Festival for the Earth

My daughter and I took the T from Riverside into Boston yesterday. We went down to the Hatch Shell for the Festival for the Earth concert to celebrate Earth Day. My daughter was born on Earth Day so it has special meaning for us. We spread an old shower curtain and sat in the sun, listening to the BoDeans, Third Eye Blind and Edie Brickell. It was a great concert; the weather was as fantastic as the music. The only drawback to the day was that during the break before Third Eye Blind took the stage, one of the towers displaying a large banner for the local radio station that hosted the concert toppled and injured 9 people sitting beneath it. Two people had been injured seriously enough that they had to be taken to Mass General via ambulance. Fortunately, Mass General is right around the corner from the Hatch Shell. The banner had acted as a sail in the fairly stiff breeze. You would have thought that the banner would have had holes in it for that very reason.

Update: I guess I should have worn a hat!

Third Eye Blind was the one act we were both looking forward to hearing. They didn't disappoint, although you could tell they were a little uncomfortable taking the stage after the accident. Everyone was a little bummed out over the incident. They covered mostly songs from their first album and soon had the crowd rockin'.

The place was silly with Kerry people; passing out stickers for Kerry in 2004. Not a Republican in sight. Quelle suprise!