My favorite shit-stirring Irish banshee's newest disc, "How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?" is rather sublime. It's Sinead O'Connor's strongest effort in a decade.
Sadly, Sinead's withdrawn from her Twitter account @Vampyahslayah7. She admits the decision to restrain herself was a business move. We'll miss her frequent hilarious and desperate updates.
Today, I scoured her website, which contains some gems that I'd missed. Like her Nov. 23, 2011 detailed essay where she calls out star-fucktards Bono and Bob Geldolf — her fellow Irish rock legends who do wonders for Africa but ignore the home turf. Especially after Sinead pleaded for them to speak out against the Catholic Church for covering up sexual abuse. Enjoy.
I asked Bono also to send support and get involved in asking for truth from The Vatican't. Nothing. I got very angry. I said fine.. You can thank me in a hundred years because I will represent artists because it would be criminal for those kids to ask where we were and find we were nowhere.
I was angry because Bono had met with JP2 after it was public knowledge abuse had happened and been covered up u der JP2's watch and by doing so endorsed him. And on the night JP2 died Bono went on stage with the rosary beads JP2 gave him wrapped around his hand and mike, and went on about what a fab guy JP2 was. This and the silence, made me very angry because Bono says he believes in Christ. But then all rock starssay they believe in God when they're making award acceptance speeches.. But when there's a pitched battle in the street for the honour of God.. None of them the world over.. Not just Ireland... Have a thing to say. No truths to demand. No Christ to be released from bondage. On stage children are wearing masks of incarcerated Burmese ladies. Grand.. But no one is wearing Christ's incarcerated face. Nor the faces of raped little Irish boys. "if you do believe in God as you say you do" I said, "you have to stand up and be counted. If you don't I can't respect you and by time I finished representing Irish internationally known musical artists on the very important matter of our spiritual condition as a nation, we'll see which one of us truly believes in God That was two years ago. Needless to say I went on to cause as much trouble as possible and I haven't heard a word from Bob nor Bono since, nor do I expect to, nor mind if I do or don't. Neither Geldof, Bono, nor other internationally massive, influential Irish artists are vocal on ANY Irish issues. This is un-Irish in the extreme, and a great let down to Joyce, O'Brien, Yeats, Pierce, Behan, all of them..

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