tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11497518.post116365887188650176..comments2023-08-15T07:45:58.119-07:00Comments on Lil Mike's Last Known Thoughts & Random Revelations...: To Hell With Poverty Saints In My Facelil mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846826168878285472noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11497518.post-1164108188883702572006-11-21T03:23:00.000-08:002006-11-21T03:23:00.000-08:00Hey thanx for all the info on U2's effortsI didn't...Hey thanx for all the info on U2's efforts<BR/><BR/>I didn't doubt their sincerity... and have been a longtime fan as well...<BR/><BR/>my questions were mostly rhetorical in nature...<BR/><BR/>just tossing out fodder for a pointless post I suppose...<BR/><BR/>may we all stay high & dry & keep on rawkin in the freak world to the tunes that make us all a twitter for many years longer...<BR/><BR/>anyhow i gotta get back to watching my czech subtitled movie before the plot escaes me any further...lil mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15846826168878285472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11497518.post-1164106029915014432006-11-21T02:47:00.000-08:002006-11-21T02:47:00.000-08:00Just an FYI,I can't speak for Green Day, I've neve...Just an FYI,<BR/><BR/>I can't speak for Green Day, I've never been a big fan, but I know that the Edge was at work on the music-recovery efforts just weeks after the disaster, and also was working with his "focus area," inner-city at-risk youth by working on building teams to try to get some schools open ASAP. Adam & Larry did their Habitat for Humanity time, as did Danny Lanois. (Larry and Danny have done production and session work in NO with various artists including Emmylou Harris, so I imagine they have the same soft spot so many other musicians have.) Bono is so high profile, he tends to stay away until his profile can be a benefit. But I'd be surprised if he wasn't talking with his various contacts about needs so that his and Ali's money would go where it was most needed. <BR/><BR/>I know it seems contradictory b/c U2 is so high-profile, but they are notable for the seriousness with which they take their philathropy; i.e., charitable giving is supposed to be low-key, putting the emphasis on the recipient, not on the giver. And I do understand that they purposely waited to do their benefit because so many other artists jumped on the immediate needs. Yet we all could see that needs would be ongoing for months or years. <BR/><BR/>Bono can be a real egomaniac (and I've been a fan almost 25 years) and he really tweaks my hair sometimes, but I do think they try their best to put their heart - and their money - in good places. They just don't advertise it. (For example, most people in the States don't know that there is a primary school in Dublin named after David Evans, and have even less awareness of just how dedicated the Edge is to his foundation for at-risk youth.)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for posting the tracks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com