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Willie Nelson, Warren Haynes Surprise Fans With Election Calls

?UESTLOVE, WAYNE COYNE, GRACE POTTER, YIM YAMES, AND OTHERS ALSO CALL
FANS


Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson, ?uestlove of The Roots, and Wayne Coyne of
the Flaming Lips are among the
dozen musicians involved with the “Pledge to Vote” campaign staged by HeadCount, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that promotes electoral
participation. Each artist recorded reminders that will be sent to fans before Election Day via automated phone calls.
In addition, most artist participants will be making live calls – surprising fans who expect to only hear a pre-
recorded message.

“Let’s get some folks cranked up about this,” said The Grateful Dead‘s Bob Weir, a HeadCount board member who will also be personally calling dozens of
voters. “It’s so important that people, particularly young people, are paying attention and voting so a bunch of
cranky old folks don’t steal their future. Hopefully getting a call from a familiar voice will be motivation.”

Close to 25,000 music enthusiasts have already made a “Pledge to Vote” at concerts or on HeadCount’s website, www.headcount.org, requesting a reminder phone call from
one of their favorite artists and affirming that they will vote in November. The full list of artist choices include:

?uestlove
Adam Gardner (Guster)
Matt Berninger (The National)
Warren Haynes (The Allman Bros., Gov’t Mule)
Marc Brownstein (The Disco Biscuits)
Willie Nelson
Wayne Coyne (The Flaming Lips)
Grace Potter
Brett Dennen
Bob Weir (Grateful Dead, Furthur)

Jon Fishman (Phish)
Yim Yames (My Morning Jacket)

Fans can still sign up for the calls by visiting www.HeadCount.org/pledge.


IT Hiring to Lead the Pack in Q4: Report

IT is the highest ranking industry in expected hiring during the last three months of the year, but the majority of companies are not planning on adding headcount. – About
a fifth of companies are planning to hire in the last quarter of the year, but
worker sentiment is all over the map, and its not all that rosy. Just over 21
percent of companies are planning to hire either full-time or temporary workers
in the fourth quarter which is consistent with 2009 h…


ANZ plans to double headcount in Singapore to 1,500 next year

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group plans to double its headcount in Singapore to 1,500 next year, Bill Foo, the head of the bank’s business in the city- state, said at an industry event today.
 
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Phil Lesh, HeadCount Rock the Earth Auctions

WIN BRUNCH WITH PHIL LESH, MEET WARREN HAYNES AND OTHERS, ALL FOR CHARITY

Phil Lesh

The good people at Charity Folks have teamed up with Phil Lesh‘s Unbroken Chain Foundation, HeadCount, and Rock the Earth for some excellent holiday charity auctions.

The Unbroken Chain Foundation is offering the chance for 30 fans to have brunch with Phil on January 1, 2010. They will each receive a poster, which will be personalized that day. For more information, and to bid, please go here.

Additionally, The Dead are very happy to announce that their Spring 2009 Charity Auction raised over $450,000 for various Dead related charities.

Headcount’s holiday auctions feature:
- Opportunity to meet Warren Haynes with 5th Row Seats to Gov’t Mule
- Chance to win a signed Dave Matthews Band guitar (rare to get the whole band to sign)
- Opportunity to meet Entourage’s Adrian Grenier & Honey Brothers at Brooklyn Bowl
More information here.

Rock the Earth’s holiday auctions feature power lunches with:
- Brooklyn Bowl’s & Relix’s Pete Shapiro
- Bonnaroo Co-Founder Richard Goodstone
- President of Warner Music Nashville, John Esposito
- Radio DJ’s Matt Pinfield and Leslie Fram
- Google Chef Charlie Ayers

More information here.


Biscuits Brooklyn Bowl HeadCount Auction Tix

Brooklyn Bowl Tickets and Lane Auctioned to Benefit HeadCount

The Disco Biscuits

Reserve your very own lane and get 8 tickets to The Disco Biscuits‘ concert at Brooklyn Bowl this Sunday, October 11. This auction is the ONLY way to reserve a lane in advance and the only way to purchase tickets to this SOLD OUT show. Bid on The Disco Biscuits at Brooklyn Bowl here. All proceeds benefit HeadCount, the nonprofit organization founded by Marc Brownstein to encourage participation in democracy.

Complete Bisco tour dates available here.