Live Earth
We’re doing another one of these global concert things? Mkay. How’d that last one go—the one with Bono? Was that it? He was trying to convince the countries at the G8 conference to…do something? Maybe they all have Bono.
I’m all for global togetherness, but these big productions seem a little silly. I’m all meh-ed out on this one. No one I’ve personally talked to cares at all, as far as I can tell—is this a widespread sort of ennui*?
I do like this article. It’s got that fun reality check feeling. Practicality check? Yes.
Do you think they pick the cause for each new concert by how clever a name they can come up with for it? Because “Live 8″ was pretty catchy, with the pun on “Live Aid” and all. And “Live Earth” isn’t too bad, once you’ve done Live 8. “Live AIDS,” anyone? “Live Hate (crimes)”?
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* Did you know that ennui also has a transitive verb form? You ennui me. And when you use it like that, it sounds like annoy, from which it is Frenchily derived. (I didn’t know that.) It’s mostly used as a past participle, though, but hey, that’s still pretty cool.
Tags: miscellany
July 8th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
Can you say ennuiing, as in “these global concert things are so ennuiing?” What would that form be called?
July 9th, 2007 at 12:17 am
Why yes, I do believe you can — the French would be horrified. That looks like a gerundive to me.
July 31st, 2007 at 8:52 pm
i’m all for horrifying the French. go forth and use that verb form, Carlos.