Post concert:
I was extremely pleased with Floyd's performance and The Who were actually (surprisingly) impressive. I had my doubts after John E. passed 3 years ago, but they can still handle it pretty well. Floyd's set (Breath, Money, Wish You Were Here, Comfortably Numb) was fairly standard and held no suprises other than the fact they can still rock together pretty well as a cohesive unit. Gilmour did not look as happy as Waters to be there, but he never struck as an outwardly emotional guy (unlike Roger). Will there be a tour? I highly doubt it. But I will shell out $$$ to see it if there is.
As for the rest, eh, it was ok. It was something different to listen to in lab I guess. I think that Bono and Bob Geldof honestly think they can do something about Africa. I can't really begrudge them, the conditions there are awful and no person should be forced to live like that. However, I was reading yesterday about the new generation of educated Africans who don't want money from other nations; they want to end the corruption in their gov'ts and institute free markets to shed Africa of its poverty.
The article is here; very interesting and worth the read.
How was Howl's Moving Castle? It looked very cool and weird; I had no idea that Diana Wynne Jones wrote that. I really enjoyed several of her other books.
Also I hate that Coldplay guy for two reasons: the BS that spews from his mouth and the fact that he married Gwyneth Paltrow. She deserves a much manlier man.
