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R.E.M.

REM’s new one. - MP3 Music Streams on IMEEM

I can’t remember when I was excited about an R.E.M. album.  The last few albums have left me cold, and based on the song above, you can understand the lyrics!

U23D

Last weekend the whole family went to the Imax at Playoris/Exspace/Marblemax facility to see the latest experience of U2’s excess.

I like U2.  I have most of their albums in my collection, leaning heavily to the older stuff.  I have very mild issues with Bono and his self proclaimed messianic complex, but certainly not enough to bother me. Unfortunately, after seeing U23D, he may be right in his proclamation of divinity.

My experience with live U2 sadly is limited to video, but that may be the best way to see them.  I cannot imagine that their power translates to the back row of your local stadium - I could be wrong.  Their set from the original Live Aid is hypnotizing, and the Red Rocks video may rank as one of the greatest concert videos that I have ever seen.  

In U23D, their performance is AMAZING, and the 3-D effect is there only to enhance the experience.  There is one moment, where the audience is sprayed with water, that I nearly reached to dry off.  This was not some cheesy Disney effect, it was just that immersive.  The only time there is anything digitally added to the film for 3-D effect is near the end of the movie, when the letters and words being shown on the giant screens behind the band leave the screens and blanket you in their message.  Totally unobtrusive in execution.

The Fat Boy Movie Review gives it 5 stars!