<p>Around the time of this fundraising concert, on April 3oth 1989, Irish actor Richard Harris had appointed me to be his official biogrpaher. This project involved me taping all of my conversations with Richard, "even our personal phone calls" he suggested. It also involved me taping Richard's contribution to that 'Night of the Stars' at the Abbey Theatre. But, as I say, in the intro to this podcast, as someone who loves the poetry of William Butler Yeats, I ended up taping far more than just Richard's contribution. This is Bono half singing and half reciting Mad as the Mist and Snow. But, be warned, the sound is most definitely not Hi-Fi! Btw, I call this podcast a "single" becuase it last roughly five minutes. Enjoy. </p>

Around the time of this fundraising concert, on April 3oth 1989, Irish actor Richard Harris had appointed me to be his official biogrpaher. This project involved me taping all of my conversations with Richard, "even our personal phone calls" he suggested. It also involved me taping Richard's contribution to that 'Night of the Stars' at the Abbey Theatre. But, as I say, in the intro to this podcast, as someone who loves the poetry of William Butler Yeats, I ended up taping far more than just Richard's contribution. This is Bono half singing and half reciting Mad as the Mist and Snow. But, be warned, the sound is most definitely not Hi-Fi! Btw, I call this podcast a "single" becuase it last roughly five minutes. Enjoy.

<p>Around the time of this fundraising concert, on April 3oth 1989, Irish actor Richard Harris had appointed me to be his official biogrpaher. This project involved me taping all of my conversations with Richard, "even our personal phone calls" he suggested. It also involved me taping Richard's contribution to that 'Night of the Stars' at the Abbey Theatre. But, as I say, in the intro to this podcast, as someone who loves the poetry of William Butler Yeats, I ended up taping far more than just Richard's contribution. This is Bono half singing and half reciting Mad as the Mist and Snow. But, be warned, the sound is most definitely not Hi-Fi! Btw, I call this podcast a "single" becuase it last roughly five minutes. Enjoy.&nbsp;</p>

Bono 1989 performs the William Butler Yeats poem, Mad as the Mist and Snow. A Joe Jackson Podcast Single

Joe Jackson is a journalist, interviewer, author and IMRO-Award nominated radio presenter/producer. He has interviewed roughly 1,400 people in the world of the arts, politics, and entertainment for all major media outlets in Ireland, including RTE Radio 1, The Sunday Independent, The Irish Times, and Hot Press. His articles have been published globally in magazines such as Vox, Rolling Stone, and Snoozer. His radio shows include The Years Go Pop, 26 one-hour documentaries a 26 on the history of popular culture, People Get Ready, 52 one-hour documentaries on the greatest music acts of the 20th century, and Under The Influence, which was nominated for a 'Best Music series' award. In 2018, his documentary about Elvis Presley, Conversations about the King, was nominated for an IMRO Award in the 'Best Music Documentary' category.

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