Thursday, June 7, 2007

Bono Guest Editing Bono: Vanity Fair Guest Editor. When not fronting "Irish postpunk combo U2" (ok, it is forever settled. That is how U2 shall now be referred to, onwards to eternity), inexhaustible renaissance man Bono turns a deft hand to one of journalism's most sought after gigs - editing Vanity Fair. His Africa Special Issue of the magazine is notable for countless reasons, not least its 20 covers, as shot by Annie Leibovitz. You can read Bono's letter from the editor here: A Message 2U. [U2log.com // Weblog and Magazine] 9:46:54 PM

Folly. "Empire is Folly." - Gary Santoro Worth considering. Salon: Are We Rome? [Scripting News] 9:40:37 PM

Bakumatsu The last samurai. Bakumatsu - from this to this. Photographs from an exhibition at the University of Tokyo. [related] [MetaFilter] 6:22:21 PM