U2 tours my living room

I think we’ve pretty well established at this point that I’m cheap.  So I was one of the few people who live in Southern California who wasn’t at the U2 Concert last night at the Rose Bowl.  But my small family sat squished together at the computer, watching enthralled as they sang their hearts out – live – on YouTube, and I read minute-by-minute updates from my eight Facebook friends who did go to the concert. 

And it struck me how small the world has become. 

And how some people (organizations?) like U2 have realized it.  They get they can stream their whole album on YouTube and I will buy the CD anyway.  They get that there is more to be gained from giving their concert away than clamping down on it.  And I hope they get that when I watch Bono sing “Magnificat” and know the whole world is also watching… know my friends are watching there while I watch here … that we are joined together.  And when a band is about justice and love, being joined together is an important message to send.