A couple months ago, Fender Custom posted a photo of a new “Goal Is Soul” guitar for Bono. But I didn’t see him using it in Denver last weekend. Who knows when we might see Adam using that thing of beauty above….

(Thx to Johan for the tip.)

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PHOTO: Adam’s new Fender bass

It’s a great, short read, in which Adam tells us Hoppen got him interested in Japanese photography, and Hoppen says what he and Adam share is not a passion for the same music, but for creativity.

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Adam Dons Jacket, Talks Art

The Trisara, an exclusive spa resort in Phuket, has partnered with a group of gifted Phuket-based therapists to offer a broad menu of holistic solutions for physical, mental and emotional well-being.

Available by appointment, therapists include a reiki guru to celebrities including Madonna and U2’s Adam Clayton, and neuro-muscular workouts from the consultant to Lance Armstrong’s Tour de France cycling team.

I think this is the first time I’ve seen Adam being used to promote a tourism destination (other than Ireland).

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Sparky’s Re-a-reiki-ning

Adam recently interviewed fellow Principle Management artist Paddy Casey about Casey’s new album. It was either a very short interview, or only some of it was posted online. Either way, you can read it on iLike:

Paddy’s interview with Adam Clayton of U2

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Adam Clayton, Journalist

You know how to act at a U2 concert – but what do you do in the theater? Do you follow theater etiquette, or do you enjoy your fandom and let loose?

There’s a part of me who wants to stand and dance, and sing along (although, with 12,000 watts of digital surround sound coming through 44 speakers, I’m sure I’ll be drowned out). Yet, i don’t want to be considered disruptive and end up being thrown out of the theater.

What to do?

How do you plan on enjoying the film? And seriously – how many times are you planning on seeing it when it comes to your area? Will it turn into a Rocky Horror situation where people do certain things at certain points of the film?

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How Should I Enjoy U2 3D?

Perhaps I’m behind the times a bit, but I’ve only just realized there’s some really cool photos available through www.imdb.com. For example, there’s a nice slideshow from the 2007 Food Bank of New York Can-Do Awards Dinner on April 23.

There’s also some photos from the Music Rising “Icons of Music” auction from April 21. Adam looks particulary suave in his shades of gray attire. Notice that Edge looks just as thrilled to be stood next to Christy Turlington at the auction as he was to be with Jimmy Fallon and Steve Schirripa. Come to think of it, based on the variety of photos available here, it looks like Edge only has one style of smile!

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Picture This

This from today’s Boston Herald:

Security guard spit on in another Naomi spat
By Inside TrackMonday, April 3, 2006 – Updated: 11:34 AM EST

Just months before her latest arrest, Naomi Campbell unleashed her world-famous temper on Madison Square Garden staff and spat in a security guard’s face, reports the New York Daily News.

The moody mannequin had perched herself upon a barrier during a U2 concert in October, and blew a fuse when a security guard asked her to kindly climb down.

“Campbell told the security officer that she was not going to get down and that he was a (expletive) (expletive),” a source told the News. “She then spat in the officer’s face.”

Not exactly model behavior for the world-peace-preaching band’s performance!

According to the source, the abuse was witnessed by two other security guards, and a senior Garden official was called in to intervene.

“(The official) explained to her that it is against Garden policy and the policy of the band’s security to sit on the barrier railing,” said the spy. After another heated exchange, the official threatened Campbell with ejection from the venue.

Attending the concert as a personal guest of Bono – the lead singer of the Irish rock band – “she replied that she would like to see that,” reports the onlooker.

The 35-year-old Britain-born beauty was not kicked out but the source said the guard filed a harassment complaint with cops.

Unfortunately, the case was closed without investigation because Campbell’s actions were considered more rude than harassing.

The cantankerous catwalker was cuffed Thursday for allegedly bashing her housekeeper’s head in with a crystal-encrusted Blackberry after accusing the maid of stealing a pair of $200 designer jeans from her Park Avenue penthouse.

The housekeeper, Ana Scolavino, 42, needed four stitches to mend the wound on the back of her head, according to police.

Scolavino’s lawyer has said that Campbell tried to cover up the incident by demanding the maid not go to the hospital.

Campbell is currently in South Africa, joining former President Nelson Mandela in promoting a children’s charity.

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Spitting Image

Check out the size of the ring on the wedding finger of Adam’s left hand — it’s a photo taken by br1 and uploaded to our @U2 Flickr Group.

It’s actually one of about two dozen terrific photos by br1 taken in New Jersey last week.

And while you’re browsing around our Flickr Group, don’t miss recent uploads from onelouder, ozmodiar, and tinkertart’s new “Vertigo belt.” Nice.

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On a ring of gold…

Adam Clayton possessed superhuman speed to such an extent that he could not be perceived by others while travelling at superhuman speed. He appeared by others to be invisible.

WHO KNEW??

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Where the streets have no crime

Most of the 19 Illinois towns that reported zero crime in 2003 have things in common: a rural location and a small population. Their only trouble is finding enough work for police officers.

By Angela Rozas
Tribune staff reporter
Published February 25, 2005

CLAYTON, Ill. — Bill Peterson, a police officer in the village of Clayton, has never shot anyone. A 22-year veteran, he’s never even had to take his gun out of its holster.

He also doesn’t know where the keys to his house are.Clayton’s only police officer–and a part-time one at that–Peterson doesn’t lock his doors at night.

“You know, I could find my key if I had to look for it,” Peterson, 49, said as he prepared to fight another long night on his shift.

But what’s boring to Peterson and virtually unheard of in larger cities is good for Clayton, a farming village of 890 residents about 250 miles southwest of Chicago. Although Chicago boasts of “just 445″ homicides last year, the lowest number in four decades, Clayton is among an elite group: towns that reported zero major crime in 2003.

Full post:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0502250235feb25,1,4233304.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

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Of interest to Illinois crime/Adam fans