Live Earth 7.7.7

[Mcnowhere]

Did anybody here watch? I did most of the day. Madonna was fantastic as were The Police, Pink Floyd, Metallica, Genesis, Melissa Etheridge and others. I had it coming through my stereo, full blast. :veryhappy

[Boomer]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=467114&in_page_id=1770

Live Earth branded a foul-mouthed flop
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Last updated at 16:02pm on 9th July 2007

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Peak performance: Madonna takes her turn at Wembley
Live Earth has been branded a foul-mouthed flop.

Organisers of the global music concert - punctuated by swearing from presenters and performers - had predicted massive viewing figures.


But BBC's live afternoon television coverage attracted an average British audience of just 900,000.


In the evening, when coverage switched from BBC2 to BBC1, the figure rose to just 2.7 million.


And the peak audience, which came when Madonna sang at Wembley, was a dismal 4.5 million. Three times as many viewers saw the Princess Diana tribute on the same channel six days before.


Two years ago, Live 8 drew a peak television audience of 9.6million while Live Aid notched 10million in 1985.

The BBC blamed the poor figures on Saturday's good weather and said its Wimbledon tennis coverage had drawn away afternoon viewers.


Critics said however that the public had simply snubbed what they saw as a hypocritical event.


Musicians including Bob Geldof, Roger Daltrey and the Pet Shop Boys pointed out that a concert highlighting climate change had itself generated huge carbon emissions.


Performers were criticised for flying to concerts that were staged simultaneously on seven continents.


The BBC's coverage, which ran for 15 hours from 12.30pm on Saturday to 4am yesterday, also sparked dozens of complaints about bad language.


The swearing started at 1.30pm when Phil Collins, the first act on in London, used the f-word while singing with his band Genesis.


Razorlight singer Johnny Borrell used the same expletive a few minutes later in one of his songs. And Chris Rock swore while introducing fellow comic Ricky Gervais, who soon followed suit.


The bad language prompted a number of angry postings on BBC messageboards.


One viewer wrote: "Why did the BBC transmit this during daytime TV when many children will be watching? Why hasn't an apology been immediately forthcoming?" Another said: "It was disgusting behaviour." Other comments included: "It was pretty bad at that time of day" and "There is a line to be drawn".

[Mcnowhere]

Not very interested in commercial reviews. Was just interested to see if anybody else at the IW had watched any of it.

I enjoyed the concert and I am one of those who believe what Gore is telling us. I cannot imagine what he could possibly gain from pushing Global Warming if it really isn't a threat to the planet. On the other hand, those who are against it have much to gain don't they?

The F word doesn't offend me and I would suspect the majority of the viewing audience as well. After all, it goes with the territory. There were the usual parental discretion warnings throughout the telecast as well.

[Boomer]

I am one of those who believe what Gore is telling us. I cannot imagine what he could possibly gain from pushing Global Warming if it really isn't a threat to the planet. On the other hand, those who are against it have much to gain don't they?

http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Files.View&FileStore_id=4fb486ed-6610-4050-84cf-b56bee589d70
http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Images.View&File_id=75d62e6f-802a-23ad-47ac-e995a95082c7&ImageGallery_id=04bf1b76-802a-23ad-438b-dec552db7c92
Maybe he needs more energy, if he keeps up he's going to be off the chart:bigglasses:

[MuseNoir]

I really wanted to see Crowded House playing in Australia... I am hoping it shows up on youtube or somewhere else..........

[Mcnowhere]

http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Files.View&FileStore_id=4fb486ed-6610-4050-84cf-b56bee589d70
http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Images.View&File_id=75d62e6f-802a-23ad-47ac-e995a95082c7&ImageGallery_id=04bf1b76-802a-23ad-438b-dec552db7c92
Maybe he needs more energy, if he keeps up he's going to be off the chart:bigglasses:


Here's an update on Gore's home energy improvement project. Nice that he can afford it, wish I could. Hopefully, one day this will be a matter of course in building construction.

http://www.truthandprogress.com/show...do?diaryId=383
If you were waiting for Al Gore to follow through on his promise to make his Nashville, TN home a model "green" home, wait no more.

