Here’s a couple of quick news items. Some of you (like me) probably hit, or will hit, a Coldplay concert. In a recent interview, Lead singer Chris Martin kidded about Bono creating havoc with their gear at a show. He quickly added, “We’re joking, by the way. They’re [U2] the best band on the planet.” Here is […]
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Bono leaves Jerusalem, and offers a poem for the hotel staff (Update #2)
It appears that Bono and family have concluded their Jerusalem visit, and as he left the historic King David Hotel, he left the cleaning staff a classy little surprise. In a poem and sketch, Bono wrote, In Jerusalem, hope springs eternal Hope is like a faithful dog sometimes she runs ahead of me to check […]
Aung San Suu Kyi: "Walk On"
This past weekend, Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD), an opposition party to the ruling junta in Burma (officially known as Myanmar by the government there) won an astonishing 43 out of 45 seats up for grabs in a general election. Suu Kyi herself will now sit in one of the parliamentary […]