I am so in love with U2's new album. I'm not super crazy about "Get On Your Boots" or even "Stand Up Comedian" but basically every other song is fantastic. I've listened the the album over and over the last 2 days and I hear things I haven't heard since "Unforgettable Fire" and also this moody, visionary, lyrical tone that moves me like nothing ( Read more... )

Gorgeous...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlx1WrjZsq4

So I went to see U2 in Portland on Monday with primal_sanshin and astartesyriaca and had a BLAST. It's the fifth time I've seen this band and I am never disappointed. They're the kind of band that even people who don't like them much will have a rockin time at a live show. There was a very uplifted almost spiritual feel to the stadium that night. It was like for 2 hours ( Read more... )

Haven't posted in a week--been actually working for a change. I think once I said "So fuck it, you procrastinate! Who cares?" I actually liberated a lot of creative energy. We'll see, all I know is I turned in a 2 and-a-little page biblio (non-annotated, it's preliminary) to my prof yesterday (yay!) and I have been doing photcopying and reading ( Read more... )