I was cruising the web tonight, visiting the usual sites that I do at 9 p.m., when I found out about Bono’s singing for Desmond Tutu on his 80th birthday. I decided to dig deeper into Tutu’s background by visiting an expansive dossier on Wikipedia. It’s no wonder tha

I wasn’t a fan of the U2 Special Edition iPod. I felt as though it was another marketing ploy on both sides of the marriage between the band and Apple. U2 was in need of getting in touch with its younger, growing fan base, who barely knew what vinyl was let alone a cassette tape

October And the trees are stripped bare Of all they wear What do I care October And kingdoms rise And kingdoms fall But you go on… At the beginning of every October, I play this track. I don’t know why, but I just do. The song is a haunting song, consisting of 26 words and two themes.

In this celebratory year of U2’s 20th anniversary release of Achtung Baby, I wanted to focus a couple blogs on songs that sit under the waterline on the record. The first of which is the song So Cruel. As most U2 fans know, this song is about Edge’s divorce. It’s probably the most gut

It’s interesting, as one’s career moves on, where the accolades come from. For instance, if you are a thespian, the Tony award, in the United States, is the highest achievement an actor can get. Same goes true for film actors with such awards as the Golden Globe or the Oscar. In music

I actually should call this my U2 year, but that would be too high and mighty of me as I am one who tries to be down to earth. However, it has been a great summer and one I will cherish for some time to come. It started on the second Tuesday night in June at a Chicago bar called the H

I was rummaging around our second bedroom last week, looking for some guitar picks when I came across a photo envelope from Eckerd drug store. I forgot I had brought it back from mom’s house when I visited her this past Memorial Day. The envelope, filled with old photographs from over

I read an article this week in the Denver Post about how important Colorado has been to U2.  Much like Chicago and Terri Hemmert, who took the band to see the Unforgettable Fire exhibition at the Peace Museum, Denver has always been a place of welcome for the four Irishmen. As the ban

Moncton, Canada seems like the most unlikely place for a U2 tour ending destination, considering the Unforgettable Fire Tour ended in Wercheter, Belgium, the Joshua Tree Tour ended in Tempe Arizona and Zoo TV landed its final night in Tokyo. I know these tours in the distant past, but