Live8
It's been a tough old month, both on my health and my wallet.
June saw me spending several hundred pounds on clothes and trainers. Half the clothes I doubt I'll wear, but I bought them anyway.
I also bought a rug and a huge leather sofa and chair. Such things could be seen as completely pointless because I don't need a rug, and my current sofa is fine.
But the sofa and chair I've bought are awesome. Real soft brown leather, not that painted leather rubbish. This is straight from the cow and turned into a sofa. I'll post pictures when it arrives, but it's going to take them 12 weeks to make it. Yes, make it; under-paid slaves are as we speak killing several dozen cattle to hand-make me a sofa. They will work in appalling conditions. Some may even die. But my sofa will be the best, and that's what's important.
I was also ill for a while. The usual stuff. The less said about that the better.
A couple of days ago was a series of concerts all over the world organised by Bob Geldof and friends. They called this free musical extravaganza Live 8. The idea was to raise awareness of poverty in parts of Africa and put people power pressure on the most powerful leaders of the world to do lots of good things for the most poorest continent on the planet.
What I saw was a free concert with a few decent acts boosting their record sales by getting an audience on global television. I also saw millions of people dancing in fields all over the world enjoying the free concert.
And end to poverty? Screw that; I want to see Pink Floyd live on stage for the first time in 25 years. They boosted their record sales by over 1300%. That'll go nicely toward the retirement. Of course the money could have been given to charity, but charity begins at home.
Global awareness of African issues? No thanks; I want Snoop Dogg to swear on the BBC way before the 9pm watershed, because that's way more entertaining than watching more pictures of skinny kids with fat bellies crying on the camera over and over again.
Although I have African friends, some of which are from the war torn parts of Rwanda, I couldn't give a rats ass about their continent and find a lot of it a waste of land mass. 20 years ago we had Live Aid, the biggest musical concert the world had ever seen to raise money for Africa.
And we're being told it's still the same.
Well of course it is! It's because most of the countries over their are run by idiots who'd rather send their kids to war rather than school.
I could go on all night about this, but I won't.
Big news about a shed coming up in a couple of weeks. It'll be worth the wait.
June saw me spending several hundred pounds on clothes and trainers. Half the clothes I doubt I'll wear, but I bought them anyway.
I also bought a rug and a huge leather sofa and chair. Such things could be seen as completely pointless because I don't need a rug, and my current sofa is fine.
But the sofa and chair I've bought are awesome. Real soft brown leather, not that painted leather rubbish. This is straight from the cow and turned into a sofa. I'll post pictures when it arrives, but it's going to take them 12 weeks to make it. Yes, make it; under-paid slaves are as we speak killing several dozen cattle to hand-make me a sofa. They will work in appalling conditions. Some may even die. But my sofa will be the best, and that's what's important.
I was also ill for a while. The usual stuff. The less said about that the better.
A couple of days ago was a series of concerts all over the world organised by Bob Geldof and friends. They called this free musical extravaganza Live 8. The idea was to raise awareness of poverty in parts of Africa and put people power pressure on the most powerful leaders of the world to do lots of good things for the most poorest continent on the planet.
What I saw was a free concert with a few decent acts boosting their record sales by getting an audience on global television. I also saw millions of people dancing in fields all over the world enjoying the free concert.
And end to poverty? Screw that; I want to see Pink Floyd live on stage for the first time in 25 years. They boosted their record sales by over 1300%. That'll go nicely toward the retirement. Of course the money could have been given to charity, but charity begins at home.
Global awareness of African issues? No thanks; I want Snoop Dogg to swear on the BBC way before the 9pm watershed, because that's way more entertaining than watching more pictures of skinny kids with fat bellies crying on the camera over and over again.
Although I have African friends, some of which are from the war torn parts of Rwanda, I couldn't give a rats ass about their continent and find a lot of it a waste of land mass. 20 years ago we had Live Aid, the biggest musical concert the world had ever seen to raise money for Africa.
And we're being told it's still the same.
Well of course it is! It's because most of the countries over their are run by idiots who'd rather send their kids to war rather than school.
I could go on all night about this, but I won't.
Big news about a shed coming up in a couple of weeks. It'll be worth the wait.
posted by Adam Lee at 4:02 PM
