Monday’s Line
July 9th, 2007, 8:24 am · Post a Comment · posted by patrickdonohue
Back from the weekend and hours of Live Earth listening and watching. I think overall the performances were pretty run-of-the-mill if not dull. I think the effect this event will have on people may be their awareness of their everyday decisions that could effect the environment but that can’t be the only residual effect. That concert was supposed to be about widespread, global policy change at the highest level. Not just me making sure my lights are off when I leave my apartment in the morning or buying non-toxic, biodegradable dish soap at Publix (which I did yesterday, I’m answering the call). The genius of Live Earth was that it let everyone know, myself included, that there are so many things you can do to lessen your environmental impacts but isn’t that a little like rummaging through couch cushions for loose change? The only way the global climate crisis (if you believe it to be such) is going to be impacted in any significant way is if governments (like ours) get involved and gets concerned. Then and only then can real, substantial changes be made.
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No, seriously…
Man assaults brother with lawn gnome.
Boy named Hell barred from Australian catholic school.
A man in New Hampshire robbed a bank dressed as a tree.
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The Detroit Free-Press offers ways to rebuild Michigan State football.
The Tennessean answers some burning pre-season SEC questions.
The Oklahoman says the Sooners have to hitch their wagon to wideout Malcom Kelly if they want to win the Big 12.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s Ted Miller takes on LSU’s Les Miles’ comments about the Pac-10. And then follows up today after being bombarded with e-mails. SEC fans are as defensive of their schedule as Notre Dame fans are about how weak the Irish’s schedule is annually.
Major League baseball is not letting Worldwide Leader broadcast from the site of this week’s All-Star game. Finally a baseball story I can get behind.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution wonders how hard it would be for the Falcons to move Michael Vick.
New York Magazine on how best to get your mug on television at a game. Here’s a hint: bring a kid, preferably your own or one that you know. Kidnapping is a felony.
West Virginia running back Noel Devine: The next Reggie Bush or the next Pacman Jones?
Brian Dawkins is saying that if all the Eagles’ playmakers play at their highest-level, the Birds can pack their bags for Glendale. Your lips to God’s ears, Brian.
New York Magazine on how not to get beat up at a baseball game.
The story out of Buffalo keeps getting more bizarre. Daniel Briere’s agent is refuting the claims made by Sabres management about negotiations between his client and the team.
The Buffalo News’ Jerry Sullivan says Sabres management need to take some responsibility for how poorly handled this off-season has gone for the team.
Dan Patrick is leaving the Worldwide Leader to pursue “new endeavors.” These endeavors will include looking at himself in the mirror for a minimum of three hours a day, erect a Taj Mahal-like shrine to himself in his backyard and, of course, writing love notes to Keith Olbermann.
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Well-rounded news…
Mark Cuban’s spat with the Dallas Morning News.
Live Earth expected to break records in internet streams.
Sony cuts the price of the PS3 by $100. Microsoft to follow suit?
Northwest Airlines has announced that it is now accepting Paypal as a valid form of payment for airline tickets. Great news for consumers. Now you can buy that $2.25 autographed 8×10 glossy of Pauly Shore and a trip to see your mom the same way.
Voters are already showing signs of fatigue from the ‘08 presidential race and the election is still 16 months away.
Variety’s Steven Mirkin takes the Live Earth telecast to task.
Jim Carey will play Ebeneezer Scrooge in an upcoming Robert Zemeckis version of “The Christmas Carol.” According to reports, Carey will play at least four roles in the film, which will utilize performance capture technology similar to those in the Zemeckis/Hanks Christmas vehicle, The Polar Express.
Voting has wrapped up on Time’s New Seven Wonders of the World.
One of my favorite authors, Chuck Klosterman, talks to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Time Magazine’s Bryan Walsh on what Live Earth really meant.
Newsweek wonders just how green Live Earth really was.
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Inside baseball…
Slate’s Jack Shafer says the new color of sensational journalism is green.
