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I just looked up the United States of America on Wikipedia to see if it's larger than Brazil (the United States has the edge, incidentally, but not by much), and in the country facts sidebar, under President, it says Barack Obama.
Hot damn, how easy it is to forget how awesome that is.
I might as well talk about U2, to make this a semi-substantive post. To wit: I downloaded (legally!) their new album, "No Line On The Horizon", and I like it a lot. It's obvious that it was produced by Brian Eno, because he adds a very distinctive vibe/sound to his productions, but I think his audioscape goes well with the band's at this stage, and overall I think it's a stronger album than "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb" (which I always thought of as the unacknowledged second half of "All That You Can't Leave Behind"). I heard a live recording of the band playing a set of songs from the album in Boston on Wednesday night on WXPN this morning, and it was awesome. I really hope they add either more North American or some Asian dates so I can get to see them on this tour. Here's hoping.
Oh, also, I liked this quotation on my Starbucks cup, from Yossou N'Dour:
Hot damn, how easy it is to forget how awesome that is.
I might as well talk about U2, to make this a semi-substantive post. To wit: I downloaded (legally!) their new album, "No Line On The Horizon", and I like it a lot. It's obvious that it was produced by Brian Eno, because he adds a very distinctive vibe/sound to his productions, but I think his audioscape goes well with the band's at this stage, and overall I think it's a stronger album than "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb" (which I always thought of as the unacknowledged second half of "All That You Can't Leave Behind"). I heard a live recording of the band playing a set of songs from the album in Boston on Wednesday night on WXPN this morning, and it was awesome. I really hope they add either more North American or some Asian dates so I can get to see them on this tour. Here's hoping.
Oh, also, I liked this quotation on my Starbucks cup, from Yossou N'Dour:
People need to see that, far from being an obstacle, the world's diversity of languages, religions and traditions is a great treasure, affording us precious opportunities to recognize ourselves in others.
Damn straight, sir. 