-Okay, so the Yankees have won their 27th World Series championship as my beloved Red Sox were swept in the first round of the playoffs. Hats off to the Yankees for their terrific season and for being bold enough in the offseason to add the top three free agents in baseball.
-Important question: Is the Patriot mystique gone? After a heartbreaking loss to the Indianapolis Colts and an absolute drubbing by the explosive New Orleans Saints, it appears the Patriots are no longer among the true "elite" of the NFL. What's worst, the "Patriot Way" is in serious disrepair. This current manifestation of the Pats resembles their dynastic predecessors less and less each week. And with each passing week and month and season, the Brady/Moss/Belichick window of opportunity gets a little bit smaller.
-U2 finished their North American leg of the U2-360 tour in Vancouver, British Columbia on October 28th. What a tour! Having seen four shows live myself, I can honestly say it may have been the best U2 tour in many, many years. The performances were generally solid, the setlists were consistently good, and the presentation was spectacular. The edifice known as "the Claw" was breathtaking and magnificent (no pun intended). I've been to at least one show for each of the last three tours--Elevation, Vertigo, 360--and was most impressed with the most recent. Elevation was intimate and "back to basics", a truly great show. Vertigo was full of energy and emotion. But, as odd as it sounds, this tour was full of energy and surprisingly intimate for a stadium show--consisting of the best of Elevation and Vertigo. Now we await the (eventual?) release of the follow-up album to No Line on the Horizon, rumored to be called Songs of Ascent.
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