Bill Carter, author of Fools Rush In and Red Summer, returns this fall with a new book, Boom, Bust, Boom: A Story About Copper, the Metal That Runs the World. This new non-fiction work will be released on Oct. 16 and is available for pre-order at Amazon.com. Carter will appear on CBS This Morning that […]
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Gatsby Gets "Blindness"
I just saw this trailer for Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of the American literary classic The Great Gatsby, coming this Christmas. And yep, they are using Jack White’s cover of “Love is Blindness” from the Ahk-Toong-Bay-Bi CD (which comes right after a bit of Kanye West & Jay-Z’s “No Church in the Wild.”) A brilliant choice of a cover, […]
U2 Music in The Lady
I was pleasantly surprised last night as I attended a press screening of The Lady, and counted multiple references to U2. The film chronicles the life of Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and her amazing marriage to her British husband in light of the separation she endured from her family during years of house […]
World AIDS Day 2011
AIDS has killed more than 25 million people between 1981 and 2007. Despite recent and improved access to antiretroviral treatments in many regions of the world, AIDS still claimed 2 million lives in 2007 (270,000 were children). It seems cold to “crunch” some numbers here, but it really does hit hard when you read […]
Holiday Cards From Elsha's Heart
One of the wonderful things about being a U2 fan is actually meeting and getting to know fellow fans. U2 is one of the most socially conscious bands in the world, but what is remarkable to me is the fact that so many of their fans are as well. No one is a better example […]
U2's influence on iPod ads
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 […]
Edge's Biggest Fan Gives Back
One of the reasons I have been a U2 fan for over 30 years ( beside their music of course ) is the fact that they were a socially conscious band from the very beginning, perhaps when it was not such a fashionable thing to be. They have remained so all these years. Their support […]
Bono's Burger
This week’s edition of Entertainment Weekly features a piece called “Dining With The Stars”. It features 11 celebrity-owned restaurants in the greater New York City and Los Angeles areas. It states “think star maps …for your stomach.” Of interest to us here is the eatery that has been given the honor of the “Best […]
U2 and Harry Potter
Our earlier blog post showed band members in movie roles in U2 themed movie posters. Now the roles are reversed. Nextmovie.com took 9 classic album covers and put the actors from Harry Potter in character on them. Two classic U2 albums made this list. I was going to post the images , but I thought […]
U2360 Mayhem in Montreal
One of our @U2 staffers braved the elements and the logistical challenges at the U2360 show in Montreal last night. His first-hand account of what transpired both before the show in the General Admission line, as well as afterwards when 80,000 fans were trying to leave the Hippodrome concert location can be summed up in […]