Chevron Expert’s Credibility Wanes in Wake of US$19 Million Judgment

By: Wednesday October 20, 2010 1:52 pm

A few days before the incredible greenwash attempt recently launched by Chevron, the expert witness for their multi-billion dollar trial in Ecuador was dealt a serious blow. Not once in 2 decades of work for Texaco and Chevron has John Connor found his clients to be responsible for harm to even a single person. The jury in Jefferson County, Mississippi found otherwise.

Terra Preta: Making Soil Fertile

By: Wednesday April 14, 2010 9:02 am

Amazonian cultures used biochar recipes for transforming infertile soil into horticultural and agricultural powerhouses.

CD or Not CD: The Ultimate Question For Any Recording Artist

By: Saturday August 15, 2009 8:00 am

Many of the young artists of today are faced with a new dilemma. That dilemma is to make a CD or not make a CD version of their project available to their audience. It is fast becoming fashionable for new artists to completely fore go production of the little plastic discs in favor of digital distribution only.

Copyright vs Copyleft

By: Saturday August 1, 2009 8:00 am

I wanted my first column here on The Seminal to be something interesting to discuss about which some of the folks here will have some strong opinions. No better way to get a good comment section debate going than to discuss a person’s or group’s rights around here so I figured we should talk about the foundation on which the entire recorded music business exists: copyrights.

Murdoch Leads Market to Hell

By: Thursday November 6, 2008 2:02 pm

The markets post-Obama win are sinking…and it’s all Rupert Murdoch’s fault. Sorta. All right. Not at all. (Or a little, but not completely.)

Amazon.com Files Obama Mask As A Terrorist Costume

By: Monday October 27, 2008 10:18 am

Amazon.com lists a Barack Obama mask in the “Terrorist” section of the “Arab Costume” category.

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