its a good story though
my dad tells a similiar story
part fact (he def wasnt rich), part fiction (his dad had a small business), and he def was pretty poor when he arrived in london
but we still tell him he over exaggerates it
its fun
― truffle-flavoured french fry (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 14:40 (fourteen years ago) link
what kind of fries does he eat
― NUDE. MAYNE. (s1ocki), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 14:41 (fourteen years ago) link
he doesnt.
hes an outsider.
― truffle-flavoured french fry (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 14:41 (fourteen years ago) link
She isn't even that successful - one big hit in the US and only one top 40 hit AT ALL in the UK. Paper Planes aside, how many records has she actually sold? It seems to be de facto accepted that she's a massive pop star when she isn't really, and this album could well flop.
― The Men Who Stare At Goatse (Matt DC), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 14:41 (fourteen years ago) link
You just gotta wonder if her now-posh life and super successful music career has anything to do with her marrying the son of Edgar Bronfman, Jr. the CEO of Warner Music Group.
― Adam Bruneau, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 14:44 (fourteen years ago) link
otoh most people we know have MIA mp3s xp
― mdskltr (blueski), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 14:44 (fourteen years ago) link
I guess being on the Grammy's is a step up to success?
― Adam Bruneau, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 14:46 (fourteen years ago) link
It didn't help Edgar Jr. much with HIS band, eh?
Developing-world bling is stuff like heavy gold jewelry, Cazals, dyed hair, WAH! Nails, Kente cloth, flags incorporated into designs, graffiti and fluoro trainers, all mixed up together. It's a bit like being dragged through Ridley Road market backwards.
― I eat truffle fries because my captors say they'll kill me if I don't (suzy), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 14:50 (fourteen years ago) link
uh I mean Ben! Point stands.
― I eat truffle fries because my captors say they'll kill me if I don't (suzy), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 14:51 (fourteen years ago) link
zzzzzz wake me when this chick marries a sri lankan and beats up the dude from PM dawn
― m@tt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 14:57 (fourteen years ago) link
shes actually sort of like the female brit-asian 50 cent isnt she? cleverly playing on various familiar ethnic poverty tropes that people like.
― truffle-flavoured french fry (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, June 1, 2010 10:34 AM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
unperson, all is forgiven
― exxon valdeej (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 14:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Would you settle for MIA swinging from the girders at the MTV Music Awards while Gaga accepts an award and says "this is what pop music is about?"
― da croupier, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 15:01 (fourteen years ago) link
it's a deal!
haha 50 Cent is so canny he actually went so far as to actually grow up in poverty, what a po-mo trickster
― m@tt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 15:23 (fourteen years ago) link
He was playing a long con.
― Haunted Clocks For Sale (Dorianlynskey), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 15:23 (fourteen years ago) link
m.i.a. went to the same primary school as me!
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 15:25 (fourteen years ago) link
like 8 years before me though obvv
she's incredibly successful at selling truffle fries. I looked for some this weekend and couldn't find any :(
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, June 1, 2010 10:30 AM (1 hour ago)
poll: how many ILXORs spent their weekend looking for truffle fries & were you successful or not?
― ksh, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 15:39 (fourteen years ago) link
I didn't but I made a mental note when I read this article that was linked on the NYT q&a thread:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw/2011906512_pacificpfoodhunt30.html
the author mentions that he was able to buy truffle oil for $3 with food stamps. so it can't be that hoity-toity after all!
― pokám0n (dyao), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 15:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Maybe truffle oil and Smirnoff Ice are both running the ultimate in viral campaigns right now.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 15:43 (fourteen years ago) link
BROS TRUFFLING BROS
― pokám0n (dyao), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 15:43 (fourteen years ago) link
u kno what's up
― ksh, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 15:44 (fourteen years ago) link
*sees dog with bottle of truffle oil tied to back* aw man, I totally gotta drizzle truffle oil all over these fries now :/
― pokám0n (dyao), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 15:44 (fourteen years ago) link
A++
― transient truff (history mayne), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 15:45 (fourteen years ago) link
dogs are the new pack mules
― ksh, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 15:46 (fourteen years ago) link
"haha 50 Cent is so canny he actually went so far as to actually grow up in poverty, what a po-mo trickster"
oh so youre saying mia didnt? classist.
