Dave Sifry has the details on how bloggers can get free Live 8 backstage press passes. It's all going down courtesy of one.org, and the idea is to flood the blogosphere with content on and about Live 8 and its motivating issues. As Dave writes, "the fact is that there are 30,000 children dying in Africa every day
- no one is reporting on it, and we aren't doing anything about it. So
one of the goals is to help set the agenda of the mainstream media, and
this represents a moment of pregnant possibility - for bloggers to
create proactive change, not just reactive change based on other news
events." Say it with me now: "that's hot."Free Live 8 Passes for bloggers!
Dave Sifry has the details on how bloggers can get free Live 8 backstage press passes. It's all going down courtesy of one.org, and the idea is to flood the blogosphere with content on and about Live 8 and its motivating issues. As Dave writes, "the fact is that there are 30,000 children dying in Africa every day
- no one is reporting on it, and we aren't doing anything about it. So
one of the goals is to help set the agenda of the mainstream media, and
this represents a moment of pregnant possibility - for bloggers to
create proactive change, not just reactive change based on other news
events." Say it with me now: "that's hot."What's the Deal with Live 8?
I know what you're thinking - what is this Live 8 thing, anyway? It's eight concerts in eight cities in one weekend, designed to shine a light on world poverty before the G8 summit on July 6th. We're going to be blogging from the Philadelphia concert; other cities hosting Live 8 events include London, Paris, Berlin, Edinburgh and Rome, Tokyo and Johannesburg. Here are some vital stats on the Philadelphia show - for more info, this is a great Technorati link.
Location: The Museum of Art (above)
Bands:
- Alicia Keys
- Black Eyed Peas
- Bon Jovi
- Dave Matthews Band
- Def Leppard
- Destiny's Child
- Jay-Z
- Josh Groban
- Kaiser Chiefs
- Keith Urban
- Linkin Park
- Maroon 5
- P Diddy
- Rob Thomas
- Sarah McLachlan
- Stevie Wonder
- Toby Keith
- Will Smith
- Salma Hayek
- Natalie Portman
- Chris Tucker
- Jennifer Connolly
- Jimmy Smits
- Kami
Pour Some Sugar on Me
So tomorrow morning, I'm packing up the Powerbook and heading down to Philly for Live 8. I never thought I'd be typing this, but here it is: I'll be backstage at a Def Leppard show. I'm totally staying up all night and watching as much VH1 Classic as possible to prepare.
