Geography plays a significant role in Friendship Games. Following the sinking of a US aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, prominent Iranians are convinced that the USA will launch a war and seek nothing short of regime change and an end to the Islamic Republic.
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It is St. Patrick's Day 2023, and Irish band U2 released their 40-song new (make that 'reimagined') album Songs of Surrender. 'Reimagined' in the sense that the 40 songs of SOS are not new tracks but, rather, 'reimagined' updates of 40 songs from their existing discography.
I've been meaning to write a review of Blaine Pardoe's Blue Dawn for quite some time.
Okay, so this I like. Yes, it is in the same vein as the other three pre-released singles: Pride (I like that new ending, though), With Or Without You, One. Stripped down and slow. But I haven't been a true fan of anything past their Zooropa album except for some individual songs here and there. I do like their most recent album, ...
A US aircraft blows up and sinks in the Persian Gulf. Was it an accident? An attack? Does it matter? Not after years of antagonism between the USA & Iran, and Iranian brinkmanship.
An American aircraft carrier blows up and sinks in the Persian Gulf.
Friends and colleagues often ask me why I started to write fiction (I'm supposed to be a researcher), or how did you come up with the plot? Or some variation of those two questions.
In my interview on Blaine Pardoe's podcast discussing Alter Road and the forthcoming Friendship Games, Blaine asked me about my writing process. I mentioned that I generally work with scenes in mind, and an ending, and that I try to piece scenes together as I work towards the ending.
U2 released their third title from their forthcoming album Songs of Surrender, an album of 40 "reimagined" songs from their existing discography. This time, it is One, their iconic single from their iconic album Achtung Baby!, released in 1991.