Live 8

[greatbear]

OKay, so today during my running around and working around here the radio has been on and I've been listening to some highlights from the Live 8 concert/benefit. I gotta say, some of it has been quite good. There is an energy coming from some of these bands. Earlier I heard U2, which of course is a cornerstone at this gig. I heard some Verve and Audioslave from there as well. Audioslave was doing a cover of Rage Against the Machine's Killing In The Name Of that took on a whole new meaning in this context, despite Chris Cornell's sometimes flat delivery. Now that I have a break and can plant my ass in front of the PC, I managed to find a live feed from AOL Music. Currently the Who is playing and is sounding damn good. I hope I can see Pink Floyd if they havent played yet. This concert is apparently coming out on a DVD, and judging by the highlights I have heard (and seen) so far, it looks like it's gonna be a good one.

Live 8 Hyde Park feed can be found here. Other feeds can be found on that page. The high bandwidth feeds are pretty decent.

The Live 8 info and petition page can be found here. They are not asking for money. They want your name. Your voice. A name to add to the growing list of signers that will be given to world leaders and politicians to let them know people want a change. I did this, why shouldn't you?

Comments

[teddyb.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link.

I went to the site, uploaded a face photo for the big photo montage in Edinburgh, and I sent e-mail to my local Member of Parliament and to Paul Martin, the Prime Minister of Canada.

These are issues where I would support Canada's efforts anyway, but this is a good way to remind the Prime Minister and the House of Commons that Canadians want our country to do the right thing.