My father clued me in to a special on the Documentary Channel tonight called “In Dreams: The Roy Orbison Story,” and I’m so glad he did. (It’s from 1999, so some of you may have seen this already. But it was new to me.) Bono puts in a couple of appearances; his longest segment describes meeting Roy Orbison and how “She’s a Mystery to Me” came to be. If you don’t have the channel, you can see Bono’s segment on YouTube, which is actually a little longer than the one in the documentary:

But if you have access to the Documentary Channel and have even the slightest interest in Roy Orbison, I highly recommend watching the entire special. (It’s on again at 9 p.m. EDT Thursday.) I watched it because of Bono, but in the process, I gained a new respect for Roy Orbison and his amazing talent. That seems to be how U2 works for me. I watch and listen because I love our boys, but through that I’m introduced to something wonderful that I hadn’t given much consideration to before. And as a fan of such a demonstrative performer as Bono, it’s interesting to see the contrast in Orbison’s beautifully understated performances: the yin and yang of rock and roll.

Bono, photographed on Tuesday in Berlin. Used with permission of macphisto.net.

We’re attempting to go with a “Best Of the Week” theme, so please feel free to reply with what we’ve missed. If you are wondering why a weekly recap would come in the middle of the week, then you clearly have never done a pie chart statistical analysis of U2 band member sightings. Friday night through Tuesday afternoon. Prime viewing opportunities. (Just saying .)

Bono cliche alert of the week came during the CNN video interview that we linked to on the home page on Tuesday. It is a video podcast with Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Near the end, Bono refers to his above outfit as “the enemy’s clothes.” Is that a new one? I think so. Bono also brings back the time-worn “I am Bono and I’m sick of Bono” utterance. Aaah, we’ve missed that one. (Bono was in Germany on serious business, to deliver the DATA report, which you can read in full on the DATA website.)

Best Bono political photo-op of the week has to be this photo of Bono and EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso for the sole reason that the EU flags on the podiums will give you flashbacks to Zooropa.

Best hat of the week award clearly goes to Dr. The Edge for this sweet number he donned at Berklee College of Music last Saturday. Ditch the beanie! Edge probably also needs to win best heavy metal reference for quoting AC/DC in his graduation address at Berklee. AC/DC? Is it possible that Edge has been practicing his power chords in the studio this month? Or is he just a big tease? The talking in circles award also goes to Dr. Edge for telling the Boston Herald “We’re still working on material for the new album so it’s impossible to say what will happen when.”

Speaking of the studio, did you catch this drummer and bass player sighting?

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That’s what Richard Stearns, President of World Vision, calls Bono in an interview posted today on Guy Kawasaki’s blog:

Given the number of celebrities in our world it is actually shocking that so few of them are using their celebrity to make a difference. Bono is amazing. He has perhaps done more for the poor than anyone in the last century. I call him “Martin Luther Bono” because he has really been the leader of our movement.

(Thx to Beth for the tip.)

(Photo courtesy of Berklee College of Music website)

Today marks a historic occasion for The Edge as he receives an honorary doctorate from the esteemed Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.

Last night, Berklee students gave their traditional performance at the Agganis Arena in Boston to honor those receiving the honorary doctorates. Joining The Edge with this accolade are Gloria Estefan (Berklee’s Commencement speaker) and Jazz pianist, the late Andrew Hill. According to Berklee’s website, the students performed Van Diemen’s Land and Pride.

The Edge is in some pretty good company - check out the full list of honoraries from Berklee here.

If anyone happened to be at that performance, please let us know if any other U2 music was performed, and what you thought of it.