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EFFECT, CROWDS STAY AWAY

The Gore Effect was a no-show at major Live Earth venues, although it did appear in Johannesburg:

Organisers of Live Earth Johannesburg are convinced climate change is to blame for the paltry turn-out at the Coca Cola Dome today.

Promoter John Langford claims it snowed last week for the first time in a quarter of a century, and the freezing conditions are keeping people away.

A lesser Gore Effect was also observed in Shanghai:

Despite soggy weather, the Shanghai Live Earth concert still earned itself a modicum of success with charismatic acts like Huang Xiaoming, Eason Chan and Joey Yung.

Locally, we witnessed the very first manifestation of the Al Gore III Effect:

Nineteen people have been charged with various drug offences at the Live Earth concert in Sydney yesterday.

That’s about 17 more than celebrated Live Earth in Brisbane:
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Despite the city’s reputed love of live music, Brisbane residents were more interested in classic cars than the worldwide Live Earth concert extravaganza ...

Nearby, dozens of people milled around a travelling Corvette Club roadshow as proud owners polished chrome, leather and the glossiest of paintwork.

UPDATE. How were crowds at Live Earth’s Washington, DC, leg?

A few hundred spectators turned out for the concert, which began at 10:30 am.

Locals preferred live golf:

People in attendance at the PGA Tour event today in the D.C. area: 37,613, per a local sports channel.

Posted by Tim B. on 07/08/2007 at 03:55 AM

  1. Promoter John Langford claims it snowed last week for the first time in a quarter of a century, and the freezing conditions are keeping people away.

    I’m laughing so hard my sides hurt.

    Posted by Nic on 2007 07 08 at 04:20 AM • permalink

  2. Heh. But, I dont understand. I thought all life in Australia was killed off last decade by the ozone hole and massive drought?

    So, where’d these two snugglers come from?

    Posted by Grimmy on 2007 07 08 at 04:21 AM • permalink

  3. But at least there are no Tramp Stamps evident….

    Posted by Kaboom on 2007 07 08 at 04:32 AM • permalink

  4. “You guys realise we’re a part of history now?”
    But not in a good way.

    Posted by lotocoti on 2007 07 08 at 04:51 AM • permalink

  5. It’s OK, I heard El Jaw pledging to make governments pledge something.  Didn’t get the details due to static on the car radio during the rainstorm.

    Posted by Big Jim on 2007 07 08 at 05:18 AM • permalink

  6. Moxargon group has climate change for dummies.

    Posted by thefrollickingmole on 2007 07 08 at 05:55 AM • permalink

  7. I heard some dikwit on the BBC last night describing Michael Crichton as “part of a diminishing number of sceptics” or words to that effect. The Beeb was right into the Live Earth concerts ad nauseum. In fact, I think they have become so intent on not offending their worldwide audience that they have difficulty articulating any point of view that is not leftist/anti-“racist”/anti-Israel/Pro UN-Farcical/Global Warningist orthodoxy.

    Posted by blogstrop on 2007 07 08 at 06:01 AM • permalink

  8. You guys realize we’re a part of history now.

    And boy will you be embarrassed to admit it!

    Posted by saltydog on 2007 07 08 at 06:38 AM • permalink

  9. Good to see Brisbanites have their priorities in order right.

    Posted by kae on 2007 07 08 at 07:02 AM • permalink

  10. It’s official. Every reference I have seen on the TV over the last few days has called the threat ‘climate change’.
    The only recent mention I have seen to ‘global warming’ was in reference to The Great Global Warming Swindle.
    This is going to make it a bit harder for us to prove the crackpots are wrong because, no matter what happens, the climate changes all the time.
    But it is also going to make it harder for the crackpots to convince anyone that CO2 can cause cooling as well as warming.

    Posted by Skeeter on 2007 07 08 at 07:22 AM • permalink

  11. “Organisers of Live Earth Johannesburg are convinced climate change is to blame for the paltry turn-out at the Coca Cola Dome today.”

    They also blame it for New Coke, faithless lovers and David Caruso.

    Posted by fidens on 2007 07 08 at 07:59 AM • permalink

  12. HAHAHAHAHA!!
    Tim, that picture is hysterical. And I love the “Al Gore III Effect.” I’ll bet there was a lot of that going around at these concerts.

    Posted by Dr Alice on 2007 07 08 at 08:41 AM • permalink

  13. Isn’t it winter in the Southern Hemisphere?  So why should snow in South Africa be so unexpected?

    BTW I notice the folks in Joburg were quoted as expecting 10,000 people, but the article doesn’t say how many showed up.  Anybody know?

    Posted by Sonetka's Mom on 2007 07 08 at 09:07 AM • permalink

  14. The Gore Effect may have been absent in some venues, but then he wasn’t present at all of them, was he?  And even Mama Gaia needs a break now and then.

    Posted by RebeccaH on 2007 07 08 at 09:08 AM • permalink

  15. Nearby, dozens of people milled around a travelling Corvette Club roadshow as proud owners polished chrome, leather and the glossiest of paintwork.

    Strange, they didn’t mention the Brisbane Prius Owners Club gathering, and their 1st Annual AlgoreIII Top End Run.

    Posted by rinardman on 2007 07 08 at 11:00 AM • permalink

  16. Here in LA, temperatures on Al Day were several degrees below average for this time of year.

    Posted by richard mcenroe on 2007 07 08 at 11:43 AM • permalink

  17. I read 53,000 at Giants Stadium in NJ. If true, that’s pathetic. I’ve been to better attended soccer games there and Americans are generally not soccer fans.

    Re: Live Earth, as Yogi Berra said: “They stayed away in droves!”

    Posted by JDB on 2007 07 08 at 12:52 PM • permalink

  18. that’s the saddest photo ever…....hehe

    Posted by vinny on 2007 07 08 at 06:12 PM • permalink

  19. #18

    I’ll say it again:

    I’ve seen more people gathered around a dead snake.

    Posted by Pickles on 2007 07 08 at 06:48 PM • permalink

  20. I for one appreciated the Gore Effect By Proxy.  It snowed all day Saturday at Thredbo and I was getting fresh powder turns at 4 in the afternoon.

    Posted by craigo on 2007 07 08 at 07:35 PM • permalink

  21. Looks like a frisky rock concert for lovers.

    Posted by 1.618 on 2007 07 08 at 09:12 PM • permalink

  22. It’s not quite the Gore effect, but the Hamburg concert had to deal with torrential rain for the first few hours.

    Incidentally, last night’s broadcast of An Inconvenient Truth pulled the expected ratings, i.e. not a whole lot…6.3% of all people watching TV at the time, and 13.5% between ages 14-49. That’s quite a bit below the average for the timeslot on that network, since they usually show big-time Hollywood movies on Saturday evenings. (And they certainly didn’t advertise their broadcast of AIT any less than they usually do for the Saturday movie.)

    Posted by PW on 2007 07 08 at 09:13 PM • permalink

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