Oddjack has a mostly-cheeky list of odds on Live 8 (example: odds
that someone'll use the pick up line, 'How’d you like to relieve the
African debt in my pants?' are 1 to 5), but this one raises an
interesting issue: odds that "Spin will marginalize the event with a Chuck Klosterman column and complete lack of coverage" are 5 to 1.
So
far, it seems like Live 8 has been treated by MSM as a political event
(as it should be), and a celebrity spectacle (which it clearly is). But
is it also a major moment in the music industry? The London line-up is
really pretty spectacular - if the Pink Floyd reunion wasn't good
enough, I don't think one can underestimate the weirdness potential of
Mariah Carey and the Who appearing on the same stage. But the other
lineups aren't exactly, uh, revolutionarily well-curated. How will the
snobby music magazines react?
