U2 plays ‘Bad’ in Pittsburgh. Filmed from the point of view of the man they dedicate it to on the night, and wrote it for all those years ago. I’d somehow rather wish they’d kept the mystery alive, but it’s sweet watching him enjoy the song so much.

Japanese mobile phone ad.

Preview of a Multicam DVD project for U2′s Hannover concert. Fanmade concert videos generally do a better job of conveying the atmosphere at shows than official product. High five the crowd.

“The city conducts a symphony, the search through shit for melody, a single scrap of dignity, in the junkyard of humanity, on the burning rubble and the sulphur sky, we look for clues yeah, you and I…” – Bono *

“Boy falls from the sky” is a song steeped in Icarus-metaphor written by Bono and The Edge for their upcoming Spider-man musical. It was recently performed on GMA by the musical’s leading man, Reeve Carney. I thought it was a dreadful performance.

Last night in Coimbra, Portugal, U2 played the song live themselves for the first time. Guess what? I like it heaps. Especially the final verses and driving finale. Guess that means that throwing Bono’s voice – in full on angst mode – and possibly The Edge’s guitar effects at a song will do miracles. I hope they release the musical’s soundtrack as played and sung by U2.

* Those are pretty old style lyrics from him, really. Unforgetable Fire-era, almost. Referencing the elements. A bunch of cliches, but he sings them so well. :-)

Young English lad attempts 24 different English accents. It’s not perfect, but still… impressive! He has a good ear.

Played postman for some Coil related email today. Sent me on a trip watching Coil videos on YouTube where I found this remix of “The Dreamer Is Still Asleep” by Datenverarbeiter.

ASCENSION as·cen·sion (ə-sĕn’shən) {n} a concert in the walled garden at St Enda’s Park, Rathfarnham by Pearse Museum Artist-in-Residence Daniel Figgis & his band with words by poet Eamon Carr (formerly of Horslips). Read more about it.

Norwegian Wo Shoegaze. From the album Simon Says No! (2010).

Look at these young Russians doing the 30 year old classic Virgin Prunes track ‘Come to Daddy’.

The hair stood up on the back of my neck watching Arcade Fire play Reading on BBC 3 the other night. The band has uploaded the entire show to YouTube.