Brad Barrish

This has got to be one of the weirdest things I’ve ever seen and I can’t stop watching it. And yeah, these are real Philippino prisoners.

Audrey and I were at Giants Stadium for Live Earth and she was working the press and celebs like nobody’s business. I’ll be posting a full wrap-up of my experience at the show as soon as I get a chance to finish writing it. I started on the plane back to LA, but haven’t really had a moment to write.

While I was in Chicago last month for the Mandy Moore show, we had a couple of reporters there doing stories about Control Room. Nick Jacobovitz, our Senior Producer, and I were interviewed by both reporters. One of the stories finally ran, but unfortunately we weren’t quoted in the article. It’s a good read though and clearly this guy was impressed.

I’m in the process of going through over 400 photos and writing a wrap-up, but until then check out a few of the highlights. Live Earth was one of the most incredible experiences of my life. Make sure you check out the shows online at liveearth.msn.com.

It’s pissing out. Thunder, lightning… The whole shebang. Good thing it let up for a bit so Roger Waters could get his soundcheck in. He was the only one soundchecking this evening. There I was, inside Giants Stadium with a handful of other people, watching Roger go through his set. A private show, if you will. I’m probably not even supposed to be talking about it, but “Another Brick In The Wall” sounded amazing, especially with the kids choir. The graphics on the stage, everyone looking at one another with the same thought in their head, ‘How incredibly cool is this?!’

I had to call someone.

“Jonas, it’s Brad. I’m standing…30 feet away from Roger Waters in an empty Giants Stadium”

“Awesome”

You can hear him playing the bass line for “Money.”

“Do you hear that??”

“Yeah, that’s cool.”

Even though he only said a few words, I could tell he was excited for me. And that’s all I really wanted. I kinda wish I could have brought him with me. Some day. Dad would have probably enjoyed it too.

Tomorrow starts the madness. I’ll be working for 24 hours straight before I actually get a break. According to email I received, 4am - 9am is my shift. I guess that leaves me with a few hours of sleep tomorrow. It’s gonna be work, but adrenaline is rushing through me and it’s one of the most exciting things I’ve ever worked on in my life. As I was watching Roger, with chills on my arms, I was thinking about how incredible my life is. I’m so grateful for all of it and I’ve done some awesome stuff, especially in the last few years. Gorillaz in Manchester and now Live Earth… Just wow.

It would probably look something like this.

I loved Revenge Of The Nerd. Orson Welles narrates the trailer (thanks Rex)

I filmed a short video while we were editing a show in Chicago earlier this month. When I played the video back at the office, everyone agreed that it needed a little something. Farts always make things more entertaining, as I’m sure you’ll agree… or not.

Created with Paul's flickrSLiDR.

Check out parties going on around you. The online stuff that Live Earth is doing is incredible. I just saw Catherine playing around with the interactive map application. The funny thing is that MSN is our partner and because they don’t have the same capability as Yahoo or Google does, we were forced to choose someone else.