By now, most of us know that U2 attended the wedding of The Edge’s daughter, Hollie Evans, on Sunday. This isn’t about me saying, “You would have known that already if you followed me on Twitter” (although you would have!). Instead, this is about sharing in the joy of being in the U2 family. Hollie […]
Read MoreU2101 – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
I have a very distinct memory of the first time I ever heard “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”. I was a child, I’d guess probably nine years old. It was late at night and I was out somewhere with my mom. We were waiting in the car – I think we were […]
Read MoreIn Defense of Alisa
Just to clarify, it’s Alisa with an “isa,” not a “yssa.” A Washington Times story recently cleared that up. But we’re not done clarifying here; to clarify further, she’s from D.C., not Denver. Wait a minute – when did our nation’s capital move to Virginia? Wow, I’m really behind on the times. Yes, I’m being […]
Read MoreU2101 – Satellite of Love
This marks the first time that I’ll be talking about a cover for my weekly article. I suppose that the first thing that I should advise you to do is to check out Lou Reed’s sublime original (I’ll even supply a link, right here)
Read MoreWhy Would U2’s Bono Promote Meerkat? What’s In It For Him?
U2 just wrapped up their iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE Tour in North America with final shows at Madison Square Garden in New York City. In their first show in Silicon Valley, before Bono began singing “Desire,” he asked an audience member to come up on stage and share the event all over the world via Meerkat, […]
Read MoreU2101 – Party Girl
I debated with myself when titling this article as to whether or not I should use the song’s full name – “Trash, Trampoline and the Party Girl”, as it was labeled when it first appeared thirty-three years ago as a B-side on the single for “A Celebration” – but I chose to go with the […]
Read MoreThe Edge turns 54
Happy birthday to everyone’s favorite guitarist/keyboardist/backup vocalist! The Edge turns 54 on Saturday the 8th, so please join us in wishing him a wonderful birthday: Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday, dear The Edge! Happy birthday to you!
Read MoreCoping with U2 Tour Withdrawal
Last week, I talked about a disease that some fans were suffering from called U2 FOMO. Thankfully, most of us are over our cases of that now; it’s kind of hard to be afraid of missing out when there isn’t much going on. But now, some of us are suffering from something even worse: U2 […]
Read MoreGloria: Part Rock Anthem and Part Praise Music
Way back in early 2014, before Songs of Innocence was released and before I’d even warmed up to Vertigo, I found October in the used bookstore. I was actually looking for a Proclaimers album (and my brother was infinitely glad that I didn’t find one that day), but I came across a tiny cache of […]
Read MoreU2101 – Two Hearts Beat As One
Although the most recent show, the final show of the tour’s first leg, featured the tour debut of Party Girl, I chose to cover another song tonight, one which received it’s Innocence + Experience Tour premiere a couple of nights earlier, “Two Hearts Beat As One”.
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