JULY 14, 2011
BRUCE A. BRENNAN BLOG FROM THE WORLD AND MY MIND
The news as I see it and the views as I want them.
July 14 is … National Nude Day
I hope I don’t run into Glenn today, but he probably won’t be too far from a Playboy magazine. Luckily we do not have many nude beaches around where I live. I am not afraid or ashamed to say you do not want to see me in the nude. I do not want to see me in the nude. I do not want to see many people I know, if any, in the nude. Clothes are a good thing. I would rather let my imagination show me a nude friend than have reality rear its ugly head and show me.
I do not think that gravity is a law, more like a guideline, but it does exist and exert its power on everything including the human body.
That damn rock-n-roll did some good. Today is the anniversary of Live-Aid. The year was 1985. The event was the Live Aid concert for African famine relief. The place was Philadelphia, PA and it was also, London, England. Electrifying performances from Philly’s JFK Stadium, London’s Wembley Stadium and other venues were telecast world-wide.
The all-day and much-of-the-night concert featured some of the biggest names in rock music including Mick Jagger, Tina Turner, Madonna, Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney. The audience was equally as big - 162,000 attended the concert and another 1.5 billion viewed it on TV.
Boomtown Rats singer Bob Geldof organized the Live Aid concert, gathering the big name stars, all of whom performed without pay.
Live Aid ran for some sixteen hours and raised over $100 million. Willie Nelson followed Live Aid with his version for American farmers called Farm-Aid.
Farm Aid started as a benefit concert on September 22, 1985, in Champaign, IL, held to raise money for family farmers in the United States. It was about time we worried about our own before we worried about the world. The concert was organized by Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and Neil Young, spurred on by Bob Dylan’s comments at Live Aid earlier in that year that he hoped some of the money would help American farmers in danger of losing their farms through mortgage debt.
The first concert was at University of Illinois’ Memorial Stadium in Champaign on September 25 before a crowd of 80,000 people. Performers included Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, B.B. King, Roy Orbison, among others, and raised over $9 million for America's family farmers.
Nelson and Mellencamp then brought family farmers before Congress to testify about the state of family farming in America. Congress subsequently passed the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 to help save family farms from foreclosure. Today, Farm Aid is an organization that works to increase awareness of the importance of family farms, and puts on an annual concert of country, blues and rock music with a variety of stars. The board of directors includes Nelson, Mellencamp, Young, and Dave Matthews. Young's speeches about the environment are a highlight of the annual shows.
After the initial concert, the organization established emergency hot lines for farmers and farm associations. Farm Aid holds a farm disaster fund for farmers who lost their belongings and crops through natural disasters, such as the victims of Hurricane Katrina and the 2011 tornadoes. The funds raised are used to pay the farmer's expenses and provide food, legal and financial help, and psychological assistance.
The 2005 concert, marking the 20th anniversary of Farm Aid, took place at the Tweeter Center in Tinley Park, Illinois, with events in downtown Chicago as well. The 2007 Concert took place at Randall's Island in New York City (1st Farm Aid in New York) and was recorded in High Definition to be broadcast on HDNet as a 2 Hour Special highlighting many of the performances from the Allman Brothers and Counting Crows to John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson.
Way to go boys. Hail, hail Rock-n-Roll.
Today is Harrison Ford’s birthday. He was born in 1942. Also on July 13th over the years:
In 1832 Source of Mississippi River discovered (Henry R Schoolcraft)
In 1836 US patent #1 (after 9,957 unnumbered patents), for locomotive wheels.
In 1836 US patent #1 (after 9,957 unnumbered patents), for locomotive wheels.
Just a couple of thoughts I had and things you should think about.
BRUCE A. BRENNAN
DEKALB, IL 60115
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