{"id":579,"date":"2006-10-19T20:09:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-20T02:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/2006\/10\/19\/wouldnt-the-moral-entrepreneurs-make-a-nice-name-for-a-band-2\/"},"modified":"2006-10-19T20:09:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-20T02:09:00","slug":"wouldnt-the-moral-entrepreneurs-make-a-nice-name-for-a-band-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/2006\/10\/19\/wouldnt-the-moral-entrepreneurs-make-a-nice-name-for-a-band-2\/","title":{"rendered":"wouldn’t the moral entrepreneurs make a nice name for a band?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>i generally reserve howard becker’s term moral entrepreneurs<\/em> for full-on self-righteous crusading reformers such as prohibitionists. yet one needn’t look far to find mellower unplugged<\/em> and acoustic versions of the concept. <\/p>\n

chris riemenschneider, the strib’s <\/em>fine music writer, offers a front-page story this morning on environmentally friendly concert tours<\/a>. performers such as gomez<\/a><\/em>, the dave matthews band, pearl jam, jack johnson, bonnie raitt, and even the entire warped tour<\/a> <\/em>(!) have gone at least a little<\/em> bit green.<\/p>\n

cloud cult<\/a> singer craig minowaare and others try to model environmentally friendly lifestyles without “sounding like some preachy folk singer.” what behaviors are they modeling?<\/p>\n

* Using biodiesel tour bus.<\/span>
* Buying renewable-energy “credits” to offset fuel emissions.
* Using soy-based ink and recycled paper in merchandise.
* Selling organic cotton T-shirts.
* Serving organic food backstage.
* Minimizing bus idling.
* Staying at hotels identified as eco-friendly.<\/span><\/p>\n

as gusfield<\/a> pointed out, status politics are at play when uppers tell lowers how they should live. but bands such as gomez <\/em>aren’t really cultural elites (yet) nor are they too wealthy to feel the extra cost of their green livin’. so all this seems quite socially responsible to me, though i wonder how ol’ keith moon<\/a> would have fared in <\/em>such a band.<\/em> maybe he’d personalize <\/em>the practices:<\/p>\n

* Driving biodiesel tour bus into holiday inn swimming pool.
* Smashing corn-plastic drum kits.
* Detonating biodegradable explosives.
* Recycling endless stream of Courvoisier<\/em> bottles.
* Dressing in organic cotton vicar’s, clown, and santa claus costumes.
* Heating room with detritus of smashed televisions, chairs, dressers, beds, and cupboards.<\/p>\n

<\/span>i wouldn’t count mr. moon as a moral (or immoral?) entrepreneur, but he certainly qualified as a professional discoverer of wrongs to be righted, of situations requiring new rules<\/a><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

i generally reserve howard becker’s term moral entrepreneurs for full-on self-righteous crusading reformers such as prohibitionists. yet one needn’t look far to find mellower unplugged and acoustic versions of the concept. chris riemenschneider, the strib’s fine music writer, offers a front-page story this morning on environmentally friendly concert tours. performers such as gomez, the dave […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}