Here it is - the new rooftop of Al Gore's house with spanking new solar panels

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Al Gore's "Green" Home Almost Ready. Is He?
In an Associated Press interview, Gore responded to the phony attacks levelled against him a few months ago by a conservative think tank in Tennessee for consuming too much energy

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Al Gore, the environmental activist stung by criticism over his house's energy efficiency, said Friday that renovations are nearly complete to make it a model "green" home.

"This plan has been in the works for a long time," the former vice president said in an interview with The Associated Press. "The only thing that has changed is that we're more public about it because of the misleading attack by a global-warming denier group."

Gore's renovation project, which he said has been in the works for months, seeks to meet the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, standards established by the U.S. Green Building Council.

Now, I'm no environmental guru (as I'm sure there are people here on Truth & Progress with far greater knowledge on the subject than me) but it seems to me that Gore is a man who practices what he preaches. After his neighborhood council passed new zoning laws - ones that previously prohibited the installation of solar panels - Gore said that he'd be able to take the following additional steps

* install a geothermal system that will, among other things, drastically reduce the cost of heating his pool.
* upgrade windows and ductwork.
* install more energy-efficient light bulbs.
* create a rainwater collection system for irrigation and water management.

Have a look at the picture, pretty impressive!
http://www.truthandprogress.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=383

[Boomer]

Here it is - the new rooftop of Al Gore's house with spanking new solar panels

Looks like he's starting to "walk the walk", the site you quoted is quite Pro-Gore if you check the home page. http://www.truthandprogress.com/frontPage.do

If those panels were recently installed I'm sure someone will publish his updated utility records and stats like they did last winter, they at that time also criticized him for all the suv's he owned, but I see his son was driving a Toyota Prius when he's was arrested last week.

Just loved the youtube link someone posted on "who killed the electric car"

[Mcnowhere]

I really wanted to see Crowded House playing in Australia... I am hoping it shows up on youtube or somewhere else..........
I will keep an eye out for you Muse! :)

[Malaria_Kidd]

Rusty Humphries tore this one up from top to bottom last week. I would add solar panels to my home. If I knew our family of four was not out $2,500.00 a year in hidden "green" expenses. Every family of four in America!

Grin and spend it wisely to help curb China's contribution to greenhouse passed gases!

Great carbon credits concerts worldwide anyway. Including one very short one outside in the top of Alaska that lasted all of twenty minutes.

:shrug: :arg:

[Mcnowhere]

Rusty Humphries tore this one up from top to bottom last week. I would add solar panels to my home. If I knew our family of four was not out $2,500.00 a year in hidden "green" expenses. Every family of four in America!

Grin and spend it wisely to help curb China's contribution to greenhouse passed gases!

Great carbon credits concerts worldwide anyway. Including one very short one outside in the top of Alaska that lasted all of twenty minutes.

:shrug: :arg:
Wonder what the $2500 per year is in hidden costs? Would you have a breakdown MK? Many people pay much more than that for heat alone. My bill equals that using traditional fuels.

The concept of global warming is more of political issue than a scientific one.

FYI...the scientists who performed at Live earth were beamed to us from Antartica, not above Alaska. 20 minutes would be a long time to play instruments in those severely cold conditions.
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Live from Antarctica, the coolest band on earth

Nunatak, the house band at a research station on the frozen continent, will play 'Live Earth.' Outside. In fingerless gloves.
By Judy Coleman | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor

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Scott Wallace - Staff

Saturday's series of "Live Earth" concerts features a marquee-bursting array of the music industry's megastars, but perhaps its most impressive headliner is a band that doesn't even have a recording contract. That group, Nunatak, will be performing from Antarctica, with a stage audience about the same size as Kanye West's entourage. And when all is said and done with Live Earth, the band's members will go back to their desks, computers, and ice-diving equipment for another day at the South Pole.

Nunatak's five members are scientists stationed at the Rothera Research Station, which is run by the British Antarctic Survey. They are an ad hoc "house band" who, at Al Gore's request, are frantically rehearsing for a live webcast for the July 7 show.

