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Saturday, July 02, 2005

Live 8 - MTV/VH1, You Suck
I'm half listening (via AOL's web cast), half watching Live 8 right now. Pink Floyd just finished up a short but amazing set in London. It was great to see Roger Waters back on stage with his old mates, even if he looked and sounded like a very, very old man. It was still a one-of-a-kind moment.

Pink Floyd's setlist: Breathe / Money / Wish You Were Here / Comfortably Numb

Based on their coverage, do MTV/VH1 realize this is a live concert event, not an excuse to promote the Real World? Their coverage has been horrible. Throughout the broadcast they've routinely been cutting out of songs to commercials, interviews or to their "hosts." They came close to showing the entire performance by Pink Floyd, but then cut to a host talking over the climatic guitar solo in "Comfortably Numb." I don't get it. Why do Road Rules marathons get more respect than actually music events on these so-called music channels?

Probably the only way to see full Live 8 performances will be via archived videos online or the obligatory DVD package. AOL Music has put up U2 and Paul McCartney's event-opening rendition of "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." Hard to believe that it was the first time Macca ever performed that song live. Click here to watch (Internet Explorer only).

- Live 8 Photo Gallery
- Brooklyn Vegan live blogs Live 8
- NY Times covers Live 8: Jon Pareles posts his review of the Hyde Park performances, while Kelefa Sanneh was in Philadelphia.
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Not that it takes much, but the trailer for the upcoming Arthur Russell documentary got me onto an AR kick the other day, and I headed for Dinosaur L's 24-24 Music. 24-24 is thought by some to be the gem of Russell's dancier material, and it'll hopefully be reissued soon. The Francois K remix of its masterstroke "#5 (Go Bang)" kicks off 2004's The World of Arthur Russell compilation, but I actually prefer the 24-24 original (MP3). When I first heard 24-24, though, the standout for me was far more fleeting. The two-minute "#7 (Recorded Live at the Kitchen, 1979)" (MP3) is a tantalizingly short slice of a session I hope is sitting in full in a vault somewhere. Russell's cello anchors a percussive horn-guitar groove that quickly recalls (or, I should say, previews) !!! and others. And, like much of Russell's music, I love it not only for its sound but also for the era of NYC it instantly evokes.

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