A 28-year-old dance instructor in my hometown of Portland, Ore. now teaches a modernized form of square dancing to attract younger participants. What do they dance to? Michael Jackson, Tag Team and…U2. Paul Silveria creates a “hoedown mosh pit” from the moves he choreographs, and sometimes teaches in unconventional spaces (warehouses, for example). That’s great [...]
If you visit the official web site for Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, you’ll immediately get hit with about 5-6 seconds of a pretty loud song that is presumably one of the new tunes that Bono & Edge composed for the production. Go ahead, click here and listen, then come on back. That little clip [...]
Popular crooner Michael Bublé has broken a record previously held by U2 for selling the most albums in Ireland during the week of Christmas. His newest collection Crazy Love sold 41,362 copies, while U2′s The Best of 1980 - 1990 greatest hits compilation sold only 36,889 during one week back in 1998. Though it’s disappointing [...]
I have a feeling this may disappear soon, so check it out now: A U2 fan known as OnlineOnTheHorizon on YouTube has edited “Moment of Surrender” into a shorter, radio edit version of the song and put together what I think is a terrific music video for it. Here’s the YouTube description of his/her creation: [...]
Well, probably not much. Other than this: In a survey of its readers, Rolling Stone magazine says U2′s and Mastodon’s recent albums were the biggest snubs from the GRAMMY Award nominations. You can check that link for the full list, but here’s the top five: 1. U2 – No Line on the Horizon 2. Mastodon [...]
Here we are, blogging about Steve Lillywhite again. Last week it was about his radio show, and this week it’s about a lengthy interview on The Daily Swarm with a fair amount of U2 content. Rather than try to put together some coherent summary, let me just rapid-fire a couple of my favorite quotes that [...]
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