local band goes global

personally, i think “Live Earth” is just a big sham. in reality it makes no sense, having people drive their cars to a large gathering where water will be consumed in plastic bottles and huge amounts of waste will be collected, polluting major areas of the earth.that being said, this is a freakin awesome story:

Antarctica Cements Act for Gores Live EarthIn an effort to fulfill his promise of a concert on every continent for his Live Earth event on July 7 to 8, Al Gore approached the British Antarctic Survey in February to explore the possibility of flying a band in to its

Courtesy British Antarctic Survey

Rothera Research Station in Antarctica.

No, he was told, July is mid-winter in Antarctica, and no planes or boats can get in or out.But all was not lost. BAS officials told Gore that a band was already in place on the South Pole. BAS press representative Linda Capper told blogger Tim Slagle, We have a house band five of our science team. They are very good indie rock-folk fusion. The remaining 17 will be the audience on location.

Theyve never played in front of an audience. To make matters worse, the band, named after a Greenlandic word for summit, will be playing outside on the ice, where temperatures could be as low as minus ten degrees Celsius. One of their colleagues will film the performance for broadcast on TV and the Internet.