Article, U2, and Wednesday
I muse a bit on internet aesthetics and online kindness, prompted by this week’s New Yorker article about the MySpace-prompted (sort of) suicide of thirteen-year-old Megan Meier.
Last night Tom had to work late (he got home around 12:30am, and had to be back up at 5am - good thing this job is nearing its end), so I nabbed Alisa and we headed to the U2 3D screening. Well! It was pretty awesome. It wasn’t gimmicky - more like you were watching everything on the highest-definition TV you can possibly imagine, but with image layering. If you don’t like Bono’s take on politics and religion, you probably would get annoyed by the concert - it is pretty preachy around the middle - but the music is sublime, and with a great set list (that included “Beautiful Day”, “Vertigo”, “Yahweh”, “With Or Without You”, and a bunch of other great ones). I hope more bands try this 3D concert thing. Very cool.
It’s Wednesday. We can get through it.
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