"There is quite a tradition of forming bands at Rothera," say band members Alison Massey and Rob Webster, via e-mail. Massey, the saxophonist, is a marine biologist who saws holes in antarctic ice so she can dive in the dark polar waters, even as her Live Earth compatriots in Hamburg and New York don bikinis and board shorts.

For the Live Earth show, which includes eight other concerts around the world, Nunatak will play at least part of its set outside – in fingerless gloves, with temperatures plummeting to 14 degrees Fahrenheit. No pressure, right?

The group's participation allows the Live Earth organizers to achieve a lofty goal: To stage concerts on every continent.

"We had envisioned Live Earth to be a seven-continent music event from the very beginning," says festival spokesman Matthew diGirolamo. "When we shared our plans with Al Gore's office, they connected us to [Nunatak.]"

More at link:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0706/p11s01-almp.html

[Malaria_Kidd]

The good doctor had no breakdown on the green losses out of your and my pockets.

Up over or down under. Somewhere it was cold and not hot?

But when the local giant coal fired plant needs to meet the EPA clean air quality standards and cannot no matter what. We get hit in the bill. All of us that do not make our own electricity. It's not a denier that it's still BS, this hidden cost for China. Their bad air with no care! :yuck:

Off to the "coal glow" and that's my name with kidd on the end at www.snopes.com on the old message board.

Later.......

But check this out next door,.............this is like an ad for IW.

http://imaginativeworlds.com/forum/showthread.php?p=157498#post157498

That link is about "Nuts" said famously in our US History classes and books!

MK

[Mcnowhere]

Up over or down under. Some where it was cold and not hot?

MK

This reminds of, when I have a glass of wine at noon, it's 5 p.m. somewhere! ;)

[Malaria_Kidd]

Did anybody here watch? I did most of the day. Madonna was fantastic as were The Police, Pink Floyd, Metallica, Genesis, Melissa Etheridge and others. I had it coming through my stereo, full blast. :veryhappy

I was not aware of Pink Floyd being there or I would have paid more attention. Surely they worked in a curse word or two. Cursing is what has kept a Grammy off their mantles. Selling way over 200 million albums they could care less about an American invented music trophy, for British music.

What did they play Mcnowhere?

Antartica instead of North To Alaska it is.

MK:13: :friday: :veryhappy :friday: :friday: It's Friday!

[Mcnowhere]

I was not aware of Pink Floyd being there or I would have paid more attention. Surely they worked in a curse word or two. Cursing is what has kept a Grammy off their mantles. Selling way over 200 million albums they could care less about an American invented music trophy, for British music.

What did they play Mcnowhere?

Antartica instead of North To Alaska it is.

MK:13: :friday: :veryhappy :friday: :friday: It's Friday!

They were there minus David Gilmour. Wasn't bad...judge for yourself.

http://www.dailymotion.com/tag/pink/video/x2i2tm_roger-waters-pink-floyd-live-earth

The very best IMO, was Madonna. I have not been much of fan of hers in the past. Metallica were awesome.

[Malaria_Kidd]

Mcnowhere,

Well! How about this! That, or you know what I mean. I'm on dial up and the slow load is in progress. A good deal after a quick trip to my dentist. A new painless dental assistant named Lisa helped make the trip go well. She lives just North of a black walnut and black cherry band saw mill. One that I visited many times in 16 years of log truckin'.:coolgleamA:

Micheal Savage opens his show and ad breaks with Metallica. "Well, listen up!" I keep forgetting the name of his theme song with those words. What does IMO mean? Madonna needs to run for president so there would be two women to choose from.

Thanks!

MK:beerchug:

[Mcnowhere]

Mcnowhere,

Well! How about this! That, or you know what I mean. I'm on dial up and the slow load is in progress. A good deal after a quick trip to my dentist. A new painless dental assistant named Lisa helped make the trip go well. She lives just North of a black walnut and black cherry band saw mill. One that I visited many times in 16 years of log truckin'.:coolgleamA:

Micheal Savage opens his show and ad breaks with Metallica. "Well, listen up!" I keep forgetting the name of his theme song with those words. What does IMO mean? Madonna needs to run for president so there would be two women to choose from.

