Live Earth Concert London: Some Observations
I am an advocate of a clean environment. Okay, now that’s out of the way . . . On the way to work I heard that London’s “Live Earth” concert that focuses on raising awareness of global warming didn’t have the usual heavyweights this year: There was no U2, no REM, no Pearl Jam, they all declined . . . instead they got a Spinal Tap reunion as the headlining act. But wait, it gets worse (or better depending on your sense of humor), These events are not really like concerts, they consist of 2-3 songs intermittent with PSA type videos of kids in 3rd world countries staring directly into the camera and saying things like: “Please help save me from global warming.” Another ironic event was that 
James Hatfield of Metallica was temporarily taken into custody for looking like a Taliban. He had short hair and a big wide gray beard exactly like the clerics you see in the grainy videos on CNN. Did they think they’d found Bin Laden? Well, what they found was a delay of “Enter Sandman.” (bad one I know) Oh, and here’s the best part . . . it was reported this Live Earth festival had the lowest turnout mostly due to weather . . . it snowed (priceless).
Lol. I saw Metallica earlier this month and I thought James Hetfield’s long beard looks pretty cool.