April 04, 2003

The 0.01% Majority Has Spoken

ITEM: Fans walk after Pearl Jam singer's anti-Bush statement

And now the rest of the story. I'm not familiar with Denver's Pepsi Center, but as a functioning NBA/NHL arena, the capacity must be somewhere in the 15-20K range. So to report that "dozens" of fans walked out is sort of ignoring the fact that thousands and thousands of people didn't walk out. And this happened during the encore! Have you ever been to a show where people didn't start leaving a little early, to get a jump on traffic?

Furthermore, who goes to a Pearl Jam concert and doesn't know that they mix politics into their worldview? One fleeing concertgoer told The Rocky Mountain News, "I love Pearl Jam, but that was just way over the edge. We literally got up and left." (Literally?) Do you know Eddie Vedder actively campaigned for Ralph Nader? Have you heard his (unbelievably good) cover of Dylan's "Masters of War"?

Comments

This tidbit was a gem from the article, too:

"Several concertgoers booed and shouted Tuesday night for Vedder to shut up as he told the crowd he was against the war and Bush. "

Several!

According to dictionary.com, several means:

"Being of a number more than two or three but not many: several miles away."

It's depressing that this story made its way to a major news outlet.

Posted by: Sooz at April 4, 2003 11:46 AM

Now I'm really tempted to go with a few friends to heckle a Toby Keith concert and see if THAT makes the major wire services.

Posted by: Michael at April 4, 2003 07:32 PM

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