On New Years Day... (well, a day late)

I Started posting this latest collection on New Years Day, but since the internet at the Holiday Inn is so slow, it wasn't really finished till now... sorry. But the wait was definitely worth it. Here is a 5 Disc collection of solo rarities from U2's Bono. Sound quality varies from source to source, but in all it is a pretty teriffic collection For U2 or Bono fans, as well as the rarities hunters ot there!

Enjoy! I have RARed each of the 5 x discs seperately for your downloading convenience:

Bono: Solo
Disc 1 of 5

1 - Two shots of happy, one shot of Sad
2 - One
3 - Give me back mu job
4 - In a lifetime
5 - Hallelujah 95
6 - Billy boola 94
7 - Save the children
8 - Silver and gold
9 - Let The Good Times Roll
10 - Tomorrow 96
11 - In The Name Of The Father
12 - Can't Help Falling In Love
13 - I've Got You Under My Skin

Download: Bono: Solo Disc 1 (rar)



Bono: Solo
Disc 2 of 5

1 - Elvis ate america
2 - Slug
3 - Your blue room
4 - Sweet fire of love
5 - Perfect day
6 - Slow dancing
7 - One
8 - Miss sarajevo
9 - Dreaming With Tears In My Eyes
10 - Jesus Christ
11 - I'm Not Your Baby
12 - Testimony
13 - Do They Know It's Christmas
14 - Purple Heart
15 - Always Forever Now
16 - Christmas (Please Come Home)

Download: Bono: Solo Disc 2 (rar)



Bono: Solo
Disc 3 of 5

1 - Lean on me
2 - Re-wired
3 - Mother of the disappeared
4 - One
5 - Mother of the disappeared mix
6 - Audiotrack 02
7 - Don't Take your Guns to town
8 - Miami
9 - All i want is you
10 - North and south of the river
11 - Sunday bloody sunday
12 - Ground beneath her feet
13 - Mother of god english
14 - Mother of god spanish
15 - Interview bono on netaid
16 - Drowning man
17 - Staring at the sun

Download: Bono: Solo Disc 3 (rar)



Bono: Solo
Disc 4 of 5

1 - Bono and the edge - all i want is you
2 - The ground beneath her feet
3 - Sweet jane
4 - wild irish rose
5 - Slide away
6 - Air suspension & bono - mocean
7 - Bono & the edge - she's a mystery to me
8 - springhill mining disaster
9 - Just ask (rare acoustic demo)
10 - Bono and the million dollar hotel
11 - One
12 - Wyclef jean & bono - new day

Download: Bono: Solo Disc 4 (rar)



Bono: Solo
Disc 5 of 5

1 - Stuck in a Moment - Bono and The Edge
2 - Misere - Bono and Pavorotti
3 - What is Going On - Bono and Chris Martin
4 - Falling at Your Feet - Bono and Daniel Lanois
5 - L Incontro - Bono and Andrea Bocelli
6 - Stay - Bono and Graig Armstrong
7 - Jump Start - Bono
8 - One - Bono
9 - Children of the Revolution - Bono and Gavon Friday
10 - Joy - Bono and Mick Jagger
11 - Beat on the Brat - Bono
12 - The Hands that Built America - Bono
13 - Ave Maria - Bono
14 - If You Wear that Velvet Dress - Bono and Jools Holland
15 - American Prayer - Bono and the Wheaton College Choir
16 - Summer Wine - Bono and The Corrs
17 - When the Stars Go Blue - Bono and The Corrs

Download: Bono: Solo Disc 5 (rar)

Happy New Year to everyone out there!

Thank God all MY money's in CDs!

Sorry about the delay in posts around here. Busy times all around. The Missus and I went to Cancun for a week (more on THAT later!) so of course the work-week BEFORE was hell, and the work-week AFTER was double hell. It's really not even worth going away to "relax" if you just have to double or triple up your workload in order to do it. But of course while we were away (and returned) the whole world seemed to catch fire and spiral out of control. I'm no economic genius by any means... as a matter fact, I went to art school. So I have no advice or solutions or ideas as to what to do or what's right. All I know is that I just bought a 2 terabyte drive, and have been working on getting ALL my music onto it, so that I'd be able to comb through the collections better and more easily for this blog. I have no stocks (other than some retirement accounts) so it looks like the all-CD (and cassette, and album, and MP3) investment strategy is really paying off in these trying economic times.

