The Vatican came out with a list of 10 recommended albums that is not altogether terrible (although there are some unusual choices.) Here it is:
#1 The Beatles - Revolver
The “hip” selection for #1 Beatles album. It’s not my #1, but most hipsters seem to think it’s the pinnacle of The Beatles output. I suppose the […]

Using a similar criteria as I used in my post on the top 20 ’90s artists on Last.FM - these are the top 10 ’80s artists on the Last.FM charts. I find this interesting because it lets us know which bands or “artists” from the past are new listeners (as most of the people using […]

Adam Clayton was born on March 13th of 1960 in Chinner, Oxfordshire, England. He is best known as the bassist for the rock band U2.
The band formed in 1976 when they were just teenagers and the four key members (Clayton on bass, Larry Mullen Jr. on drums, “The Edge” on guitar, and “Bono” on vocals) […]

On October 15th of 2000 U2 hit #1 on the UK singles charts for the 4th time with “Beautiful Day.” The song was taken from their 2000 album All That You Can’t Leave Behind.
“Beautiful Day” also reached #1 on the Irish, Italian, Latvian, Norwegian, Canadian, Dutch, & Australian singles charts. It reached #21 in the […]