Friday, January 30, 2009
He's amazing, isn't he?! He's been at this composing and writing gig since the nineteen-fifties and he just keeps on performing and drawing enormous, enthusiastic crowds. As a reader pointed out, his renewed continued popularity means that some parents and children can bridge the generation gap (at least temporarily) because both of them think he's cool. How many musicians have managed that?!
Plus, on this current tour, he's donating all proceeds from concert merchandise to Hurricane Ike relief.
Apparently 2008's Hurricane Ike was the 10th largest hurricane ever in the U.S. and it caused appalling damage, especially around Galveston. I'm not sure why so relatively little fuss was made about it but there's a lot to learn about it. Some details here and some really amazing photos here about Ike. (Just as a point of journalistic note, the hurricane is "Ike" and not "Ikea" which is what the CNN article called it yesterday - I wish I'd screenshot it so I could prove it.)
You'd think there'd have been lots more publicity about Ike (given Katrina) and more national pleas for assistance (given Katrina) but at least there's Neil Diamond and his merchandise proceeds.
Neil the weeble Diamond
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He's amazing, isn't he?! He's been at this composing and writing gig since the nineteen-fifties and he just keeps on performing and drawing enormous, enthusiastic crowds. As a reader pointed out, his renewed continued popularity means that some parents and children can bridge the generation gap (at least temporarily) because both of them think he's cool. How many musicians have managed that?!Plus, on this current tour, he's donating all proceeds from concert merchandise to Hurricane Ike relief.
Apparently 2008's Hurricane Ike was the 10th largest hurricane ever in the U.S. and it caused appalling damage, especially around Galveston. I'm not sure why so relatively little fuss was made about it but there's a lot to learn about it. Some details here and some really amazing photos here about Ike. (Just as a point of journalistic note, the hurricane is "Ike" and not "Ikea" which is what the CNN article called it yesterday - I wish I'd screenshot it so I could prove it.)You'd think there'd have been lots more publicity about Ike (given Katrina) and more national pleas for assistance (given Katrina) but at least there's Neil Diamond and his merchandise proceeds.
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