Spider-Man on SNL
Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update did a bit about Spider-man: Turn Off the Dark, poking fun at the production’s troubles: Spider-Man on SNL\’s Weekend Update
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Another Spidey Injury
It was reported today that Natalie Mendoza, who plays “Arachne” in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, will be off work for at least a week due to an injury she sustained during the preview, Nov. 28. Apparently the star was hit in the head by a flying rope at the debut performance and suffered a [...]
The Math Behind The Edge’s Guitar Sound
I love the sound of Edge’s guitar as much as any U2 fan. I must confess though, I do not know a thing about playing the instrument. It seems there is more to his signature sound than meets the ear. So fans and musicians may find this piece as fascinating as I did. It seems [...]
The Edge a Key Term in New Rock Textbook
A snazzy new college textbook on rock and roll is out from Kevin Dettmar, Professor of English and cultural studies at Pomona College and keeper of a great blog on contemporary culture, aptly named Fake Chinese Rubber Plant. Yes, a textbook on rock and roll. (Feel old, much?) Dettmar’s is not the first of its [...]
The Edge Returns to Moscow
It was March 1989 when The Edge joined Peter Gabriel, David Byrne, Brynsley Forde (of Aswad), Annie Lennox, the Thompson Twins, Chrissie Hynde, Jerry Harrison, and Karl Wallinger (of World Party) in Moscow to support Greenpeace’s efforts to educate and impact environmental change in the Soviet Union. As Greenpeace put it, “The gathering in Red [...]
Rumor: Bono to write for Pixar?
Mike from The Pixar Blog shared yesterday that he thinks Bono and maybe The Edge could be creating songs for an upcoming Pixar project. He cites “new information” as his catalyst for writing the post, and refuses to share his resources, but calls the possibility “reasonably solid.” To read the full post, click here. Thanks [...]
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