U2 - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/u2/?source=rss&aim=u2 en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT New music Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/04/03/new_music/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/04/03/new_music/index.html?source=rss Reviews of new music from Kings of Leon and Jarvis Cocker. The best band in the world? Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/03/15/best_band/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/03/15/best_band/index.html?source=rss Just two albums into their career, the members of Arcade Fire are being compared to the legends of rock. Do they deserve it? Daily Download: "Falling Slowly," the Frames Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/03/02/the_frames/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/03/02/the_frames/index.html?source=rss Widescreen Irish rock, minus the Bono. New music from Bloc Party, Yoko Ono and Patty Griffin Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/02/06/new_music/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/02/06/new_music/index.html?source=rss And the winner is... Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2005/03/09/poll/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2005/03/09/poll/index.html?source=rss Results of an informal poll to determine (definitively, of course) the most important band in the world Letters Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/letters/2002/11/27/benson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/letters/2002/11/27/benson/index.html?source=rss Readers respond to the most mean-spirited and unkind piece of film criticism ever, another U2 gaffe and Greil "Dawg" Marcus. All that you want to leave behind By Annie Zaleski Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2002/11/19/u2_best/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2002/11/19/u2_best/index.html?source=rss U2 spent the '90s making rebellious music that strayed into weirdness and irony, but a new compilation sticks to the band's trademark earnestness. Real Life Rock Top 10 By Greil Marcus Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/marc/2002/02/11/62/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/marc/2002/02/11/62/index.html?source=rss Britney Spears rockets through "SNL," U2's the Edge sings for Stephen Hawking and Clinton makes a connection between Republicans and Islamicists. Takin' it to the suites By Arianna Huffington Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/col/huff/2002/02/01/worldforum/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/col/huff/2002/02/01/worldforum/index.html?source=rss Forget the media spectacle on the streets -- the real rabble-rousing at the World Economic Forum is happening inside. U2 elevate New York By David Talbot Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2001/10/29/u2_review/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2001/10/29/u2_review/index.html?source=rss Bono and his band stage an ecstatic Irish wake for a city that was never more in need of one. Bono By Brian Libby Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/bc/2001/10/02/bono/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/bc/2001/10/02/bono/index.html?source=rss Over two decades, U2's leader has evolved from heart-on-his-sleeve idealist to irony-drenched rock 'n' roll Liberace to hopeful pragmatist. Blue Glow By Joyce Millman Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/glow/2001/09/06/glow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/glow/2001/09/06/glow/index.html?source=rss Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Sept. 6, 2001 Destiny's double dribble By Eric Boehlert Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2001/06/19/nba_destiny/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2001/06/19/nba_destiny/index.html?source=rss What happens when a television network tries to entertain an arena full of basketball fans with platinum pop groups? The fans bite back. Notorious? No kidding! By Amy Reiter Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2001/02/27/nptues/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2001/02/27/nptues/index.html?source=rss Lil' Kim's posse is involved in a Manhattan shootout; Marky Mark won't ape Heston's skimpy dress; Eminem didn't know Elton was gay; and Jack Nicholson shacks up with Brando. Blue Glow By Joyce Millman Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/glow/2001/02/21/glow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/glow/2001/02/21/glow/index.html?source=rss Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2001 Music 2000 By Joe Heim Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2000/12/21/year_in_music/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2000/12/21/year_in_music/index.html?source=rss Call it the year of the dogs: Woof-woof. Still, there were 25 records worth listening to again and again. Blue Glow By Joyce Millman Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/glow/2000/12/08/glow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/glow/2000/12/08/glow/index.html?source=rss Salon's TV picks for Weekend, Dec. 8-10, 2000 Blue Glow By Joyce Millman Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/glow/2000/11/30/glow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/glow/2000/11/30/glow/index.html?source=rss Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Nov. 30, 2000 Bedfellas By Amy Reiter Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/04/07/npfri/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/04/07/npfri/index.html?source=rss James Haven tut-tuts the tsk-tsking; the Royal Philharmonic Meat Loafs around; and Cage and Arquette, together again? Plus: Tom Jones takes a panty to the head. Salman and the sea of offers By Amy Reiter Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/03/09/npthurs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/03/09/npthurs/index.html?source=rss Rushdie goes to Hollywood; Fiona Apple's tantrum apology ... Mea culpa? Not mea culpa? Hard to say; and Jennifer Lopez finds creative new uses for male pattern baldness. David Bowie By Greg Villepique Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/bc/2000/01/25/bowie/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/bc/2000/01/25/bowie/index.html?source=rss As the master of self-reinvention -- from Ziggy Stardust to the Thin White Duke to Normal David -- he became the most influential rock star of the post-Beatles era. Something blue By Amy Reiter Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/1999/10/06/noperwed/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/1999/10/06/noperwed/index.html?source=rss Tommy and Pammy to retie knot, drop pants; the Royal Philharmonic does R.E.M.; Gore scandal a snooze. Carl Perkins, 1933-1998 By Gavin McNett Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/1998/01/20/20feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/1998/01/20/20feature/index.html?source=rss Discount pop By Sarah Vowell Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/dvd/review/1997/05/02/vowell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/dvd/review/1997/05/02/vowell/index.html?source=rss You can't walk away from U2 -- even though you'd like to. U2 By Charles Taylor Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1997/04/13/sharps/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1997/04/13/sharps/index.html?source=rss U2's "Pop" reviewed by Charles Taylor.