In The 3-est of D's

One of the first CD's I ever purchased was U2's Achtung Baby. It may have been number two, behind Bryan Adams's Waking Up The Neighbours. I still think it's one of the best albums ever made. (Achtung Baby, that is. Definitely not WUPTN....which is still fairly awesome anyway.) Soon after, I bought Zooropa, which is less good, but anything that contains "Lemon" can't be that bad. We used to put that song on in high school video technology class every single day.


I hadn't obtained another note of U2's music until last year, when I made the incredibly ridiculous late-night (VERY late-night) purchase of the entire U2 catalog on iTunes. I distinctly remember laying in bed the next morning (or afternoon) and thinking, "No....please no.....please say that was a dream," until I turned on my computer and, Yep! I had downloaded 478 songs by U2.


Anyway, I ended up loving almost all of it. And yesterday I went to see the U2 3D movie for the second time. Sitting in the theater by myself, I reveled in the fact that seeing an IMAX movie by myself at 5:30pm on a Wednesday is the kind of experience that desk jobs were meant to destroy.


The second time through U2 3D I didn't cry nearly as much as the first time, which doesn't make too much sense, because there's not a better situation for crying than sitting by yourself wearing 3D glasses in an empty theater on a weekday. Well, I guess doing that on a weekend would be more perfect. But still, I should've cried more.



I'm still waiting to get pics back from the last jaunt of touring. This was taken by friends of mine in Atlanta, who I met this past summer in Cinque Terre, Italy. In this past month, our band has stayed with two groups of people that I met in Italy this summer. Totally rad.


The picture is from Eddie's Attic, a super cool listening room in Atlanta. Last time we played there in March, Eddie let me drink Stella Artois out of the giant Budman beer mug. This time I didn't have to beg as much for the mug, but made the wise decision of filling it with Diet Coke instead of beer. I think the show benefited in consequence.


Kristy still owes me many pictures from the spring trip to Eddie's and ones from this past trip. If I ever get those from her, they will make a fine blog entry.