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17-641: Green Apple Festival was founded by Peter Shapiro and Zenbu Media . It is produced in partnership with Earth Day Network (EDN), a non-profit organization created by the original founders of Earth Day in 1970. It has been inactive since 2009. Green Apple Festival took place in New York City, Washington DC, Miami, Chicago, Denver, Dallas, Los Angeles and San Francisco. On April 20, 2008, eight simultaneous events were held to observe Earth Day, with over 200,000 people attending in landmark venues: Central Park in New York,

34-627: A Sterling publication, it was acquired by Zenbu Media in February 2007. The magazine's editorial board was based in Manhattan , New York City , and published ten issues per year. In contrast to Metal Edge , which largely consisted of pinup photos of the era's more commercial stars such as Bon Jovi and Poison , Metal Maniacs focused predominantly on thrash metal bands and aimed to "treat (metal fans) like human beings that might possibly have something to say," according to Ludwig. The magazine featured

51-399: A letters section in which serious discussions about the metal scene and politics could take place. Ludwig also used the publication as a personal pulpit of sorts, stating "I also liked to get in something about vegetarianism, hemp, feminism, and freedom of speech when I could." In February 2009, it was announced that publisher Zenbu Media would cease publication of Metal Maniacs , along with

68-438: A webzine without any involvement from its founders or previous writers. In December 2011, To 11 Media, Inc. purchased Metal Maniacs and Metal Edge from Zenbu Media and continues to publish both magazines in electronic formats. This music magazine or journal–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . See tips for writing articles about magazines . Further suggestions might be found on

85-609: The Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago and at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Green Apple partnered with Earth Day Network, the worldwide coordinating body for Earth Day events, campaigns and activities. The first annual Green Apple Music & Arts festival was held at over 35 venues in the New York City area and ran from April 20–23. On Thursday, April 20, The Sixth Annual Jammy Awards show ( Jammys )at Madison Square Garden kicked off

102-773: The National Mall in Washington DC, Bicentennial Park in Miami, Fair Park in Dallas, Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, City Park in Denver, Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, and Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles. In addition, Green Apple Festival also presented 220 music shows in indoor music venues in the eight cities on April 18 and 19. Each of the 110 venues where the shows took place and 475 performances themselves were made " green " through

119-520: The annual event features musical performances in venues and rock clubs, as well as large-scale free public outdoor concerts. The festival combines live musical performances from various genres with educational outreach and cultural events, and is held around Earth Day, April 22. Relix Records is a boutique record label. Current releases include: Jonah Smith , John Popper Project featuring DJ Logic and Phil Lesh & Friends . Additionally, Relix Classics , and imprint of Relix Records digitally release

136-482: The celebrated New York City rock club The Wetlands. Zenbu Media Zenbu Media is a media company located in New York City , United States. It was founded by Steve Bernstein and is focused on the music industry, sporting the slogan, "we live for music". Zenbu Media formerly published Relix magazine, Global Rhythm magazine, Metal Edge Magazine , and Metal Maniacs magazine . Relix Magazine

153-546: The death of Jerry Garcia in 1995 Relix began to report on jambands and other genres of music not considered as mainstream. In 2000 the magazine was purchased by Steve Bernstein and in 2007 it entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Today, Relix covers a variety of jambands, indie rockers, singer-songwriters, and the live music scene in general. Also, each issue comes with a free CD sampling various up and coming bands. Bernstein sold "Relix" to Relix Media Group in 2009. Metal Edge

170-489: The festivities. Jammys performances included: Blues Traveler , Guster , Peter Frampton , Martin Sexton, Béla Fleck and The Flecktones, and many more. The festival concluded at The Ziegfeld Theatre with the world premiere of the film Wetlands Preserved directed by Relix senior editor and Jambands.com founder Dean Budnick and executive produced by Peter Shapiro. The documentary examines the social, political and musical history of

187-432: The lawsuit against Sony. Metal Maniacs Metal Maniacs was an American magazine that was based around heavy metal music . Founded in 1989 by Mike 'G' Greenblatt and Katherine Ludwig of Metal Shop. Where its sister publication Metal Edge largely covered glam metal , Metal Maniacs focused largely on covering the more extreme sub-genres of heavy metal such as thrash and death metal genres. Originally

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204-454: The magazine's larger, more renowned sister publication, Metal Edge . The company did not issue a statement to its readers, nor issue any refunds for subscribers. Associate editor JJ Koczan went on to found his own online magazine, The Obelisk , in January 2009. In 2010, the domain name of the magazine was put online again under new management from MetalHit.com. Metal Maniacs was revamped into

221-456: The use of environmentally sustainable paper, lighting and cleaning products. In 2007, The Green Apple Music & Arts Festival ran from April 20–22 in New York City, Chicago and San Francisco with over 200,000 in attendance and millions more reached through the media. Large-scale free public events were held in Central Park and on Vanderbilt Avenue outside Grand Central Terminal in New York,

238-522: The works of artists including Jorma Kaukonen , Hot Tuna , Flying Burrito Brothers and the New Riders of the Purple Sage . As the owner of these recordings, Zenbu filed lawsuits in January 2015 against streaming-music companies such as Apple's Beats, Sony, Google, Rdio, Songza, and Slacker for streaming pre-1972 recordings without having licensed them. All of the lawsuits were quickly dismissed, except for

255-468: Was founded in 1974 by Les Kippel as a newsletter focusing on The Grateful Dead . Originally the publication was called Dead Relix and was less than twenty pages thick with a hand-drawn black and white cover. By 1978 Dead Relix had dropped the word "Dead" from its title and expanded to include articles about the entire Bay Area psychedelic scene. From here the scope of Relix expanded to encompass musical genres such as reggae and heavy metal . After

272-532: Was published ten times annually and was closed in 2009. Zenbu Media is in charge of two major events: The Jammys and the Green Apple Music & Arts Festival . The Jammys is an award show geared towards jam bands but also including other live improvisational genres of music. The Green Apple Music & Arts Festival (GAMAF) is an Earth Day celebration. Founded by music producer and former Wetlands Preserve club owner Peter Shapiro and Relix Magazine,

289-517: Was the longest-running metal magazine in America. It was first published by Sterling Publishing in 1985 and was closed in 2009. Its founding editor was Gerri Miller. Metal Maniacs covered heavy metal music and was founded in 1989 by Mike Greenhaus and Kathrine Ludwig. The magazine was focused on covering the underground metal with an emphasis on the black and death metal genres. It was published by Sterling until Zenbu Media purchased it. Metal Maniacs

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