It's 7/7/7, and there is a big concert series going on today. It's called Live Earth, and it consists of concerts in nine cities on seven continents. The idea is to raise awareness about global warming. I think it is a great thing to do, even if the tv coverage is crap. There has been no major network coverage until tonight, and the "hosts" on Bravo are a couple of freakin' idiots!! The stuff they're showing is just okay. You see a song or two, then the idiots come back on and blabber about stuff. Then the cycle repeats.
Now, before you get all over me, yes, I know it's all available on the intertubes, and presumably better. But, and Ellen may find this hard to believe, I don't have the time today to just sit around in front of the computer. So there. And speaking of freakin' idiots, I don't want to keep sitting here listening to Cameron Diaz lecture me on how she is so "eco-friendly" because she drives a hybrid car and turns the water off when she shaves her legs. Give me a break. Get Darryl Hannah back out here and we can listen to someone who is really making a difference! (She has lived off the power grid for 15 years, and drives a car powered by used french fry oil.)
A couple of things that I should point out, though. LiveEarth.org is the website for the event, and there is a lot of good information there. The one thing I missed that I would have liked to see was the performance from Antarctica. A group of scientists have a "garage band" called Nunatak, and they performed via satellite at Wembley Stadium in London to represent the seventh continent. Hopefully they'll post a video of their performance on their website.
I'm also sick of seeing the same performers and songs over and over again. If I have to watch Keith Urban or Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood one more time I'm going to scream!!
And I never saw Spinal Tap.
OTOH, they can keep playing Madonna performing her new song, "Hey You", which she wrote for this event, over and over again. I think it's a good song, and it shows some initiative on the part of the performer.
This was supposed to be a post talking about how we are all supposed to pull together to stop global warming before it's too late, and what a wonderful idea thatPresident Al Gore had to bring people together (rather than drive them apart as Shrub does). It ended up being another rant. Sorry.
Go make a difference. Do what you can. Every little bit helps.
And remember today is the halfway point for the Millennium Development Goals (links here, here, and here). Goal #7 is Ensure Environmental Sustainability, so LiveEarth dovetails nicely with that. Be Green. It's good for all of us.
(7/8/07 - I found a list on the LiveEarth website of good suggestions of how to make a difference, so I'm passing it along here.)
Now, before you get all over me, yes, I know it's all available on the intertubes, and presumably better. But, and Ellen may find this hard to believe, I don't have the time today to just sit around in front of the computer. So there. And speaking of freakin' idiots, I don't want to keep sitting here listening to Cameron Diaz lecture me on how she is so "eco-friendly" because she drives a hybrid car and turns the water off when she shaves her legs. Give me a break. Get Darryl Hannah back out here and we can listen to someone who is really making a difference! (She has lived off the power grid for 15 years, and drives a car powered by used french fry oil.)
A couple of things that I should point out, though. LiveEarth.org is the website for the event, and there is a lot of good information there. The one thing I missed that I would have liked to see was the performance from Antarctica. A group of scientists have a "garage band" called Nunatak, and they performed via satellite at Wembley Stadium in London to represent the seventh continent. Hopefully they'll post a video of their performance on their website.
I'm also sick of seeing the same performers and songs over and over again. If I have to watch Keith Urban or Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood one more time I'm going to scream!!
And I never saw Spinal Tap.
OTOH, they can keep playing Madonna performing her new song, "Hey You", which she wrote for this event, over and over again. I think it's a good song, and it shows some initiative on the part of the performer.
This was supposed to be a post talking about how we are all supposed to pull together to stop global warming before it's too late, and what a wonderful idea that
Go make a difference. Do what you can. Every little bit helps.
And remember today is the halfway point for the Millennium Development Goals (links here, here, and here). Goal #7 is Ensure Environmental Sustainability, so LiveEarth dovetails nicely with that. Be Green. It's good for all of us.
(7/8/07 - I found a list on the LiveEarth website of good suggestions of how to make a difference, so I'm passing it along here.)
