Friday, September 26th, 2008
Time to share another book sample, don’t you think? I was just browsing through the Book Sample category to see what I’ve previously shared, and realized that almost all of my earlier samples are from the 1980s. So, here’s a look at the diary entries for three days in February, 2002 — an important trio [...]
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Been a while since the last post, and a while since the last book sample, too. With the band about to release remastered versions of the first three albums, I thought I’d post the book entry for October 12, 1981 — that’s the date October was released. Hope you enjoy!
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October 12
- Top Rank, Brighton, with [...]
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
I’ve spent the past three days re-reading U2: A Diary (and I’m nowhere near finished). But instead of reading a MS Word doc, I’m actually reading proofs of what the book will look like when it’s published later this year. Sweet!
I can’t keep this to myself, so here are a few sample pages (click [...]
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Since today’s the 25th anniversary of the release of U2’s War album, I thought I’d post the diary entry for February 28, 1983. This is from the completed and edited manuscript, so should be exactly as it will appear in print later this year. This is also one of those entries that begins with a [...]
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
Okay, I promised to post a book sample showing an album entry, and a couple readers suggested I post The Joshua Tree. That sounds as good as any to me, so here you go.
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March 9
U2 releases The Joshua Tree, their fifth studio album. The album cover features another cinematic Anton Corbijn photo, this [...]
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