That Pink Floyd thing's gonna suck big time, i wouldn't even have wanted to see them when they did the Dark Side tour, not a band that works well live, especially when they're not talking to each other...
With regards to Live 8 and Make Poverty History, they are spereate campaings. The MPH thing has been running for about a year and is a huge conglomeration of lots of smaller organisations ranging from church groups to anarchist syndicates. They have all got together to put pressure onto their governments to look at their attitudes towards poverty in general, normally bearing Africa specifically in mind. As a group they have organised many workshop events and pressure groups and petitions and vigils and benefit shows, all with the aim of raising awareness. I don't know where you get the idea that if 'someone puts their hand up and says, "Cool... how?", you tend to get blank looks.' I know that I have read many many informative articles and essays that contain very easy and reasonable ways that the problem of world poverty could actually be almost wiped out. ut of course, they are only easy and reasonable ways if you are not a greedy government only looking out for your own interests, or the World Bank...
You could say I guess that Geldof has kind of hijacked the MPH campaign by organising the Live8 concerts and giving his backing. But then, it has greatly increased the publicity, which in turn should serve to greatly increase the pressure the group is able put on the governments...
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32lawrence wrote:isn't anyone even SLIGHTLY interested in how pink floyd's gonna perform with roger waters back in the fold? brilliant idea or trainwreck in waiting?
Brilliant Trainwreck and i want to see it, On DVD. The profits of which i will happily donate To African relief and the public flogging of Bob Geldof.
ChoCko is back in town!
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36ogami itto wrote:MIGHT AS WELL GO FOR A SODA!
It's better than slander!
It's better than lies!!!
Meanwhile. . . CBC radio informed me today that Celine Dion's satellite performance from Vegas was booed loudly by the crowd of 35 000 in Ontario. Neat.
And. . . I heard Bruce Cockburn's solo performance on the CBC somewhere outside Vanderhoof (on my way back home from the bush) and it was incredible. His guitar solo on "If I had a Rocket Launcher" almost put me in the ditch and when the crowd roared afterwords, well, do understand I was rapturously hungover, but maybe I started to cry a bit (and maybe I definately cried when Bruce followed up with "Call it Democracy"). So, apparently I'm in accord with my fellow Canucks on at least 2 important issues: Celine Dion is bum shit and Bruce Cockburn is truly great (I'm sure the peeps also appreciated Great Big Sea, Bryan Adams, et al however, and so it is I must formally renounce my citizenship: Fuck Canada).
I was driving through the rockies at about 1:30 AM when "Rock'n in the Free World" was rebroadcast, and the reception was terrible, but I'm quite certain I heard Bryan Adams cripple the thunderous 75 person jam with a single, well-miced "yeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh."
Look, here's the guy from the tragically hip singing with Neil Young:
Happy Canada Day weekend and African Poverty time everyone.
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37LAD wrote:ogami itto wrote:MIGHT AS WELL GO FOR A SODA!
It's better than slander!
It's better than lies!!!
nobody hurts and nobody cries?
seriously...where were the straight edge hardcore covers of this song? I've been sitting on this idea for some time now and those kids haven't fucking figured that one out yet...idiots
there is nothing like the feeling of centipedes in your orifaces