After my short spell of being bummed out, I returned to the concert to witness some awesome stuff.  Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. got up and gave a kick-a$$ speech (some clips are included in the video below).  Melissa Etheridge played an awesome set, too.  I grabbed a bite to eat and came back in time for the Dave Matthews Band and Smashing Pumpkins, who also played great sets.

(There was a weird montage of young kids telling us how the planet is endangered and how we need to change the way we live.  Although the spirit of the video was good, it was a little creepy in a Hitler Youth Camp/brainwashing sort of way)

(the stage lights always look cooler when the sun goes down!)

After the Pumpkins, I charged myself with the duty of quenching my thirst before the last two sets.  I went down to the MSN hospitality tent to score one last beer before it closed up its bar - but alas! alack! No more beer was to be found!!! 

Dumbfounded and a bit discouraged, I stood outside the tent kicking a rock (metaphorically speaking) when I just happened to bump into one Mr. Tratt from the MSN/Live Earth PR Team.  He inquired as to whether I had been backstage yet today, and I humbly informed him that I had not! 

He immediately tossed a Live Earth Staff badge over my neck and whisked me off backstage, where I found my way over to the corner of the front row!  I met Mike Hedge there, who had also obtained a photo badge, and soon enough I was down in front of Roger Waters for the second-to-last set of the night! 

(Roger Waters was the creative force behind Pink Floyd's albums Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall!)

(The ever-resourceful Leslie Gant was already down in the photo section!  That's Alec Baldwin behind her in the blue shirt)

(A giant pig balloon emerged from stage left during a tune from Dark Side)

I fully enjoyed the close proximity to the performers afforded by the staff and photo passes, and got to see Cameron Diaz introduce the Police (who played a few little tunes) and the Police introduce Al Gore and Al Gore say goodnight to all, and to all a goodnight. 

(The Police are playing on stage behind me)

Come on my ride through the better half of the NYC Live Earth Concert by watching the video below!

I realized that if it weren't for my appreciation of beer, the nectar of the gods, I would never have been backstage and so close to the action for the last two sets of the show!  A wise man once said, "Beer:  the cause of and solution to all of life's problems" (Do you know who?  Scroll to end for the answer).

Thanks to my fellow teammates as well as Jordon, Sam from Mr Youth and Marty from Microsoft for helping make the Eco Trip happen.  Thanks to all the great people on both coasts and in between who helped create our adventure by providing such great Green Challenges for us.  And thanks to all of you who have logged onto our site and my blog to keep abreast of our adventures.  Although this seems like the end, it's really just the beginning.  The rest of the adventure is up to you.

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answer: Homer J. Simpson