U2 get their own Skyscraper(?!)

Tonight, I will cry myself to Sleep:

From the Telegraph.co.uk

An egg-shaped recording studio suspended from the top of a 600ft luxury apartment block was unveiled as part of the rock band U2’s plans for a skyscraper that will dominate Dublin.

The “pod” studio will dangle beneath a battery of vertical wind turbines and a huge solar panel, hanging free from the innovative energy centre for acoustic reasons.

Details of the U2 Tower, which will be the tallest building in Ireland, emerged as it was announced that a consortium led by the band has been selected as the preferred bidder to design, finance and construct the £140 million project.

Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen will team up with Lord Foster, who built the “Gherkin” tower in London.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/13/nu2113.xml

Due to be completed in 2011. Nice to see from the picture that it’s illuminated by lights, is it going to be an unnecessary use of electricity? As far as I’m aware, Bono is more involved with human rights and poverty, but to lend your name to something that intends to boost an area (i.e make it more populated; therefore introducing more traffic to the region; hardly the best way to show your commitment to a global cause – fighting global warming).

Morrissey: All you need is me

New song, played on the Carlson Daly show:

Lyrically it’s a bit like the songs on “You are the Quarry”: “there’s so much destruction all over the world, and all you can do is sit there and complain about me” and a pretty good refrain; “You don’t like me but you loved me, either way you’re wrong. You’re going to miss me when I’m gone”.

and now to go study all day.