Thanks!

MK:beerchug:
IMO=in my opinion. IMHO=in my humble opinion. :beerchug: Back atcha MK.

[Malaria_Kidd]

One more thing Mcnowhere. If Al Gore does not curse in public. I wonder why his rock n roll constituants would curse on Live Eight. Rusty Humphries calls the shows Lie Eight!:32:

The BBC has a news piece on Coast's Hot Stories. About the sun not causing OUR bad air day and China's greenhouse gas problem. Nutters to the BBC story and the BBC!

Gotta run to make for the "coal glow". The TOYOTA Tundra plant's orange security lighting at night.

And again Mcnowhere, it's Friday! And Roger played his Wall hit song very super and little fans were hopping! :wall: :friday: :friday: :friday: :friday:

[Project]

it was alright, altogether too slick and BIG for me...

[Project]

think global... act local... it really does make sense, and this concert violated every idea about that pretty much.

[Malaria_Kidd]

Think global with crossed fingers while we familes of four pay n pay n pay! Just wait for next year's Live Eight. They will have the windmills going overtime to make electricity for the instruments, mics n speakers, television satellite link trucks, and the stadium lighting. About half way thru at Madonna's shin dig the wind will die down and the show will have to be plugged in to reality.

Can you tell I hauled lowly coal for 12.5 years? Do we really need all these night lights in big buildings and huge spot lights on buildings? Purple colored lights on bridges?

Save a logger. Eat an owl.

I hauled logs for 16 years and added that line for the heck of it!:439:

When the air gets too bad this will be the latest fashion,.......:trooper: Come on China, Russia, Italy, and all the other countries not mentioned. We need some help over here with our and your greenhouse bs gases.:thinkerg: :bigeyes2:

[Boomer]

Al Gore, $100,000 Man
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0717071gore1.html
JULY 17--If you're looking to book Al Gore for a 75-minute "Environmental Multimedia Lecture," the former vice president will cost you $100,000, plus travel, hotel, security, and per diem expenses. Gore's standard speaker's contract, a copy of which you'll find below, also stipulates that the Democrat's ground transportation be "a sedan, NOT an SUV." Additionally, Gore requests that speech sponsors make every effort to use a hybrid vehicle for his transport. The Gore contract, which is more restrained than the one used by Rudolph Giuliani, stipulates that no press be permitted at the event and that the Democrat receive approval over the distribution of photographs from the appearance. Gore's contract for a May 21 appearance at the University of California, San Diego was released by the school. Though the contract seeks "absolute confidentiality" when it comes to the deal's terms, since UCSD is a public university, the California Public Records Act requires that the document be released upon request. (5 pages)

[Project]

check how much hillary and bill charge!


Al Gore, $100,000 Man
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0717071gore1.html
JULY 17--If you're looking to book Al Gore for a 75-minute "Environmental Multimedia Lecture," the former vice president will cost you $100,000, plus travel, hotel, security, and per diem expenses. Gore's standard speaker's contract, a copy of which you'll find below, also stipulates that the Democrat's ground transportation be "a sedan, NOT an SUV." Additionally, Gore requests that speech sponsors make every effort to use a hybrid vehicle for his transport. The Gore contract, which is more restrained than the one used by Rudolph Giuliani, stipulates that no press be permitted at the event and that the Democrat receive approval over the distribution of photographs from the appearance. Gore's contract for a May 21 appearance at the University of California, San Diego was released by the school. Though the contract seeks "absolute confidentiality" when it comes to the deal's terms, since UCSD is a public university, the California Public Records Act requires that the document be released upon request. (5 pages)

[blackeyes]

I could of listened on Sirius radio but there is only one truck in the fleet that carries Left 146 (http://www.sirius.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Sirius/CachedPage&c=Channel&cid=1104779630493). I had to make a decision. I'm glad the world is waking up to the Global catastrophe confronting us.

