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Entries from July 3rd, 2005

Live 8 – overall

July 3rd, 2005 · Comments Off on Live 8 – overall · Music

Was it any good?  Well, even from the back where there was not so much atmosphere it was enjoyable, but I think the whole thing could have been streamlined a bit. You could have fitted just as much awareness-raising and entertainment into a shorter time span than 10 hours. There was a lot of dead […]

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Live 8 – The politics

July 3rd, 2005 · Comments Off on Live 8 – The politics · Politics

There may have been a lot of people at Hyde Park who were only there for the music, and felt that the constant political messages were an interuption or just the price to be paid for the entertainment – and I’m sure you could say the same of the various anti-racist, Red Wedge, anti nuclear […]

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Live 8 – the technology

July 3rd, 2005 · Comments Off on Live 8 – the technology · Technology

I enjoyed the day, but I am glad I didn’t pay to go. There were a few things I would not have been happy about if I had paid for it – but when its free you make allowances. The biggest problem was the big screens. They are a great idea for large shows, and […]

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Live 8 – The crowd

July 3rd, 2005 · Comments Off on Live 8 – The crowd · Life

Perspective is a strange thing. I know there were a lot of people in Hyde Park, its got to be the biggest crowd I have ever been in, but it didn’t seem crowded. We stayed at the back mostly. Jayne does not like crowds much and I’m probably getting too old to spend 10 hours […]

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Live 8 – the music

July 3rd, 2005 · Comments Off on Live 8 – the music · Music

I’ll happily admit that my main interest was in Pink Floyd. We were towards the back of the crowd where there was more space, and for the earlier part of the show I spent some time just stretched out listening rather than watching. In some cases tolerating rather than enjoying. I know it was all […]

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Live 8 – the long queue to justice

July 3rd, 2005 · Comments Off on Live 8 – the long queue to justice · Music

Yesterday arrived in London at about noon and had a spot of lunch before heading for Hyde Park. We had decided not to travel burdened with packed lunches – just a half dozen bottles of water. Knowing how nasty the buses and tubes can be on normal days we walked to Hyde Park, having decided […]

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