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Monday, November 7 2011

The Battle to Stay Relevant

Watching your favorite band become irrelevant is like watching Michael Jordan unable to elevate high enough to dunk in his final year in the NBA.


Wednesday, October 12 2011

It’s All Right, It’s All Right, Alllllll Right: U2’s ‘Achtung Baby’

Pretty much everyone under the age of 35 views U2 as a bunch of overzealous assholes, but this 25-year-old can't help but still blast the group's 1991 masterpiece.


Thursday, November 12 2009

U2: 18 October 2009 - Norman, OK

This is, to be sure, U2 at their touring highpoint.


Monday, March 2 2009

U2: No Line on the Horizon

Hip-hop drum beats, strange reflections in ATM machines, mournful church organs, and a female boot fetish. Without question, No Line on the Horizon sounds like no other U2 album that came before it; whether that's a good thing or a bad thing remains to be seen ...


Friday, January 11 2008

Super Duper Bad: The Worst Films of 2007

From Good Luck Chuck to Julie Taymor's ill-advised Beatlesque '60s tribute Across the Universe, PopMatters presents the dreck of 2007.


Thursday, October 11 2007

A new script for Hollywood war movies


Friday, September 28 2007

Bono honored with Liberty Medal in Philadelphia


Thursday, September 27 2007

U2’s lead singer-activist being honored with Liberty Medal


Friday, September 21 2007

Across the Universe

Such structural spottiness -- great numbers punctuating humdrum character arcs -- is hardly unusual in a musical.


Thursday, September 20 2007

She’s the guide on this magical mystery tour


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