Tweet It’s become a tradition to recap my year’s bests. As usual, this list is not necessarily books or music that debuted in 2009, bur rather things I enjoyed in 2009 for the first time. Each year I add or delete certain sections. This year I deleted the “Best Moments” category only because I’ve already [...]
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by Lesley on October 26, 2009
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Tweet After six months of eager anticipation, here we are at the Rose Bowl watching U2 perform the largest concert in the stadium’s history. Close to 100,000 fans packed out the stadium for a two-and-a-half hour concert broadcast around the world on YouTube. I told you in April that I’d be blogging about the concert [...]
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by Lesley on April 7, 2009
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Tweet I contribute, and give credit to, the hand of God for bringing Jonathan and I together during our early years of college. I also might credit Bono. Don’t call me a heathen. God can work through people, right? My love for U2 stems from my Dad, who would play their songs at a loud [...]
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by Lesley on January 19, 2009
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Tweet “This is not just an American dream, but also an Irish dream, a European dream, an African dream … an Israeli dream and a Palestinian dream,” Bono said in the middle of U2′s performance of their 1984 hit “Pride (In the Name of Love).” (MTV) (Lovin’ my three day weekend / celebrating MLK Day [...]
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by Lesley on October 29, 2008
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Tweet Tired of reading my blogs on Chris Martin/Coldplay. Oh, don’t worry. 2009 is all about U2. We got in the U2 mood this weekend by watching the 1988 “Rockumentary” called “Rattle & Hum.” It was pretty much awesome. Bono on their new album– now due in early 2009: “We’ve hit a rich songwriting vein. [...]
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