Friday, February 04, 2005
 The man who calls himself Sir PAUL MCCARTNEY gave a press conference Thursday about his performance at the Super Bowl on Sunday. From the EDMONTON SUN February 4, 2005:Before McCartney entered the room, the media was informed that no personal questions would be taken and that all questions should be related to the Super Bowl.
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He had only one prediction for the game in this city, which has seen nothing but cold and rain since the teams arrived here Sunday.
"It will not rain. It will not. I know these things." How does he know these things? Easy. He's had the skies part for him before.  From The Guardian [UK] June 24, 2004:When his 3,000th concert in St Petersburg's Palace Square was threatened by poor weather, his concert promoters promised that the sun would be shining by the time McCartney took to the stage.
A Moscow company, SAV Entertainments, arranged for three jets to streak over the pregnant skies, dumping vast quantities of dry ice, or frozen carbon dioxide, as they went. By doing so, they hoped to "lock" the rain into the clouds, ensuring a dry spell over the city.
According to McCartney's spokesman, Geoff Baker, who was at the concert, the £20,000 plan worked a treat. "It was pissing down beforehand and then it became so sunny that Brian Ray, the guitarist, had to get one of his roadies to fetch his shades," he says.
The idea of cloud seeding, as the technique is known, is simple and dates back to the 1940s when some believed that to control the weather would be to control the world.
[...] You may recall the last time this guy played the Super Bowl, in 2002. With the trauma of September 11 still fresh, Her Majesty's knight, this agent of the British Crown, delivered an Orwellian anthem not-so-subtly equating "Freedom" with the so-called "War on Terror."
- Related story (Feb. 3): Awareness of Paul McCartney death, cover-up on rise
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