Pete The Chop

If you’re a paying member of U2.com, I’m betting you got an email earlier today just like the one above. A lot of friends said they got this email, too.

Thing is, U2.com — I’m not one of your European subscribers. I live in Washington state. And the folks I’ve been trading emails with today also live somewhere in North America.

These things are not the same.

To be fair, I’ll bet that the folks at U2.com requested that Fanfire send out an email just to the European subscribers, but Fanfire somehow screwed up those instructions and sent to pretty much the whole list of paying members. So, yes, this is probably a Fanfire mistake. But as long as U2 and U2.com continues to associate with the clueless people that run the fan club for them, it also reflects poorly on the band and the official web site.

(Related: Some folks that are still waiting to get their Artificial Horizon vinyl are reporting that the $30 charge has just appeared on their credit cards. It’s from Beatles.com. Perfect, isn’t it?)

This is a post from the @U2 blog.

Geography Tip for U2.com

Tags: U2.com & the Fan Club by m2
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Here’s an interesting one: mandolin, piano, marching drum rolls and Derek Webb.  I like it. You can listen and download it for free at SoundCloud.

It’s track #6 on Webb’s  Democracy Vol. 1 CD, which is a recording of covers chosen by votes from his fans and is available for $6 here. Webb has been releasing online a cover a month in 2010. I don’t know if the track order indicates the number of votes each song got, but it took until June for the U2 selection to appear (after the Beatles: understandable; Coldplay: forgivable; Bob Dylan: also understandable; Gnarls Barkley: intriguing; and Sufjan Stevens: obvious for Derek Webb fans).

Webb, formerly of Caedmon’s Call, is Nashville-based and has been on the path with his last few albums of being more and more outspoken on matters of faith and politics in America. He reminds me of the original artist who sang on “Streets,” not so much in voice by in conviction.

This is a post from the @U2 blog.

“Streets” Cover by Derek Webb

Tags: U2's Music by calhouns
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