U2 ::: Italian Cinema

By now, the World Economic Forum annual meet in Davos should replace Sir Elton's post-Oscar ball as the celebrity party to bum-rush. The President herself is en route and will be speaking at one of the meetings, according to the Bulletin.

Arroyo has attended this conference and spoken with Bono more than once. I'm pretty sure they'll cross paths again this time and I'd really appreciate it if she could take him back with her. Why not? They've got room in the plane and the wine is free-flowing, ain't it? Incidentally, about five years ago, Arroyo shared the stage with Bono and Bill Gates at the WEF in New York City. That alone makes up for coming up negative in the surveys any time, don't you think?

MCA Music will screen U2's Milan Vertigo Tour concert at the Greenbelt 3 Cinema 1 next Tuesday, January 30th. I only found out about this when I got in this morning and started browsing the papers. Apparently, PulsePH is also giving away passes.

Yeah, I know, it's nowhere near being at the actual show but I've read much about the European leg having a more grandiose feel than the first one. I am hoping. however, that the size of the place won't have Bono gasping "help me" in the middle of a song. Note that this will be the entire Milan concert, not just the live videos included in the 18 Singles limited edition bonus DVD. U2Tours.com has this complete setlist:

Main Set: Vertigo, I Will Follow, The Electric Co., Elevation, New Year's Day, Beautiful Day, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, All I Want Is You, City of Blinding Lights, Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Love and Peace or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet the Blue Sky, Miss Sarajevo, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One

Encore(s): Zoo Station, The Fly, With or Without You, Original of the Species, All Because of You, Yahweh, Vertigo

The only way to get in is to win passes from a contest at the one radio station I don't have any drones in. But no worries, as of this writing, I scored two of these precious invites and will be picking them up in the next couple of days.

Weekend after next is RODCON 2007. You can get two-day and one-day passes at cheaper rates 'til the end of the month at Powerbooks. They will cost more come Feb 1.

Where are the prizes?

OK. Obviously, I've been busy the past couple of weeks and that's good because I've got stuff accomplished and in the bag. But where's my loot, MTV? A couple months back you tell me I won topic of the week and I get a cd. Well, guess what? No word from y'all on when that'll get here, if at all. Then last week I get an saying congratulations for being December's best blog. I went ahead with the info you requested and still nothing. What am I supposed to think?

Hey, Fiz. What did you do to get your goodies so fast?

Switchin to High Gear

It's my first post for '07, people! How merry was your Christmas? Mine was meritocatic! ("Look at the Philippines", he says again. Geez!) Granted, our large family has slimmed down a bit this year, down to the bare essentials, actually. What with my sister abroad and my brother at work. But that has never been an issue for us. We partaay whenever and however. Just as long as you got food and singing. Ain't that how it is with all Pinoy gatherings. Music is our wine!

So, anyway, at the moment, I'm planning for a change of atmosphere which I hope will materialize within Q1. I don't know how good I am at surveying before I jump into totally new terrain but I want this bad enough, I figured I'll get by.

I KNOW that last paragraph just didn't make any sense at all. Just bear with me this one time, I'll reveal things when it's within grasp.

That will be all for now. By the way, I got POP Inc back on TV. Weird.