I had to post the following review … explore faith : Notes on Music -U2 Dismantles Bomb with Love, if only so that I could quote the following paragraph:
In November of 2004, U2 released their highly anticipated 12th studio album, How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. The hackneyed title apparently wouldn’t leave the boys alone in the studio and it just stuck. The band offers no explanation for “the bomb” other than an oft-repeated anecdote about Bono asking Michael W. Smith the question at an AIDS fundraiser, “How do you dismantle an atomic bomb?” To which a baffled Smith just shrugged and Bono answered, “With love.” One can only imagine the pseudo-knowing yet perplexed look on Smith’s face. “Uh yeah, that’s great man. Right on. What are you talking about?”
–JA
I finally had a chance to see Hotel Rwanda this week, and it was a deeply moving film about events that most Americans had forgotten before they even occurred. Though I have little to add apart from one man’s encouragement to engage with this material, I will provide pointers (and solicit more from my friends who know more) to some interesting material. Robin Philpot had an article a few months ago, titled RaceandHistory.com - Second Thoughts on the Hotel Rwanda. Also, see the Taylor Report. –JA
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Angela and I are excited to announce that our purchase offer on 1326 Mockingbird Drive in Blacksburg [click here for photo gallery] was accepted this evening, and we are due for a move to Blacksburg, VA in late July. Fancy [google map] –JA
Is anyone else freaked out by the notion that the North Pole is headed to Siberia?
The BBC is now offering its content in an unusually unconstrained fashion on backstage.bbc.co.uk. A story on the topic aired on NPR’s On the Media today [transcript] [mp3 audio stream]. –JA
So I now have a blog. Sorry about that.
This is an attempt to reduce the number of badgering emails I send to folks. In particular, I’m going to attempt to track interesting articles or topics that I come across.
This is not supposed to be a soapbox for my opinions so much as a place to keep track of what I’ve read.