The label that Pere Ubu (and other bands) is on is making their headquarters on 1658 Milwaukee Ave eco-friendly. We should do this in our building.
Althea Legaspi -The greening of rock 'n' roll | Chicago Tribune
Chicago-based Smog Veil Records is revamping the way it conducts business to be more environmentally friendly. It is building a live/work space, which will use wind turbines and solar panels to create energy, and it's using geothermal cooling and heating systems.“We have a responsibility to make sure our business doesn't negatively impact the environment, No. 1,” says co-owner Frank Mauceri. “No. 2, it's become obvious to us that we can be as profitable, or even more profitable by going green.”
He surmises incorporating reusable and recycled material on an ongoing basis will save money and make the label more profitable. Smog Veil's environmental initiative includes the elimination of jewel cases and the use of a waste-vegetable oil delivery vehicle in 2007.
Smog Veil says:
In business since 1991, Smog Veil Records focuses primarily on underground, challenging, unknown, and/or bombastic rock’n’roll.Smog Veil's 70-plus releases have been positively reviewed, and it's touring acts have been featured in hundreds of publications around the world, including Billboard, Mojo, Wire, Magnet, Alternative Press, Doll, Ox, The Village Voice, L.A. Weekly, The Chicago Tribune, New York Magazine, and Spin. Smog Veil's Rocket From The Tombs release “The Day The Earth Met The...” was listed at Number 1 for the week of May 9, 2002 in Rolling Stone's On The Edge Chart. The title track from Smog Veil's Rubber City Rebels CD, “Pierce My Brain” was included in Activision's Tony Hawk Underground video game and television commercial. ‘Glitter’ from the Smog Veil release “Thor Against the World” by THOR was the feature track in the USA Productions film ‘Murder at the Presidio’ with Lou Diamond Phillips.
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