it's kind of hilarious
song is also the shit tho
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 18 June 2011 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
if you're gonna bite a hook you could do A LOT worse than the "thong song"
Oh, totally - it's a great hook, and lends itself to anguish/ecstasy. V.Sisqo year with this + platinum blonde guy from Game of Thrones' "wake the dragon" mantra scannning as "I know you don't really wanna / Unleash the dragon" w/my friends, heh.
― etc, Saturday, 18 June 2011 23:43 (twelve years ago) link
wow yeah, that is.....not a coincidence.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 19 June 2011 00:00 (twelve years ago) link
i can't tell whats going on in this rapture song on laptop speakers
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 19 June 2011 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
it is surprisingly great tho...real male diva vibes from luke
― LocalGarda, Thursday, 30 June 2011 09:25 (twelve years ago) link
they looked at google over the weekend and were like "hey, we're trending!"― dmr, Monday, 23 May 2011 20:05 (1 month ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
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Does anybody remember when ILX used to notify you if a thread got posted to?
Maybe theirs still works!
― Mark G, Thursday, 30 June 2011 09:37 (twelve years ago) link
It really *does* sound like The Thong Song!
― Matt DC, Monday, 8 August 2011 09:11 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.pedestrian.tv/music/news/the-rapture-in-the-grace-of-your-love-track-by-tra/51915.htm
― goole, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 18:34 (twelve years ago) link
thx for the link
I like "How Deep Is Your Love" but not really feeling most of the rest of this. dude's new singing style is taking some getting used to, when I heard the single I thought it was a totally different person.
― dmr, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
"It Takes Time To Be a Man" went right by me when I listened to this before but it's kinda great?
― dmr, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 18:48 (eleven years ago) link
yeah that song is amazing
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 May 2012 18:50 (eleven years ago) link
someone put it on a mix and I was like this is good, who is this, some neo-soul white guy? Mayer Hawthorne? oh shit it's the Rapture
― dmr, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
i only have 4 songs off the new album (sail away, title track, how deep, it takes time) but they are all excellent.
― mizzell, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
they were good live when i saw them a month ago too
― mizzell, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 18:58 (eleven years ago) link
I will never not be laughing @ "The Ratpure"
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
I made sure to find this thread specifically to bump
― dmr, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 19:53 (eleven years ago) link
RIP bros, good times.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 9 March 2014 02:31 (ten years ago) link
did see them back in December at the Bowery and really enjoyed the show. Of course they followed the completely obnoxious LCD Soundsystem
ha i was a gd idiot 10 years ago. that was a good show but LCD is way better than these dudes
― condo associations are people my friend (will), Sunday, 9 March 2014 04:49 (ten years ago) link
also maybe my first ilx post. wtf am i doing w/ my life
― condo associations are people my friend (will), Sunday, 9 March 2014 04:50 (ten years ago) link
http://www.self-titledmag.com/2018/10/03/luke-jenner-interview-the-rapture-meditation-tunnel/
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 16:05 (four years ago) link
^^^really good read imho
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 16:12 (four years ago) link
Isolating highly pure rat spermatogonial stem cells in culture.Hamra FK1, Chapman KM, Wu Z, Garbers DL.Author informationAbstractMethods are detailed for isolating highly pure populations of spermatogonial stem cells from primary cultures of testis cells prepared from 22- to 24-day-old rats. The procedure is based on the principle that testicular somatic cells bind tightly to plastic and collagen matrices when cultured in serum-containing medium, whereas spermatogonia and spermatocytes do not bind to plastic or collagen when cultured in serum-containing medium. The collagen-non-binding testis cells obtained using these procedures are thus approx. 97% pure spermatogenic cells. Stem spermatogonia are then easily isolated from the purified spermatogenic population during a short incubation step in culture on laminin matrix. The spermatogenic cells that bind to laminin are more than 90% undifferentiated, type A spermatogonia and are greatly enriched in genetically modifiable stem cells that can develop into functional spermatozoa. This method does not require flow cytometry and can also be applied to obtain enriched cultures of mouse spermatogonial stem cells. The isolated spermatogonia provide a highly potent and effective source of stem cells that have been used to initiate in vitro and in vivo culture studies on spermatogenesis.
― sarahell, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 16:26 (four years ago) link
http://www.self-titledmag.com/2018/10/03/luke-jenner-interview-the-rapture-meditation-tunnel🕸/
― willem, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 17:58 (four years ago) link
Brilliant read, thx. Never cared that much about Rapture but the codependency childhood story really resonates. Glad to see he made it to the other side
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 12:42 (four years ago) link
yeah same. loved some of their singles but not really a fan of the albums. that was an awesome interview though. cool to see a musician so into being a Dad. also the stuff re: James Murphy matches up with what I've heard about him.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 13:51 (four years ago) link
That's a pretty amazing interview.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 14:27 (four years ago) link
Cool to hear that these guys have reunited since that interview. Pretty much with frogbs that their best moments are excellent, even if the albums are patchy
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 14:55 (four years ago) link
saw them last night. still one of the best live bands I've ever seen. Like most bands, they should never play a space larger than where I saw them last night. They were amazing, the crowd lost their shit, the various phases/sounds they've played with blended great, and even stuff that I like the least on the albums sounded totally killer live and loud. Amazing energy, great show.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 15:40 (four years ago) link
can't believe I haven't posted on this thread before?
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 15:42 (four years ago) link
I WAS THERE!
21 years ago at the SFSU Caesar Chavez Student Center next to the dorms, opening with this GO4 cover:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf8trAog_5Q
might be one of their first shows after the Gravity single?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 17 October 2020 18:38 (three years ago) link
the Ratpure at Caesar Chavez Student Center -- or the Rapture at Cesar Chavez Student Center?
I was in grad school there at the time, did not see this.
― sarahell, Saturday, 17 October 2020 19:44 (three years ago) link
Do not fret, there were not many people there, perhaps one other ilx0r besides myself.
8/4/99 The Dialectic, Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, Subtonix, The Rapture
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 17 October 2020 20:18 (three years ago) link
lol some of my friends were in Subtonix (didn't know them at the time tho)
― sarahell, Saturday, 17 October 2020 20:39 (three years ago) link
Sutbonix
― trapped out the barndo (crüt), Sunday, 18 October 2020 04:21 (three years ago) link