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Austin is 101 degrees with a realfeel of 111... it's sizzle or melt, so I'm hanging out inside, checking out the Live8 Concert Feed at AOLmusic. Over my broadband connection I'm getting great quality, though none of the acts currently onstage pulls my trigger. I checked MTV's 8-hour coverage on the telly, and found it obnoxious; they'll toss you 3/4 of a great song by Green Day or the Marleys, then cut to yammering vjays or commercials. Ethan Zuckerman posts a pointer to a Christian Scientist Monitor poll, "How can the West help Africa? A global Q&A"

The Monitor decided to find out what some Western concertgoers really know about Africa, and where there is - and isn't - common ground with Africans.

Our correspondents spoke with eight ticket-holders for concerts in Philadelphia, London, and Rome. They also interviewed eight people in Senegal and Nigeria, two indebted African nations.

As it turns out, the two groups have different priorities. Nearly every Westerner mentioned HIV/AIDS as a top African problem. Only one African did. Every African cited poverty as a major worry. And most wanted investment - not aid.

jon posted this at 12:12 PM
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Hi, John,

This isn't a comment on the concert -- I live in rural Wyoming and have 4 channels on uhf.

What I am writing about, again (I wrote to you in December last year -- is the kaleidosky. I can't let go of my desire for a kaleidosky. I have found some of the broken pieces of mine and am hoping it can be reconstructed, but the spinning disk has warped, and the mask and face plate are missing pieces, so it will be a job.

You replied to my previous request, saying you hadn't seen one in years. I'm sorry to bother you again. I am just wondering if any of your Fringeware associates might be able to help me.

Thanks for whatever you can do.

Sincerely and hopefully,

Grace Dugan

Posted by: grace dugan | July 3, 2005 10:13 AM