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Wow. I’m really getting excited for the latest release from U2, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. It comes out on November 23, but apparently there are already pirated versions floating around the net. If I had internet access at home, I might have tried would have tried to find it. . . I think I’ll stop by Gorbushka on the way home from work to see if it’s on sale there yet.

It’s the band’s first release in four years, and if Vertigo - the first single from the record - is any fair representation of the rest of the album, then I think the buzz that this one is up there with Achtung Baby and The Joshua Tree could very well be true.

Blender Magazine’s got a nice write-up on U2 in their latest issue, and the Russian Rolling Stone has reprinted a great 1988 interview with the Edge in their November mag. Anticipation . . .

I popped The Joshua Tree into the CD-player yesterday to tide me over until I can find the freshest U2.

UPDATE: Gorbushka, Moscow’s #1 locale for pirated media has let me down; the U2 album has not shown up there yet. However, the band is streaming the album in its entirety until it’s release to appease folks for the time being and encourage them to wait for the real thing.