[blackeyes]

Al Gore, $100,000 Man
You really need to stop seeking the answers from propaganda and look only for the truth. It's time you stepped over to the Left side of the discussion. Seek and you shall be saved.:05:

[Boomer]

You really need to stop seeking the answers from propaganda and look only for the truth. It's time you stepped over to the Left side of the discussion. Seek and you shall be saved.:05:

Left...Right...never made any difference to me, follow the money trail, if he was so sincere about his cause why is charging $100,000 for Talk???:bs2:

[Malaria_Kidd]

Here is a good one to check out when you get time.

http://imaginativeworlds.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7422


I heard Pink Floyd's Rodger Water's sang Another Brick In The Wall. Mcnowhere told me that. Now back to the Live Earth concerts worldwide on 7/7/07. In a post or two above I was calling the concert Live Eight. I stand corrected in an edit.

Do you two know why the views have odd numbers here? For example during a Coast show with almost live posting. Posts will read 156 and Views will read 157.

I don't understand alot here. Maybe I should visit FAQ.:lmao:

Maybe the view counter's broken!:smiley_on_tredmil: :present:

[blackeyes]

Left...Right...never made any difference to me, follow the money trail, if he was so sincere about his cause why is charging $100,000 for Talk???:bs2:Can't spread the word with out spending money. I totally agree with the environmental movement (http://www.answers.com/topic/environmental-movement?cat=health) saving the planet and all but I have to pay the bills too. I have to make a living. I drive a vehicle that expels a huge amount of carbon into the atmosphere but you want that roll of toilet paper in the morning right. I'm not going to live in squalor to prove a point. Nor should mister Gore. He's doing a great thing and I support him 100%. He is passionate about saving the planet and if taking a flight to what cities he is speaking in will get him there faster and allowing him to visit more places per year, I'm all for it. James Hansen (http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/) is another person I support 100%. He can take any flight he wants to get the message out. OK I'm done.

Why should I? (http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=9171659355384722877&q=james+hansen&total=59&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=2)

[Boomer]

check how much hillary and bill charge!

I'd say you're missing the point here:yawn:

[Boomer]

Can't spread the word with out spending money. I totally agree with the environmental movement (http://www.answers.com/topic/environmental-movement?cat=health) saving the planet and all but I have to pay the bills too. I have to make a living. I drive a vehicle that expels a huge amount of carbon into the atmosphere but you want that roll of toilet paper in the morning right. I'm not going to live in squalor to prove a point. Nor should mister Gore. He's doing a great thing and I support him 100%. He is passionate about saving the planet and if taking a flight to what cities he is speaking in will get him there faster and allowing him to visit more places per year, I'm all for it. James Hansen (http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/) is another person I support 100%. He can take any flight he wants to get the message out. OK I'm done.

Why should I? (http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=9171659355384722877&q=james+hansen&total=59&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=2)

The way I look at it he's supposed to be hell-bent on a sincere cause, he comes from a very wealthy family, his home alone reflects that he isn't living in squalor. But $100,000 plus all his expenses, and they've got him for four hours, $25,000 per hour, which includes a 75 minute lecture, sorry but I'd say that's more Enterprising for a cause than Crusading for a cause. I understand where your coming from and I respect that, but I find it hard to respect Gore's motivation for the big buck on an issue that's very emotional to many on this Planet and one he spearheaded.

[Mcnowhere]

Well, he's gotta pay for the solar roof and all the other environmentally friendly home improvements somehow. Money doesn't grow on trees ya know. Pardon the sort of pun!! Actually, up here in the forest, it kinda does. :yup: ;)

[Malaria_Kidd]

Why is he speaking just here and maybe England? How about a free pep talk for all countrie's who are not responding well to their own orange skies, blueish hazed skies, brown skies, yellow skies, black skies, & clear CO2 laden skies. You get the point on the colors.


The man, Gore, is missing the point,.............all points North, South, East and West!! Mcnowhere? Boomer? blackeyes? Can we protect our own shores from 200' flooding or 200' snows?" If other countries laugh at a distance and do nothing? That is my point few throw around here.

I am pointing at an alarmist down in Tennessee!:Flush:

Many places in the Middle East want to curb global warming and take all those worries away.

MK