Okay, I am taking on the 400 lbs. gorilla in the room named Duals, the recent perk/giveaway from U2.com for it’s members. We have know about this U2.com perk for the past four months and there has been a lot discontent spewed on other sites about how U2.com subscribers were give

I am like many of you, reeling from a great show that was lifted across borders and into our hearts last night from Sao Paulo. From the opening of Even Better Than The Real Thing to Moment of Surrender, U2 took the world out for a ride in their 360º car and it was fun. I began followi

This week we passed another anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King. In those 43 years since his passing, the world has changed for the betterment of humanity and yet, we are stuck, sometimes, on April 3, 1968 where nothing has really changed. I was born on Dr. King

I was living in the South of France in 1981/80 on sabbatical leave with my mom and stepfather. It was a wonderful year and my second living abroad. As I look back in the rose tinted rear view mirror, living on the Cote D’Azur was wonderful. Yes, Dad could’ve fought Mom’s e

Well, I didn’t skip it. I just didn’t go home to visit the family for one reason – U2’s Zoo T.V. Zoomerang pay-per-view concert from Sydney, Australia. My parents had basic television with rabbit ears and no cable. I had no chance in hell of seeing this in Iowa. I would’ve been stuck

Dear Michael, Hope things find you well as you are getting ready for the Australian leg of your upcoming tour. I am touching base after our conversation this past August here in Chicago about doing some custom painted pieces…… The ringing phone interrupts my thought. My pa

I remember November 19, 1991 as if it were yesterday. The day was a cold and wet welcome to U2’s newest album Achtung Baby. It was near the middle of the afternoon when I went into Rose Records with a mouth full of Novocain from the dentist. Jamie, my African American Iowa alumni and

The industrial dance influence that came with Achtung Baby was really no surprise to me. I saw it coming when U2 released the track Night and Day on the Cole Porter tribute Red Hot + Blue. Many stars previous to U2 had covered the song, a certified classic. In fact, it’s the anchor tu

The release of Rattle and Hum in the theaters twenty-two years ago this week is the one time U2 came into my life that’s not covered in depth in my memoir I’m A Fan – How I married U2 into my life without going to the altar. How could I skip this event you ask? I don’t know. I think t