Blogs about: Bob Geldof
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Obnoxio socks it to the "foreign aid" industry
David Davis Good sharp analysis from the clown. The comment thread is worth a trip to the piece on its own (and you can ignore my bit, for I’m just being a vain name-dropper.)… more →
The Libertarian Alliance: BLOG
Ethiopia - How the financial crisis changed aid to Africa
Christmas Song of the Day: "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid
30daysout wrote 4 days ago: After seeing a BBC report on famine in Ethiopia, Boomtown Rats frontman Bob Geldof thought he needed … more →
The human cost of climate change
justanotherhuman wrote 1 week ago: The climate change sceptics have been very vociferous in and around Copenhagen over the past week, e … more →
Lesley's Song Spotlight: "Do They Know It's Christmas" by Band Aid
lesleysmusings wrote 1 week ago: “Do They Know It’s Christmas” was a charity single released around Christmas of 19 … more →
RIDICULOUS BOB GELDOF NOW PREACHES THERE IS A NEW STORY OF AFRICA RISING
chuckman2 wrote 1 week ago: JOHN CHUCKMAN POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY BOB GELDOF IN TORONTO’S GLOBE AND MAIL Bob Geld … more →
Photo on Londonist: Poetry at the British Library
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littlelondonobservationist wrote 1 week ago: One of my photos that I posted here a while ago was used last week on Londonist.com. It was put on a … more →
Video: The Original Band Aid Christmas
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Lola wrote 2 weeks ago: Life as a young girl in the 80’s was not easy for me and to this day I prefer not to think abo … more →
Nostalgia: Band Aid 1984
idelette wrote 2 weeks ago: Heard this one in a store yesterday. It still moves me, 25 years later. … more →
Do they know it's Christmas?
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brunettekoala wrote 2 weeks ago: One of the best parts of my South Africa trip was the rushed 5min-1hr slots with my roommate who is … more →
Africa and stereotypes
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stevebloomfield wrote 2 weeks ago: Three examples of crass stereotyping of Africa from the last two days: One: Twitter decides to comme … more →
A good day to buy The Independent
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Jo the Hat wrote 2 weeks ago: Those of a liberal persuasion probably buy The Independent or The Guardian anyway – but if you … more →
25 November (1984)
todayyesterday wrote 3 weeks ago: Between 11am and 7pm on this day, the new-pop elite entered the studio to record the most famous cha … more →
A Look At U2 And Their Glasto Headlining
Luke Morton wrote 4 weeks ago: If you hadn’t already checked Pitchfork or NME today then you’ll be blissfully unaware t … more →
Meet Me At The Hotel Room
accidentalsuperficial wrote 1 month ago: For no reason other than because I love her. And it’s Monday, and in the words of The Mighty B … more →
Fearne Cotton Meets Peaches Geldof
Wing Man wrote 1 month ago: Like, did you see this programme, like? wowowowowowowow Next week, Part Two – In An hour speci … more →
Tck, Tck, Tck and Adconion
Chris wrote 1 month ago: Global warming and climate justice. We are running a campaign driven by Bob Geldof and Kofi Annan pu … more →
Gift #41 The Georgia Straight---Vancouver's Village Voice
guerrilla giving wrote 1 month ago: Georgia Straight I vowed to move to New York City the first time I flipped through a copy of The V … more →
lessons not learned
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kenopp wrote 2 months ago: It has been 25 years since the 1984-85 Ethiopian famine that inspired Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to wr … more →
#20 Bono
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thinningtheherd wrote 2 months ago: Species Name: Hypocraticus Selfrighteousius Uno! Dos! Tres! Go fuck yourself! I don’t tru … more →
