The Live Earth concerts. Ah, the Live Earth concerts.
I personally would not go to a stadium or arena to see any musical act, even if they were performing in the Blowjobs for Thers Global Blowjob Benefit. In the first place, this would annoy my wife and I would end up with a sum total of zero blowjobs and probably a punch in the chitlins. In the second place, seeing a band in a sports stadium sucks ass. Hell, seeing sports in a sports stadium sucks ass.
I confess to a bit of a dilemma here. I am convinced that there is a destructive strain of cynicism poisoning American culture. You know, so what if the bands or singers at the Meadowlands, whoever those turned out to be, because I wasn't paying attention, are not really into ending global warming? Who cares? Global warming is a real problem and Al Gore is right to do whatever he can to make Americans and Global Citizens understand that. But cue the silly unfunny snark anyway...
I guarantee that nobody on stage at any of the Live Earth shows achieves anywhere near the degree of scientific or foreign policy clownishness as is regularly on display from Krauthammer on down, you know.
And you can't dance to that shit, either.
However, Bon Jovi still sucks.
Turn off your fucking toaster, asshole, is what I'm saying.
the Blowjobs for Thers Global Blowjob Benefit.
I'm picturing Shane MacGowan.
Posted by: Righteous Bubba | July 08, 2007 at 03:58 PM
I'm picturing Shane MacGowan.
I'm not sure there's enough whiskey in all of Ireland for me to want to picture that.
Posted by: edub | July 08, 2007 at 09:36 PM
What if they were offering free bacon sammitches?
Posted by: flory | July 08, 2007 at 10:45 PM
I'm still shaking my head over "reeks integrity" from three threads down.
Posted by: Captain Goto | July 08, 2007 at 11:12 PM
Stop picturing Shane MacGowan!
Posted by: Thers | July 08, 2007 at 11:24 PM
Thers is right on about cynicism, global warming et al.
But he has also identified the locus of evil in the modern world.
Arena rock!
Seriously -- if you go to see a band in a hockey rink, you get the kind of music they play in hockey rinks.
Repeat after me: rock n roll was never designed to be experienced in venues seating larger than two or three thousand tops.
I don't care who the band is -- if you have to experience them via TV monitor from the bleachers, you should leave.
Posted by: steve simels | July 09, 2007 at 09:50 AM
What if it were Playdoh and bacon sammitches?
Posted by: ignobility | July 09, 2007 at 09:52 AM
Right on, Thers. It's all kinda smarmy, or something.
Posted by: shaker o' salt | July 10, 2007 at 03:07 PM
I don't care who the band is -- if you have to experience them via TV monitor from the bleachers, you should leave.
correlary to this: if it's in a museum.....it's not rock and roll (any more).
Posted by: r@d@r | July 10, 2007 at 03:07 PM
All this talk of Shane McGowan, bacon and blowjobs has frankly gotten me a bit titillated...I have to go now.
Posted by: John Barry | July 10, 2007 at 08:19 PM
All this talk of Shane McGowan, bacon and blowjobs has frankly gotten me a bit titillated...I have to go now.
NO TITILLATIN'!
This is a respectable blog.
Posted by: Thers | July 10, 2007 at 09:49 PM