Today's 7/7/07 Live Earth Concert was a massive undertaking and it went pretty well considering how many countries and performers were involved. The Live Earth Concert web site did what no television was doing - covering each country's concerts so we could click on a country and watch the show. And right now some of the earlier concerts are being replayed online for those who missed it last night. I do wish that organizers of these events would remember to keep posting the names of the performers as they sing because we don't know who everybody is. I also wish I knew when the concert was starting so I could have seen the opening ceremony, and although some news coverage talked about it, nobody showed it! The one thing I shared with posters to the concert message board was how frustrating it was not to see the show live on television. Some people experienced broadcasting problems. I noticed the sound wasn't always up to par. There also was not one area that kept people updated on the events and changes or issues, which would have been helpful.

What I loved about seeing it live was that it was unedited and uncensored! It's about time somebody did that. I am sure tonight, when the concert has been chopped up and played on major networks, it will have been completely censored. So a big raspberry to those networks who censor and refuse to accept that we don't need, or want them anymore. They destroy art and the moment.

One problem during the concert was when Linkin Park came out in Japan and the audience had (as they said) become a bit rowdy and needed to move back behind the barricades. It took up over 15 minues of time waiting for the people to move - and these people appeared to be very orderly and calm to us watching. It was a long wait, but at least the group got to perform for approximately 45 minutes. Even with a couple of slightly flat notes by the lead singer, it was one of the best shows of Live Earth. Another treat was seeing Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam performing. Too bad he didn't sing more songs.

I got a kick out of seeing groups from different countries and I found a couple that I enjoyed very much (one being Sneaky Sound System - who, by the way, has a song out called "UFO" about seeing a UFO and nobody believing them). It was also interesting to see how audiences act around the world. In Japan it seems the audience doesn't applaud for long after a song. Is that to allow the performers to keep going with minimum interruptions, or what? I did notice that the Japanese audience was very involved with Linkin Park, so I know they love the group. But aftewards it was a little surprising not to see them clap and cheer for a long time, as we do in America.

A concern of the Live Earth Concert was if its message was getting across to people. I think it was. One thing it is doing is raising the consciousness regarding our planet and the universe. Can we really change global warming? Can we change the fact that Mars is also going through global warming? Whether we can or cannot change global warming (and I think we are limited right now in that regard), one thing we can do is be more aware and stop doing things we KNOW is not right for our planet and universe.

I was watching the concert online and on Bravo. Bravo is doing what all of television does: they decide for us what THEY want us to watch, and how much of it they want to air. I did not see many people on the Bravo coverage, certainly not Cat Stevens/Yusuf. I didn't see Madonna anywhere, but I heard she performed. The cherry on the top of my complaint about television is that just as Bravo concluded their coverage they announced that coming up right afterwards would be "The Best of Live Earth" - ALREADY!!! hahahaha They will determine for us, what was the best. Fuck that.

It is sad that today the world cannot stop their obsession with control and money, and instead unite, and show an important world event on free television (and I don't mean the Pope), with each country having its own channel sending to other countries so we can see everything from each country, live, uncensored.