oh yeah i'm sure the kids love it
― da croupier, Thursday, 18 September 2014 17:52 (nine years ago) link
Another hour, another PR victory!
“The punk rock thing to do is annoy people and get in their faces...If people have a problem with the way we released the album, I’m sure they’ve read about it online.”
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 18 September 2014 18:16 (nine years ago) link
fuckin step up and take a swing at bono! he's in u face! he wants you to (U2)!
― fruit ← ⟨“apple”, “banana”, “orange”⟩ (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 18 September 2014 18:18 (nine years ago) link
all up in yo shit, the fly in your free ointment, he's almost as punk as google+
― da croupier, Thursday, 18 September 2014 18:25 (nine years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romulus_and_Remus
― rushomancy, Thursday, 18 September 2014 20:20 (nine years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mowgli
― fruit ← ⟨“apple”, “banana”, “orange”⟩ (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 18 September 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link
Prepare to buy the White Album... Again
― ambient yacht god (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 18 September 2014 22:09 (nine years ago) link
U2's corporate connections:http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/07/18/after-tough-years-elevation-partners-profits-on-sale-of-forbes-media/http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/05/28/in-search-of-star-power-fender-enlists-members-of-u2/
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 18 September 2014 23:30 (nine years ago) link
marie antoinette was so punk rock
― ILX preorders SPYRO for Playstation (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 19 September 2014 00:40 (nine years ago) link
'let them listen to cake!' she said, and then everyone had 'The Distance' on their phones.
― ILX preorders SPYRO for Playstation (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 19 September 2014 00:41 (nine years ago) link
'california, i've seen for myself, there's no end to Greece' - Bono predicts to the rest of the board in California that Greece will remain solvent
― ILX preorders SPYRO for Playstation (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 19 September 2014 02:00 (nine years ago) link
No, it's "Grease", it'll be a school production staple for ever!
(full disclosure, Alice has auditioned, will report back)
― Mark G, Friday, 19 September 2014 08:56 (nine years ago) link
"California" keeps getting stuck in my head and then turning into Prefab Sprout's "Cars and Girls"
― goodoldneon, Saturday, 20 September 2014 15:35 (nine years ago) link
http://la.curbed.com/archives/2014/09/u2s_the_edge_could_be_allowed_to_build_fivemansion_clifftop_compound_in_malibu_1.php
One thing we know about U2 in 204 is that they do not care what anyone else wants. They do not care if you want their album, they are going to make you have it, and guitarist The Edge does not care if you want his mansion development on your untouched coastal land, he is going to do whatever it takes to build it. The Edge, aka David Evans, has been trying to build five "eco-friendly" houses—including one for himself—off of Sweetwater Mesa Road in the Santa Monica Mountains since 2006 and, after years of kinda-shady machinations, has gotten the support of the California Coastal Commission staff (they've recommended the CCC approve the project at its meeting in early October, with a few changes).The Edge submitted plans for the five houses separately, under separate names, which CCC staff originally took as an attempt to skirt environmental rules, according to the LA Times. They also found that the project "would scar a steep, undeveloped ridgeline visible from much of the coastline, cause extensive geological disturbance and destroy environmentally sensitive native vegetation." A few months later, the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy suddenly switched their stance on the development from con to neutral after The Edge gave them $750,000 in cash, $250,000 worth of work by a consultant, and 97 acres of land for conservation. Then, in 2012, The Edge's "extensive team" started lobbying for a pro-development, anti-environment state bill that would've helped clear the way for the project. After passing the Assembly, it was rejected by the Senate.Finally The Edge tried just making the plans more acceptable. Following a year of negotiations with the CCC, the path has been clearcut for a modified version of the 151-acre development; the size has been slightly reduced and plans call for less grading of the hillside; some of the houses are also shorter and together they'll be placed lower on the ridge, so they won't be as visible from below. The five houses range from 8,786 to 14,980 square feet and would be accompanied by a new 20-foot-wide access road.
The Edge submitted plans for the five houses separately, under separate names, which CCC staff originally took as an attempt to skirt environmental rules, according to the LA Times. They also found that the project "would scar a steep, undeveloped ridgeline visible from much of the coastline, cause extensive geological disturbance and destroy environmentally sensitive native vegetation." A few months later, the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy suddenly switched their stance on the development from con to neutral after The Edge gave them $750,000 in cash, $250,000 worth of work by a consultant, and 97 acres of land for conservation. Then, in 2012, The Edge's "extensive team" started lobbying for a pro-development, anti-environment state bill that would've helped clear the way for the project. After passing the Assembly, it was rejected by the Senate.
Finally The Edge tried just making the plans more acceptable. Following a year of negotiations with the CCC, the path has been clearcut for a modified version of the 151-acre development; the size has been slightly reduced and plans call for less grading of the hillside; some of the houses are also shorter and together they'll be placed lower on the ridge, so they won't be as visible from below. The five houses range from 8,786 to 14,980 square feet and would be accompanied by a new 20-foot-wide access road.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 23 September 2014 05:03 (nine years ago) link
the edge on the ledge
― ILX preorders SPYRO for Playstation (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 23 September 2014 05:29 (nine years ago) link
blueprint of the tunnels underneath the five houses:
http://www.lds-temple.net/6a00ccff9823bf6ea501101675fe6c860d-500pi.png
― da croupier, Tuesday, 23 September 2014 06:00 (nine years ago) link
My Baja Fresh visit earlier, the playlist included Sunday Bloody Sunday, (something I can't remember), Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of, One, and then circled back to Sunday Bloody Sunday. I was basically like, "guess I won't stick around and polish off these chips".
