Watchmen

This graphic novel was recently rated by Time Magazine as one of the all time best 100 novels, so I had to check out the hubub. I enjoy comics, having collected them when I was younger, so I was really looking forward to it. So, after having read it, I don't think I'd even put it in the top 100 of comics I've read. It was ok, but some of the subplots and especially the ending were incredibly lame. I thought Kingdom Come was much better. That's why these dopey lists are so pointless: it's all so subjective.

What a show

I went to the 2nd Oakland show for U2 last night, and it was excellent. It was even better than when I saw them back in May in San Jose. We were a little closer to the tip of the stage this time, to the point where you could make eye contact with the band. The only drawback being all the pot smoke, which is bound to happen when Damien Marley is your opener. He was ok, but not great. It was fascinating that he had a guy on stage that did nothing else but follow him around and waive the Jamaican flag. Pretty good gig if you can get it.
And when Bono remembers the concert over the causes, the performance really amps up. They played Fast Cars and Bad for the first time on this tour, and closed with Bad. It was a fantastic show, getting me excited for the last show of this leg coming up in Portland.
Here is the set list they played.

City of Blinding Lights
Vertigo
Elevation
I Will Follow
Gloria
Still Haven’t Found
Beautiful Day
Miracle Drug
Sometimes You Can’t Make it On Your Own
Love and Peace or Else
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Bullet The Blue Sky
Miss Sarajevo

Pride in the Name of Love
Where the Streets have No Name
One

First Time
Stuck in a Moment
With or Without You

All Because of You
Fast Cars
Bad

Oasis, indeed

Yet another reason why I like Bono so much: his choice of books

The creating process

This is an interesting article on the work spaces of well known Bay Area authors. witw, you may want to skip this to avoid raising your ire.

Interesting book review

I have to admit, this whole Anne Rice thing has me intrigued