Joshua Tree Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

U2’s The Joshua Tree gets written up by the Library of Congress

Every year, the Library of Congress designates a number of recordings as having important historical significance. In 2013, The Joshua

According to Michael (he’s plugged into these things), U2 will NOT play any Joshua Tree songs on the upcoming Songs

Captain Kirk turns 87 today. Happy birthday, William Shatner. One online meme says that since Donald Trump loves appointing TV

Sequencing an album is hard. You want to make sure that the first song ropes in the listener enough to

U2 is one of those bands that fans may only like one particular album in their career or a particular

Tim Newell was in Chicago back on June 4th for U2’s Joshua Tree 30 tour and decided to shoot the

This is officially World Sauntering Day. Get up and go take a leisurely walk. Go on. Do it after you

If you have a copy of The Joshua Tree, you’ll know that the song “One Tree Hill” was inspired by

If it seems like we’ve been talking about this box set forever–When did we first hear about it? Last fall?–the

Now we know why flamingos stand on one leg. Glad that’s been sorted. Where do things stand with music news for

As a way to buy time before the next album, U2 is on the road doing something they’ve never done

Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver