“Never has a band been more mockable, never has a band been more successful…” In a recent Slate article, Eric Hynes presents a comprehensive argument as to the lasting impact of their music. In the era of 99 cent downloads, U2 continues to conceive of albums as long-form journeys, with individual songs—like chapters in a [...]
In a recent issue of the SF Weekly, blogger Sean Highkin discusses U2′s influence on the iPod silhouette ads: …from day one, the iPod hasn’t had any serious competition as the best digital music player on the market. But specs and aesthetics aside, the iPod’s rise to ubiquity was crucially aided by those brilliant black-silhouettes-with-white-earbuds [...]
According to Playbill, The Legend of Julie Taymor, or The Musical That Killed Everybody! will make its world premiere this August as part of the New York International Fringe Festival. Featuring book and lyrics by Travis Ferguson and music and lyrics by Dave Ogrin, the new musical, according to press notes, “tells the story of [...]
Saturday Night Live was at it again spoofing Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark. The 2/12/11 episode featured a commercial for an attorney who specializes in injuries caused by the musical. Bono, a.k.a. Andy Samberg, even gets a piece of the action. View it here.
KJRH, Oklahoma’s NBC affiliate, has a story about Tulsa youths involved in a U2-inspired project:
The latest entry into Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark humor appears on the cover of this week’s New Yorker
Your Recent Comments