Scattered Thoughts: 1976

Can you spot the rock star in the above photo? The great Irish runner Eamonn Coghlan was interviewed on the RTE Late Late Show last Friday. During the chat, Eamonn shared a “Bono story.” He mentioned that when he returned to Ireland after competing in the 1976 Olympic Games, there was a lot of hoopla, including [...]

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Scattered Thoughts: A Nice Congregation

Daniel Lanois’ May 28 appearance on the RTE television show The View is online and available to watch [click here for video]. The half hour conversation is about Daniel and not about U2, though host John Kelly does make an effort to get some U2 info out of Lanois, particularly about 20 minutes in. Lanois pretty [...]

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Scattered Thoughts: Worth A Listen

Forgive the artsy little non-video backgrounds, but these YouTube clips are really worth a listen. The uploader lists the clips as: U2 interviewed by Dave Fanning, RTE Radio 2, January 1980. Timing-wise, this would be after U23 had been released, but before the band had recorded Boy. In these clips, teenage Bono and Edge discuss recent [...]

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Scattered Thoughts: This Photo Begs for a Caption

Nothing quite like seeing the L.V. behind the wheel of a sports car. And it’s an electric one, at that. This photo is from the Top Marques Monaco “supercar show” which was held April 24-27. More info on the car Bono is sitting in can be found on AutoblogGreen. -This post brought to you by Scatter [...]

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Scattered Thoughts: Inside The Clarence

Our man The Edge was in the news this week, showing up at an oh-so-Rock ‘n’ Roll planning board meeting. The owners of The Clarence hotel in Dublin, including Bono and The Edge, have proposed a “controversial” redevelopment project for the hotel. It is facing opposition for reasons that range from aesthetics to architectural heritage [...]

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Scattered Thoughts: Curious

Just a few random tidbits from the past week … Bono’s Across the Universe “co-star” Jim Sturgess was quoted talking about Bono and Edge’s Spider-Man music and his own possible involvement in the musical. Among other things, he says “we kind of hung out with Bono and the Edge and sung songs about Spider-Man” and “as [...]

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