No Line On The Horizon Am I the only one who hears "Heart Of Glass" here? Unfortunately, that Blondie song was more memorable. The verse of this track sucks.  The chorus is better than anything in "Get On Your Boots", and that is good. But the reason I focus on U2 is because of the […]

"Top Yourself"The Raconteurs What made Zeppelin legendary was that the band’s music seemed to exist in a vacuum.  Sure, there were blues references, you could understand where they were coming from, but where they arrived, where they landed, was completely unforeseen.  They appeared to be the only band inhabiting this new territory, which was fully […]

Does this benefit Letterman more than U2? Only a band based in Ireland (mmm, are they really based there, aren’t they located somewhere else for TAX reasons?) could be so out of touch as to think that late night TV sells records. Talk about desperate. If you want to have any effect from television whatsoever, […]

(Dear Friends & Fans, a little glimpse from center stage.) SUPER BOWL JOURNAL How can the Boss get this so right, and everything else so wrong? This is EXACTLY what rock fans have been looking for forever.  ACCESS!  You might think backstage is boring, but to the fan, it’s a dream.  Too often unfulfilled. True, […]