Friday Thoughts

Sure, it’s 4:10 on Friday afternoon. If you haven’t gone home for the weekend yet there’s a chance you’ll see this here blog, but I’m betting this baby isn’t getting read until Monday. Anyway.

Is anyone else even slightly…I don’t know the word…unappetized…by the use of Hiroshi Sugimoto‘s gorgeous photo on the cover of the new U2 album?

 It makes me really sad for some reason. Perhaps it’s because I’m not a fan of U2 and I think they’re the ultimate “sell-out” band – or more specifially, Bono writes terrible lyrics. I’m sure the actual band is still capable of writing music, but I just can’t see past the atrocity of the lyrics. It’s not even that they’re getting too old to pull off the tough guy rocker image (hello Rolling Stones?) – I still listen to Madonna albums for crying out loud. Yay older people making music. I think it’s just that I have the utmost awe, respect and affection for Sugimoto’s images – and watching pop culture package and toss his very meaningful and beautiful work into the “U2 brand” without any regard for the meaning of such an elegant and breathtaking image – well, it’s just wrong. It’d be great for people to recognize his image on the level of say – Ansel Adams – but I’m not sure this is the correct venue for it.

Anyway, it’s supposed to be warm & sunny this weekend! Looking forward to hiking in the park, movie watching, maybe a little art-ing at Studio 27.28, and trying to remember setting my clock forward Sunday morning for daylight savings! Have a good one!