Sunset, Friday, 2 October 2009

William Theodore Van Doren. Stony Point, Albemarle County, Va. Oil on paper, 16 x 20.

Last night in the din and tumult as Bono was changing a few lyrics here and there to suit the occasion and the place, was I ever happy when, in the middle of “It’s a Beautiful Day,” instead of:

See the world in green and blue
See China right in front of you

I distinctly heard Bono sing:

See the world in green and blue
See the Blue Ridge right behind you

Wow! For me that was better than the many mentions of our over-referenced and -reverenced ‘Mr.’ Jefferson.

Or would have been. I guess some of us hear what we want to hear. What he sang was:

See the world in green and blue
See Larry Mullen, Jr. right behind you

Larry was behind Bono. But, anyway, ‘Blue Ridge’, ‘Larry Mullen, Jr.’ – they sound pretty similar, right?

Sunset, Thursday, 1 October 2009

William Theodore Van Doren. Scott Stadium, University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Oil on paper, 16 x 20. 

From the U2 360° Tour, presented by BlackBerry [“BlackBerry Loves U2”], at the [naming rights] Carl Smith Center and the [naming rights] David A. Harrison III Field at [old-fashioned name, may not have involved a monetary transaction] Scott Stadium, here’s the William Theodore Van Doren sunset, brought to you by ... brought to you by ... hey, I got nothin’ ...