Today Bono accepted the inaugural Cannes LionHeart award at the 61st Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity for his work co-founding the AIDS organisation (Red). In the final session of the day, Bono spoke with Apple design chief, Jonathan Ive and Vice’s Shane Smith about the (RED) initiative to eradicate AIDS throughout the world and […]
Read MoreU2 Elevation Charlotte 3.29.01 – my 1st GA show
A few days after the opening shows in Florida, I flew to Charlotte on March 29, 2001 for the third show on U2’s Elevation Tour. It was on my way home to Baltimore. This show was my first U2 GA (General Admission) show. It was assigned seats for the previous two tours, ZooTv and Popmart. […]
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Covering U2 – Luka Bloom and Dream Theater
Most U2 fans are at least familiar with who Christy Moore is, due to the handful of collaborations between him and the band (The Ballad of Ronnie Drew, North and South of the River, etc) but I suspect that fewer of us are as familiar with Christy’s younger brother Luka Bloom. Luka recorded a cover […]
Read MoreKnow Your Bonoisms, Part 2: U2 Codas
The next installment in my 12-part series on Bonoisms (at this point, I’m determined to stretch it that far) will focus on Bono’s use of codas. According to an online source I didn’t get the name of (thanks, unnamed source!), a coda is a concluding passage of a song that forms an addition to the […]
Read MoreU2101 – Electric Co.
If you don’t know, “Electric Co.” was originally recorded and released back in 1980 for inclusion on U2’s debut album, Boy. Bono has explained the song by saying that it’s about a friend of his who suffered from some mental problems and was subjected to electric convulsive therapy, which, in Bono’s view “made him worse.” […]
Read MoreWhy U2 – Reason #17
When U2 first started out toward their goal of world domination, they weren’t very good. That’s not a dig at the band, it’s an honest fact supported by opinions from the band themselves as well as others, closely related to the band both then and now. They worked long and hard to get to the […]
Read MoreU2’s The First Time…Again.
Sure I can pick you up at the mall, I’ll be right there. Let me get the door for you. As soon as I put my seatbelt on, we can head out. I know we just met, but you look so incredibly hot! I hope you don’t think I’m being too forward, but should we […]
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Larry Mullen the hugger
Yes, that’s right. Not Larry Mullen the drummer, but Larry Mullen the hugger. To hug is to clasp or hold closely, especially in the arms, as in affection; embrace. And a Deena Dishes on LARRYhugger is someone who enjoys hugging, and who hugs as often as possible. U2’s supposedly shyest, least public member, the one […]
Read MoreKnow Your Bonoisms – Part 1
Any serious U2 fan speaks fluent Bongolese, that mystical language in which Bono sings in indecipherable babble in between a song’s actual lyrics. But, dear reader, do you know your Bonoisms?
Read MoreU2’s Elevation Tour begins in Florida March 24, 2001
2001 was one of the best years of my life, but it started just over two months prior with the release of All That You Can’t Leave Behind in October 2000. That album was an instant favorite. I didn’t have to listen to it a few times to fall in love with it like I had with Achtung […]
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