Lenny's Climate Change Concert and other randoms
--Last night I had iTunes going, and "Electioneering" by Radiohead came on. My rabbit snapped to attention as if Jonny Greenwood's guitar was playing some kind of bunny-whistle frequency. I found this amusing and thought you'd all like to know that apparently Radiohead speaks to my rabbit.
--I was accosted by a prostitute Saturday. No, really. Some random lady seems to be asking me for change, or one of the pops out of the 12-pack I'm carrying back from Kroger's, either of which is plausible for random streetwalkers in Huntington. So I let her catch up to me, she rambles about how she's been walking since Camden Park, and I give her a can of pop. Then she offers me a $2 blowjob, which I decline because A--I did not have $2 on me, B--it was apparent to me that she needed the money waaaaay more than I needed the action, and C--I naturally did not tell her this, but I prefer my sexual partners to have all their teeth.
--I was reading some criticism of the upcoming Live Earth concerts, specifically that the cause that these shows are promoting--global warming--is already well-publicized, and so not only is it unneccessary to put on massive concerts to further publicize the matter, but the fact that everyone will have to travel long distances to attend the concerts invariably means that more fossil fuels will be burned to do so, somewhat defeating the purpose of the shows in the process.
I can see this point, but I have one argument: yes, global warming has been very well-publicized, and yes, steps have been taken worldwide to try and start reversing the effects of climate change. But there is one significant place where I think it is not taken seriously: right here in the United States, which as far as I can tell is the only major populace in the world where there is still a major debate over whether or not there is a climate problem. Obviously it's a bit late to change the concert schedule at this point, and I fear that Live Earth will be the Woodstock '99 of benefit concerts (hopefully without the bonfires and gangrapes), but if I were to have done this it would have been solely in North America:
*there would be anywhere from 7-12 concerts, spread over at least the four major North American time zones
*each show would have at least three big-ticket acts
*the locations would be focused with an eye toward minimizing travel for both bands and spectators, naturally to reduce fuel consumption
*tickets would be cheap
*I imagine the Live Earth shows will have this covered as well, but there would be informational material oozing out everyone's ears.