Journal Looking Back: Overstreet online in 2000–2001 After 25 years of writing about the arts, I revisit discoveries that have been most memorable and meaningful. Here’s Part 1 of many.
Mark Pritchard Songlights: Tune-Yards; Suzanne Vega; Lucius; Bon Iver; Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke; U2; Sinéad O'Connor Songs that lit my week: Sunday, March 16–22, 2025.
The Weekender The Weekender: Christmas Edition 2021 This week: Malick's rollercoaster ride through the eons of history. Mia Hansen-Løve's film Bergman Island. All hail U2's The Edge!
On Books & Writing In the Cosmos of the Arts, a Christian Cosmonaut Is Born Again “NASA Twins Study Confirms Astronaut’s DNA Actually Changed in Space.” That’s the headline that makes you choke, then narrow your eyes, and forget what you were searching for.Come on. This isn’t The Twilight Zone. A man left earth and came back as somebody else? If you
On Songs & Albums U2 Rangarok? There are some strange correlations between the new Thor movie and the new U2 songs.
On Songs & Albums A new U2 experience begins Here's Bono, speaking to The (flourishing) New York Times about their upcoming album Songs of Experience: What’s the difference between ‘Innocence’ and “Experience’?” he said. “The core of ‘Innocence’ to me is a lyric from our second album, which says, ‘I can’t change the world, but
Music Reviews First great rock band record of 2016 Put aside for a moment that the getaway-car rush of guitars in the song you’re about to hear sounds familiar; soon enough, I’m going to argue that the resemblance of Shearwater’s “Pale Kings” to another arena-rock anthem is appropriate, perhaps even deliberate. But let that go for
On Songs & Albums Mother's Day prep: U2, Over the Rhine, Sufjan, St. Vincent, & more In 2006, when U2’s Bono guest-edited an issue of The Independent, he interviewed comedian Eddie Izzard, and they explored questions about the influences of their mothers over their own desire for the affections of their audiences. Bono has, of course, sung about this. In “Mofo,” rock’n’roll becomes
On Songs & Albums The Lone Bellow, U2, Bob Dylan, and Aaron Strumpel – or, How I Learned to Stop Scowling and Love Liturgy I may have sensed, on some level, the dissonance between such prejudice and Jesus’ own teachings. But if I did, I suppressed it. That sense of superiority, of being on the right team, of having Jesus’ favor: they felt too good to give up. One of the easiest targets on my denominational dartboard was
Looking Elsewhere Looking Elsewhere: 14 Discoveries & Distractions for the First Week of November On Halloween, Anne and I went out to celebrate Halloween dressed as Seattle Pacific University MFA in Creative Writing students who are running out of time to complete their homework assignments by the deadline. We were very, very convincing — we tricked everybody. The treats? They were provided by the pub
On Songs & Albums Listen Closer: Second Impressions of U2's Songs of Innocence Hey, U2 fans, music lovers, and iPhone users... you're invited! I'm joining Dr. Jeff Keuss and others on Monday night, October 13, for a live podcast conversation called "U2, Apple, and the Future of Music." It'll be at Hale's Ales
On Songs & Albums U2's Songs of Innocence: Not Bad for Four Guys in Their Mid-50s! Okay, for the one reader out there who doesn't know: You can download the new U2 album for free right now on iTunes.
On Movies & Media U2: Rattle and Hum is 25 Years Old! Share Your Concert Film Memories... Phil Joanou's groundbreaking concert film U2: Rattle and Hum opened during my senior year of high school, on the birthday of my lifelong friend and musical co-conspirator Todd Fadel. And I was so jealous. Todd would automatically have the most awesome birthday party ever. And he pretty much
U2 Happy 30th Anniversary to a Man and a Woman! Last Tuesday marked the 30th anniversary of the marriage of Paul Hewson and Ali Stewart. If those names aren't familiar to you, then you're probably not much of a U2 fan. Here's an article about the two of them published last year at this
U2 20 Years Ago, U2 Moved in New and Mysterious Ways It was 20 years ago this weekend that U2's Achtung Baby landed in music stores like something from another planet. I was assigned to listen to the album and turn in a music review the next day to The Falcon, the student newspaper at Seattle Pacific University. So
U2 Fingertips: Anonymous; Robert Downey Jr. and Mel Gibson; The Fantastic Mr. Star Fox; Woody Allen and Ethan Coen; Tom Waits; U2; Sara Zarr Are you excited about Anonymous, the movie that's going to shock the world by revealing the shocking truth? No, me either. Check this out, from a New York Times take-down of the film: ... By bringing this unsubstantiated version of history to the screen, a lot of facts — theatrical
U2 U2 GQ U2 are GQ's Men of the Year. I noted this in an earlier post, but now... ...you can peruse the full article here.
U2 Fingertips: Wendell Berry; Submarine and Buck; U2 documentary; Feist; Ollabelle; Favorite Film of 2010 now on Blu-Ray; Philip Seymour Hoffman; Cinderella; and more. Here are several fingertips, poking at you until you poke at the links I've discovered... Thanks to Mike Morrell for tweeting this: Wendell Berryhttp://t.co/1DWUpfS • I'm enjoying the new film reviews by Lauren Wilford, who published a review of Submarine at Image, and a
On Movies & Media U2 fans: Ready for "Killing Bono"? /Film has details and a trailer for the upcoming film about the early days of U2. It looks like it could be a lot of fun. And maybe it'll help us during the long wait for the next U2 album... which is supposed to arrive in May 2011
U2 Eno Déjà Vu As I discovered the cover art for Brian Eno's exciting new instrumental work Small Craft on a Milk Sea - which happens to sound like a sequel to his Passengers collaboration with U2 - I thought, Wow. That looks really familiar. Then I remembered this... Perhaps Eno'
U2 U2 and Julie Taymor are bringing on the webslinger Want more? Here you go with a song... ... a song that sounds suspiciously like the song U2 did for Batman Forever.
U2 The New U2 Song "Soon" Here's the new U2 song: "Soon" This is the song they played to pump up the crowds before their shows on the U2360 tour. Painfully short, but intriguing. I suspect it's just a piece of a song that will show up on their upcoming
U2 Get on your boots. This June, as I get in line for my second encounter with the U2360 tour, fans will be enjoying the DVD of their Rose Bowl show. Here's the trailer...
On Movies & Media Remake and Hum The prolific French director Patrice Leconte made a wonderful movie called Man on the Train several years ago about a professor and a bank robber who trade lives for a day. A Canadian remake is now underway starring Donald Sutherland and... wait... really? LARRY MULLEN JR.?
U2 World Cup 2010 I've never been a soccer fan. But this preview just might make me one... httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXlBSlyU8xY
