Vox unpopuli

You, too, U2? U2 lead singer Bono explained his sunglasses and U2’s recent unsolicited carpet-bombing of its new album on millions of iTunes accounts. Bono revealed he has glaucoma; the sunglasses protect his eyes. And the album drop was an attempt “to do something fresh, but it seems some people don’t believe in Father Christmas.”

Oh, they believe in Santa Claus, Bono; but for those under 30, “Songs of Innocence” was a lump of coal left on their iPhone.

The trick to beating the Seahawks: Upset by a St. Louis Rams team that was led by its third-string quarterback, the Seattle Seahawks lost for a second game in a row and fell to 3-3 for the season, raising doubts about whether they can return to the Super Bowl.

The good news: Spring training for the Seattle Mariners is less than five months away.

Channel-surfing the vast cultural wasteland: Tonight’s episode of “The Blacklist” follows the FBI as it targets eco-terrorists planning to unleash a strain of the plague, which caused the Black Death that killed millions in Europe in the 14th century.

Yeah, something light after watching the latest Ebola coverage on cable news sound pretty good.

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