U2,Brian Eno,The New Wave period 1978-80 inc.Joy Division,Early Talking Heads,The photography of Anton Corbijn,and Kevin Cummins,Four5One,Roland Drum Kits,Yamaha drum kits,Yamaha DX 7 Synthesizers,FM8,The graphic designs and typography of Malcolm Garrett and Peter Saville, Reading,Art galleries and installations,exploring Cities,The early years of NASA and the Apollo space programme,The Office,The personalisation of technology in making a contribution to society,The potential of Photo Voltics,Plug in Hybrids,the Hydrogen economy and fuel cell development,the potential of Stem Cell Research in the interests of helping many people,Compassion towards others..Happy Birthday Nelson Mandela! London June 27th '08
Bono, Larry, Adam,and The Edge,Brian Eno,Danny Lanois,Steve Lillywhite,Anton Corbijn,Steve Averill, Wim Wenders,Rick Rubin,Ali Hewson...the comedienne Jenna Fischer(Pam in NBC's 'The Office'),John Krasinski(Jim in NBC's 'The Office'),Martina Weymouth & Chris Franz of Talking Heads/Tom Tom Club.. Anyone who loves the band U2! Or any of the other artists that I have mentioned! Anyone who is interested in Art, photography, graphic design, typography, technology and how it can be developed to make a social contributionCourtesy of U2.Com'It's your world, you can change it..'
U2,Brian Eno,Daniel Lanois,early Talking Heads (up to 1979),Joy Division,Japan (1979-82),Sheryl Crow,Ryan Adams,Johnny Cash,Duffy,Rachael Yamagata,The Corrs,Nikka Costa,Gemma Hayes,She Keeps Bees,East Hundred,Herbie Hancock,Diana Krall,Mindi Abair,London Elektricity..New U2 album Feb 2009* *(provisional)
Rattle and Hum,The Million Dollar Hotel,The Wings Of Desire,At The End Of The World,In America,Bring It All Back Home,The Gangs Of New York,14 Video Paintings,77 Million Paintings,Here is What Is,Walk The Line,Control,Joy Division-the documentary,Office Space,A Clockwork Orange,Broadcast News,The War Room,THX 1138,Two Weeks Notice..U2 The Fly Live From BOSTON 2004
Use television to speak up for democracy..not just become a media 'Zoo' of headlines you can do little about..
Bono on Bono with Michka Assayas,U2 & I by Anton Corbijn, U2 by U2,U2 Show by Diana Scrimgeour,U2 Faraway so close by BP Fallon,U2 At the end of the world by Bill Flannagan, U2 The road to Pop by Carter Alan,The Race of Angels by John Waters,On Some Faraway Beach-The life and times of Brian Eno by David Sheppard,The Life of Ian Curtis by Mick Middles & Lindsay Reade,Touching from a distance by Deborah Curtis,Martin Luther King by Sande Smith,The Words of Martin Luther King,Jr selected by Coretta Scott King,Wouldn't take nothing for my journey now by Maya Angelou,An Inconvienient Truth by Al Gore,Futureshock by Alvin and Heidi Toffler.
Bono,Ali,and the rest of U2,because they're about more than just music...Johnny Cash for what he believed in,Martin Luther King for speaking up for his rights,and Eno,for his theoretical observations and insight, as well as being a great conceptualiser and producer..And for all those who were an inspiration to U2 when they were starting out,you know who you are: Anton Corbijn,Martin Hannett,Kevin Cummins,Peter Saville,Paul Morley,Tony Wilson,Rob Gretton,Ian Curtis,Stephen Morris,Hooky,and Bernard Summner..