By definition, @U2 was born on October 23, 1995. That’s the day we use when celebrating the site’s birthday, and we’ve had a couple pretty good parties over the years (even on different dates). October 23, 1995 is the day I put my first website online — “Matt’s Mostly U2 Music Page.” It was a …
February 12, 2012
U2.com is letting fans pick the track list for U22, the new 22-song CD set that will be included as part of the 2012 members’ package. Out of 46 possible songs that were played during the U2 360 tour, fans can choose 22 and the songs with the most votes will be included. It’s a …
November 21, 2011There are a bunch of different rooms on Turntable.fm for playing and hearing 80s music. The one I’ve been hanging out in lately is I (heart) the 80s, which is usually one of the more active/busy rooms going each day. (And is the main reason for my Turntable.fm addiction.) What’s interesting is how the crowd …
July 16, 2011I saw Collective Soul in Idaho a little more than a year ago. It was a good show, but I was fighting my first bout of vertigo and probably shouldn’t have made the six-hour round trip to see them. I couldn’t make it through the whole show; wasn’t feeling well and got a little dizzy. …
September 30, 2010I tweeted that a couple hours ago, right after hearing “Use Somebody” by Kings of Leon, “Tom Sawyer” by Rush, and two Who songs in a row — “Eminence Front” and “Baba O’Riley.” Awesome. It led to some fun conversations with others on Twitter about workout songs; Blake Thompson asked me to post my playlist, …
July 22, 2010When I was at the gym this afternoon, before I had put in my iPod earbuds, I heard U2’s “Beautiful Day” on one of the local classic rock radio stations. No complaints from me, of course, but really … how old does a song have to be to be called “classic rock”? “Beautiful Day” was …
April 4, 2010