills can be captured as a valuable energy source, but is a problematic greenhouse gas when released into the atmosphere. About 35% of America’s landfills capture methane for energy use, estimates the EPA. Another third burns off the gas with no benefit. The remaining 31% of landfills do nothing or are waiting for the two-year law governing when methane technology collection must be installed in landfills. A key problem, say researchers, is also that biodegradable products are designed to break down quickly.

Methane has 25 times the global warming impact of carbon dioxide.

C-40 Mayors in Sao Paolo Summit

Clinton Sees ‘Goldmines’ in Methane Emission Curbs to Fight Climate Change Bloomberg

World Bank, cities pledge greenhouse gas reduction Boston.com

Megacity mayors leading the fight for sustainable survival at the C40 summit Grist

Sao Paulo, BrazilFormer President Bill Clinton spoke on this problem in a C40 meeting of mayors in Sao Paulo yesterday. He is working with the World Bank on financing landfills globally, in an effort to create new energy sources while curbing the methane emissions.