― truffle-flavoured french fry (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 16:14 (fourteen years ago) link
I know nothing of MIA outside of the Aziz Ansari Tamil joke. Is there more Ansari/MIA material around?
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 16:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Lex can settle this by telling us what his primary school was like xp. Eton feeder or borderline borstal?
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 16:31 (fourteen years ago) link
So much for truffle fries, I'm just worried '/\/\/\Y/\' will the rubbish.
― Davek (davek_00), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 17:02 (fourteen years ago) link
gah 'the rubbish'....the point is we could all use another great album from her.
― Davek (davek_00), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 17:10 (fourteen years ago) link
we could all use another great album from anyone
― \/\/G\/\/ (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 17:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Your monogram seems like it should be a wrestling federation logo.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 17:18 (fourteen years ago) link
or you could add weezer wings to the Ws
― m@tt (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 17:24 (fourteen years ago) link
It's not rubbish but it has problems that the first two didn't. Can't really say any more than that on a public forum. Because the CIA are watching me.
― Haunted Clocks For Sale (Dorianlynskey), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 17:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Stay in camera view please.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 17:26 (fourteen years ago) link
FREEZE!!! and DROP THE TRUFFLED FRY!!!!!!!!!!
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 17:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Back away slowly from the truffle. Slowly..............
xpost glad to hear it's not a disaster...even the finest albums can have 'problems'. But is there anything which just makes you go "WOW" like on the first two (see: Galang, BDG, Bird Flu, Paper Planes)?
― Davek (davek_00), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 17:32 (fourteen years ago) link
In fact see the vast majority of both LPs IMHO.
Tell Me Why, as mentioned in the Hirschberg piece, is pretty wow.
― Haunted Clocks For Sale (Dorianlynskey), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 17:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Tell me whyAin't nothin' but a heartacheTell me whyAin't nothin' but a mistakeTell me whyI never wanna hear you sayI want it that way
― NUDE. MAYNE. (s1ocki), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 17:35 (fourteen years ago) link
cause Iwantitthata-way
― i see you windin, grindin up on dat po'boy (crüt), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 17:36 (fourteen years ago) link
is it hard to make arrangements with yourselfwhen you're old enough to repaybut young enough to eat truffle fries
― in my day we had to walk 10 miles in the snow for VU bootleg (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 17:40 (fourteen years ago) link
i usually think its hilarious when writers go into great detail about what a band is eating like it reveals some secret truth.
― truffleupagus (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 18:12 (fourteen years ago) link
would be cool if it was revealed that MIA ate BACON wrapped in BACON
― NUDE. MAYNE. (s1ocki), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 18:13 (fourteen years ago) link
www.thisiswhymiaisfat.com
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 18:14 (fourteen years ago) link
since reading this article, i've been subconsciously writing a profile about myself: "He made a lame joke about 'The Wire' and then took a bite of an apple fritter."
― tylerw, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 18:16 (fourteen years ago) link
"M.I.A. quietly filled her tiny paper cup full of ketchup and preceded to dip her thin, flash-frozen fries. 'It's a guilty pleasure," she conceded, adjusting her paper Burger King crown.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 18:18 (fourteen years ago) link
"M.I.A. stared at the cherry-red Slurpee, slowly shifting from frozen to liquid in her styrofoam cup. 'This Slurpee reminds me of the blood of the innocent being slaughtered around the world. 7-11? More like 24-7." She takes a big sip. "I suppose that makes me a terrorist," she mutters, before dropping the cup into a fragrant trash bin lined with plastic and walking away, absentmindedly texting on her iPhone.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 18:24 (fourteen years ago) link
"M.I.A. walks down the sidewalk, chewing on a long spear of red rhubarb she had picked up at this morning's farmer's market. "It doesn't really taste that great by itself," she admits. "But it's in season, and it supports the workers. If people see me chewing on rhubarb, then maybe they might take a minute to consider just where that rhubarb came from."
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 18:27 (fourteen years ago) link
if I wasn't at work, I would do a c/p with M.I.A. and Diplo on "Yuffie's Chocobo"
― bageled by dementeds (HI DERE), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 18:29 (fourteen years ago) link