A quick Sidenote/Question:
With all of the bank failures going on around here, why on freaking EARTH can't one of them be North Fork Bank (and or Capital One), my sworn and mortal enemy? (see previous posts for details). I swear to GOD the day that bank fails is the night that drinks for the entire bar are on ME!

I DID get a great email suggesting an alternative to use the billions and billions of dollars proposed for bailing out the financial institutions. I'll post it here, if for nothing else than a good laugh. Thanks to Phil Roc for sending it my way!

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I'm against the $85,000,000,000.00 bailout of AIG.

Instead, I'm in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a 'We Deserve It Dividend'.

To make the math simple, let's assume there are 200,000,000 bonafide U.S. Citizens 18+.

Our population is about 301,000,000 +/- counting every man, woman and child.. So 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18 and up..

So divide 200 million adults 18+ into $85 billion that equals $425,000.00. My plan is to give $425,000 to every person 18+ as a 'We Deserve It Dividend'..

Of course, it would NOT be tax free.

So let's assume a tax rate of 30%.

Every individual 18+ has to pay $127,500.00 in taxes.

That sends $25,500,000,000 right back to Uncle Sam.

But it means that every adult 18+ has $297,500.00 in their pocket.

A husband and wife has $595,000.00. What would you do with $297,500.00 to $595,000.00 in your family?

Pay off your mortgage - housing crisis solved.

Repay college loans - what a great boost to new grads

Put away money for college - it'll be there

Save in a bank - create money to loan to entrepreneurs.

Buy a new car - create jobs

Invest in the market - capital drives growth

Pay for your parent's medical insurance - health care improves

Enable Deadbeat Dads to come clean - or else

Remember this is for every adult U S Citizen 18+ including the folks who lost their jobs at Lehman Brothers and every other company that is cutting back. And of course, for those serving in our Armed Forces.

If we're going to re-distribute wealth let's really do it...instead of trickling out a puny $1000.00 ( 'vote buy' ) economic incentive that is being proposed by one of our candidates for President.

If we're going to do an $85 billion bailout, let's bail out every adult U S Citizen 18+!

As for AIG - liquidate it.

Sell off its parts.

Let American General go back to being American General.

Sell off the real estate.

Let the private sector bargain hunters cut it up and clean it up.

Here's my rationale. We deserve it and AIG doesn't.

Sure it's a crazy idea that can "never work."

But can you imagine the Coast-To-Coast Block Party!

How do you spell Economic Boom?

I trust my fellow adult Americans to know how to use the $85 Billion

'We Deserve It Dividend' more than I do the geniuses at AIG or in Washington DC

And remember, The Birk plan only really costs $59.5 Billion because $25.5 Billion is returned instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam.

Ahhh...I feel so much better getting that off my chest.

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And, just for fun, here are some tunes to get you though the meltdown. It's pretty Pearl Jam heavy, but filled with some fantastic covers and ultra-rare collaborations (Bono, Robert Plant!?!??! Need I say more?) But besides Pearl Jam, there are some other great ones in there, not to mention my new obessive-favorite-listen-to-it-over-and-over song by Easyworld! Drink Up. Drink another. Kick back and watch it all burn.

Download: Easyworld: U Make Me Want to Drink Bleach

Download: Bloc Party: Like Eating Glass

Download: Pearl Jam w/ Robert Plant: Money (That's What I Want)

Download: Pearl Jam w/Bono: Rocking In The Free World (N. Young) (+ Improv)

Download: Nine Inch Nails: All The Pigs, All Lined Up

Download: Pearl Jam w/ John Doe: The New World w/ Revolution (Beatles)

Download: Pearl Jam: The American In Me (Avengers)

Download: Pearl Jam: Grievance

Download: Nirvana: Pay To Play (early demo of "Stay Away")

Download: R.E.M: The End Of The World As We Know It (Live)


As always, Enjoy! (And F#CK Banks. Seriously)