― how's life, Thursday, September 18, 2014 12:31 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
always go for the chips first, the salsa bar's better than the burritos anyway
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Tuesday, 23 September 2014 06:15 (nine years ago) link
anyway yeah i have no idea how i didn't want to punch them all in the nuts and also the face many many many times in 2002 or whenever the atom bomb album came out. i was 14 and totally into select 80s singles but still, they're essentially the same band now but they've become literally the most punchable group of human beings in existence. whatever they were in the 80s when they had mullets, they're different now, they're inhabited by some other species, i don't wanna say aliens or demons or ghosts or w/e because that's all way too nice, i really need to convey that they are constructed from some sort of compounded anal leakage or like a combination of things used in the second round of fear factor. just seeing bono's face trying to squirm out of his head makes me fearful. how did i ever not want to punch them? but i'm scared.
i still don't know what the other two guys look like
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Tuesday, 23 September 2014 06:21 (nine years ago) link
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/12/u2-job-art-divisive-interview
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 12 October 2014 19:12 (nine years ago) link
"art"
― definite classic, predicting a solid 8/10 from the p-fork boys (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 12 October 2014 19:25 (nine years ago) link
I've liked waaaaay more from this band than I have ever liked, but this image makes me hate everything about them retroactively:
http://cdn.u2.com/non_secure/images/20150201/news/ie_bed_logo_9002/large.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 04:18 (nine years ago) link
Who's the dude on the left?
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 04:35 (nine years ago) link
beaker
― don't ask me why i posted this (electricsound), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 05:39 (nine years ago) link
no it's ridge from Bold & the Beautiful iirc
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 05:40 (nine years ago) link
http://htmlgiant.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/bob-carol-ted-alice-1969-2.jpg
― salthigh, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 06:08 (nine years ago) link
Classic, for their heavy influence on Minor Threat
― Poliopolice, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 08:12 (nine years ago) link
ghastly though that image is, it's somehow nice to have it confirmed that the edge even wears his hat in bed
― let me be your fan taytay (NickB), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 09:53 (nine years ago) link
jim jarmusch looking kinda sheepish on the left there
― bizarro gazzara, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 09:56 (nine years ago) link
Didn't know Michael Des Barres had joined up
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 09:59 (nine years ago) link
Kevin Bacon in there on the left, too, closing the circle even tighter.
Love how these are lifelong pals, parents, bandmates, and yet in the photo they look awkwardly arranged like adolescent boys, tilting this way and that so as not to accidentally touch one another and turn gay. The Edge is doing that trademark immature kid "my head is over here but my butt is wayyy over there, thankyouverymuch" pose.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 14:29 (nine years ago) link
I'm surprised they're not posed head to toe to avoid gay contamination.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 14:31 (nine years ago) link
The amount of plastic surgery in the photo is horrifying
― Poliopolice, Thursday, 5 February 2015 06:53 (nine years ago) link
Larry, I think it's time we had a talk about buttons on shirts and what they do
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 February 2015 15:25 (nine years ago) link
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/Larry%20at%20Graceland%20aug%2016.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 5 February 2015 15:51 (nine years ago) link
aka, Bernard Sumner visits Ian Curtis's grave in 1981.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 5 February 2015 16:05 (nine years ago) link
LOL if that was what Curtis's grave looked like.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 5 February 2015 16:06 (nine years ago) link
Give it time.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 5 February 2015 16:08 (nine years ago) link
does he have a walkie talkie up his ass
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 February 2015 16:09 (nine years ago) link
eheh, Clayton looks like a mix between jarmush, jim carrey and southpark (edge has a southpark vibe too).great wtf pic anyway !
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 5 February 2015 16:17 (nine years ago) link
too much perspective
― Ratt in Mi Kitchen (Neil S), Thursday, 5 February 2015 16:23 (nine years ago) link
I wonder how this picture got the OK from all the parties involved !
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 5 February 2015 16:25 (nine years ago) link
― Ratt in Mi Kitchen (Neil S), Thursday, February 5, 2015 10:23 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol top 10 line in cinema history imo
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 5 February 2015 19:15 (nine years ago) link
so weird that college students today must see these guys the way i saw bridges to babylon-era stones.
― da croupier, Thursday, 5 February 2015 19:33 (nine years ago) link
with dangermouse as the dust brothers
― da croupier, Thursday, 5 February 2015 19:34 (nine years ago) link
I pretty much see U2 that way now.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 5 February 2015 19:54 (nine years ago) link
still would love to see them from a relative distance later this year, but i doubt i will make the early wake up call tomorrow required to get the seats of interest.
― mark e, Thursday, 5 February 2015 20:14 (nine years ago) link
Larry and Adam both look so incredibly Weekend At Bernie's that I'm questioning if they really did die last year & I forgot
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 February 2015 02:21 (nine years ago) link
Show me some men who look like old lesbians!
― bit of a singles monster (Eazy), Friday, 6 February 2015 02:30 (nine years ago) link
i got tix to see these old chaps in a couple months. good to see bono's upper body is unbroken enough that he can sing. i actually like the new album a lot. shame abt the release though.
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Friday, 6 February 2015 02:35 (nine years ago) link
http://www.sketchoholic.com/uploads/userfiles/16639/793e256931_Edge__U2.jpg
― brimstead, Friday, 6 February 2015 05:59 (nine years ago) link