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2007-07-12 Home Front: Culture Wars

". . . concert organizers locked Tipper in a trunk under the stage . . ."

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Posted by Mike 2007-07-12 01:03|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Oh, that was hysterical! But you've got to read the whole thing. Mark Hemingway reviewing LiveEarth is like a review of "Battlefield Earth" -- far more amusing than the movie itself ever was!

Posted by Sgt. Mom 2007-07-12 08:05|| www.celiahayes.com]">[www.celiahayes.com] 2007-07-12 08:05|| Front Page Top

#2 Al Gore may have killed the genre of Cause-themed Rock Concerts, or if not killed it, severely wounded it.

Posted by mhw 2007-07-12 09:03|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2007-07-12 09:03|| Front Page Top

#3 This is a masterpiece! And I will be eternally grateful that Mr. Hemingway sat through it all to report on it so I didn't have to.

Posted by tu3031 2007-07-12 10:17|| 2007-07-12 10:17|| Front Page Top

#4 ...and the link to "Soused at the South Pole" on Page 1 is a must read.

Posted by tu3031 2007-07-12 10:19|| 2007-07-12 10:19|| Front Page Top

#5 The Foo Fighters dedicated their first song of the night to Al Gore. It started with Dave Grohl yelling into the mic "SHUTUP!". I doubt many of the dorks there (to include Gore) got the intended meaning.

Posted by Broadhead6 2007-07-12 10:45|| 2007-07-12 10:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Tim Blair (I think) noted the line that became your headline, but this was my favorite part:

Are Live Earth producers contractually obligated to shoehorn in every willing person with an Internet Movie Database listing? This is going to be a long day.

Do read the whole thing.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2007-07-12 14:03|| 2007-07-12 14:03|| Front Page Top

#7 I tried copying a pic of one of the mentally challenged midgets there displaying to the crowd the actual size of her brain.

Posted by Broadhead6 2007-07-12 14:32|| 2007-07-12 14:32|| Front Page Top

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