A couple of weeks ago my brother and I were cruising through the streets of west Houston, headed toward a James Coney Island in order to procure a few hot dogs. While on the road we listened to some bootlegged U2 tunes from a concert that took place during the recent first leg of the U2 360 Tour. I can't remember the venue, but the recording was of a very high quality.

As I thought about that quick excursion a few days later, I thought about the songs we listed to (we skipped around): "Breathe," "Unknown Caller," "Moment of Surrender," and "Ultraviolet (Light My Way)." To me, that was a telling track list. Three of the four songs are off of U2's new album, No Line On The Horizon, and the last one mentioned, "Ultraviolet," is from 1991's masterpiece, Achtung Baby.

How amazing this band is. They formed in 1976 (the year I was born) and year after year, decade after decade, they still produce relevant, poetic, groundbreaking music. And, of course, the new music serves as the centerpiece of their tours -- they don't do greatest hits tours, at least not yet. (Heck, I think they've even won over our own Billboy. :-)

One of these days I'll write about my experience at the 360 Houston show. It only took me four years to finally get around to writing a memoir of my experience at the 2005 Vertigo Houston show. So the way I see it I have another 3.5 years to write something about the 360 concert. Maybe U2 will have another album out by then, and another tour to look forward to ...