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Originally uploaded by Jonathan D. Blundell.
achtung yall
In 1991 (or maybe 92) I was given my first CD player/boombox for Christmas, and the first CD I purchased was U2’s One single. I wore that CD out – as well as the Achtung Baby album.
My friends and I were just getting into U2 for the first time and loving every bit of it. As soon as we saw pictures and video of Bono walking on stage during the opening bars of Zoo Station, doing his "Bono dance" (as we called it) we imitated it profusely.
We did this dance/walk/pose over and over again in pictures, videos or just walking down the street. I couldn’t tell you why, but we thought it was cool.
For some reason while trying to get a picture today Zoo Station came back in my head — hence the picture.
Otherwise a pretty uneventful day — took the Christmas lights down, took an elliptical machine to the thrift store and took our old washer to a scrap yard — apparently thrift stores don’t like em.
I also wrestled with holding on to things too tightly and making the mistake of taking those same things for granted — a mistake I probably make more than I’d like to admit.
But maybe that’s what Zoo TV was all about. Mocking the excess and challenging us to consider what really matters.
Time is a train
Makes the future the past
Leaves you standing in the station
Your face pressed up against the glass
Looking forward to the bands new album, No Line on the Horizon. We’ll see where the band challenges us to go next.