ups, downs, ins, outs

• OUT
  pop stars (the term used loosly) everywhere, proffering their views on what the powerful G8 nations should do to tackle poverty and pestilence in Africa see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4629851.stm
• 
  attending overcrowded, hot, smelly, live outdoor concerts blasting semi-listenable music because they feel it is the thing to do
• IN
  Reading a book on the political and social history of at least a region of Africa written pre-2005 and donating to a charity through www.justgiving.co.uk which relates to Aids or Starvation
• Organising a barBQ for your mates and any of their friends, asking for a contribution to charity (not just the liquor fund!), playing music that you like over speakers you can hear with a toilet that works, and call it LiveEating