Bono: Saint or Dickhead?

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Brilliant!

[Drunk Monk]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e46hizXDd0&NR=1

[Haggis Killer]

Reminds me of the carefree days of running through the woods in Pomona pretending to be a hobbit archer from Tuckborough racing after half orc/men abominations as they tried in vain to make their escape from the boundaries of The Shire. We slaughtered them all, the villains. None escaped southward to the ruins of their former haunts. Meals we made of their flesh. Blood was called; blood did answer. Yarunna! Bogswollop! Aieeee!

By the way - how many camera operators did that gang lose? Sheesh. That's one crap gig. How come that wasn't posted in "My job sucks more than yours"?

[El Dingo]

U2's manager hates pirates. He wants ISP's to implement a system that drops P2P connections if they detect DRM-signed media transfers.

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And the message to government is this: ISP responsibility is not a luxury for possible contemplation in the future. It is a necessity for implementation TODAY – by legislation if voluntary means fail.

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Ergo, I hate U2's manager.

Since U2 posted his rant on their website, they are guilty of pirate-hating by association:
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He also rants against Radiohead and brags about high concert ticket prices.

[El Dingo]

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

The new album is going to rock!

At least I hope so.

[thatguy]

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Unintentionally leaking new material. Is that a saintly or dickhead-ish move? The article seems to lean towards the latter. (Then again, was it really unintentional?)

--tg

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

Fall has come and gone. Edge and Bono, I guess wasted too much time doing Spiderman the Musical than writing the album. The musical is going to be directed by Julie Taymor of Lion King Fame.

"No Line on the Horizon" will be out in March. About the same time the new GRR Martin book was due.

[thatguy]

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Bono is known for making pop music hits, sunglasses, and charitable donations. But Bono claimed a new title today. The online publication Wallstreet 24/7 named Bono as the “Worst Investor in America.”

Bono is part of the Elevation Partners investment team, which has made some awful decisions in the past year. The Elevation Partners team put a lot of money into Forbes, Palm, and Move.com. Each one of these companies have been hemorrhaging money over the past few years.

Palm, which Elevation invested $460 million into, had its shares drop from $18 in September, to $3.65.

Forbes online operation which was valued at 750 million dollars in 2006, has since dropped to around 100 million dollars.

Elevation’s latest investment into Yelp.com appears to be a disastrous one as well. Yelp was just hit with a series of lawsuits claiming that Yelp was attempting to extort money from local businesses in exchange for positive reviews on its website.

Please, someone give Bono some charity.

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

Just for the title alone.

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[El Dingo]

Bono is still a dickhead but this is pretty funny:

Full article here


[important]WikiLeaks cable reveals Berlusconi's efforts to duck Bono tongue-lashing

Italian prime minister considered increasing budget for foreign assistance just to avoid losing face to U2 frontman[/important]

Silvio Berlusconi considered increasing Italy's foreign aid budget during the country's 2009 G8 presidency to avoid a "tongue-lashing" from Irish rock hero Bono, according to a confidential US diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks.

In the leaked memo, William Meara, the economic adviser at the American embassy in Rome, reports that despite budget cuts and "with its 2009 G8 presidency looming", the newly installed, centre-right government "may decide to maintain funding levels [to Africa] simply to avoid an embarrassing tongue-lashing from Bono et al".

The relationship between the two men had been publicly strained since 2006, when Bono accused Berlusconi of "exploiting" his image in the runup to the country's elections.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

I did see a short film where Bob Geldoff played himself losing a Bob Geldoff look-alike contest. He played himself as rude and selfish. I thought it was pretty funny. Him yelling "but I'm Saint Bob!" as the coppers shoved him into the back of a police car.

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

Was it shown during the Super Bowl?

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

The "Super" what?

[Drunk Monk]

I saw that on PBS - freaking hysterical.