The Silence of the Stew

[DirtyMartini]

[quote="animal"] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kd8xp86reY [/quote]

Gorgeous song. On so many levels.

People talking without speaking,
People hearing without listening . . .

[shyvixen]

[quote="giovanni"]Good, can we talk about U2 now? /quote]

Since we're talking about U2, can I just menton that I'm in the movie Rattle and Hum?

Well, my sweater is anyway. I was at the Denver concert in '87 that was filmed for the movie and we had awesome seats behind the stage. At one point in the film, the camera on Bono swoops really low and you can see my sweater on screen! It was a classic 1980's sweater with big fushia and turquoise stripes. I thought it was fabulous at the time.

Now, I'm really glad that film is in black and white.

[Maud138]

[quote="shyvixen"][quote="giovanni"]Good, can we talk about U2 now? /quote]

Since we're talking about U2, can I just menton that I'm in the movie Rattle and Hum?

Well, my sweater is anyway. I was at the Denver concert in '87 that was filmed for the movie and we had awesome seats behind the stage. At one point in the film, the camera on Bono swoops really low and you can see my sweater on screen! It was a classic 1980's sweater with big fushia and turquoise stripes. I thought it was fabulous at the time.

Now, I'm really glad that film is in black and white.[/quote]

Ahhh I love those stories. I always wonder who all these people are: in the audiences, on the photo's. Now I know!

[Lynne]

[quote=”TOWOS”]Judging by the tan lines on his Infinite Legs, the period should be Montserrat, correct.[/quote]

Infinite Legs. Verrry nice phrase, T.

[quote=”smudge”]I'm one of those boring old hags who bleats on about how Boy and October are two of the finest albums ever made.[/quote]

Me too, my dear. We'll have to bleat together after a few pints the next time we meet!

[IndyGirl]

[quote="shyvixen"]Since we're talking about U2, can I just menton that I'm in the movie Rattle and Hum?[/quote]

Congrats. Nice story.

[Bry]

I just saw "Silence" and "Stew" in the same sentence!!!!! The end is near!!!!!

[Johnny O]

Are the lutes still screaming, Clarice???

[sockii]

[quote="Johnny O"]Are the lutes still screaming, Clarice??? [/quote]

No, I ate them with fava beans and a nice Chianti.

[Divemistress of the Dark]

Ha! What is it with all the Lecter references lately (there's another in EQ's 'bastard' thread)....

I dunno. There was a time when I thought REM and U2 were the two best bands in the world (this was post-Police breakup). I still think a lot of their work is waaaay above average, but...

Hmmmm. OK, actually this may be worth writing. I just found all the hype and hysteria over them at a certain point to be incredibly off-putting. Like, all of a sudden you couldn't get tickets, and they'd be a billion dollars, and...

Why was I willing to put up with hype and hysteria over the Police tour? Probably because I had already started hanging out here and was interested in Stewart's solo work. Although maybe because I got to see both REM and U2 back in the 80s, and yet I never was able to see The Police play a show. Yet again, perhaps if I'd felt a more personal connection to any of the guys in the other two bands, it would have been a different story.

I sort of 'reconnected' (sorry, Bets) to REM back in 2004, when I went to see them play the Ryman Auditorium in connection with the Rock the Vote tour that year. I was state chair of Women for Kerry-Edwards, so I got to hang out with Stipe backstage in sort of an official role, and - what can I say - they blew the roof off the place.

Since then I've seen Pete Buck play with Robyn Hitchcock (and John Paul Jones, the story of which I've already told here) and was really impressed, again. Plus, it seems like the worst of the hysteria is over, with REM anyway...you can actually get tickets to their shows, although this year they didn't play many stateside.

U2? I dunno. Seems like Bono went the route of pretentious ballbaggery, and I'm just not sure you can do that and still write lyrics that have any real meaning. Although, in retrospect, what else could he have done? Jesus, that band turned into the new Beatles after 'Joshua Tree' came out...you have to hand it to him for at least having a sense of humor about how ridiculous it all became.

[bella]

back to the original topic:


Maybe "He's Just Not That Into [Us]".

[policefan]

Maybe

[samburusunset]

[quote="bella"]back to the original topic:


Maybe "He's Just Not That Into [Us]".






[/quote]



Miranda.



Say it ain't so, Joe!



WELL, I never!!



<trots off to Jojo Mayer's site>

[Charliearnoid]

Could be he's waiting to say something that he feels is worth saying. We're talking Stewart here, ya know? [/angels singing]

What rocks our world wouldn't make a ripple in his.

It's all about perspective...

[TOWOS]

Thanks, Lynneh!

Love your reindeer pic, so cute!

I don't think that the Maestro is not that into us anymore, I just think that maybe he feel boxed in. (Let.go!!)

One thing I'm sure of: I can't be-lieve the U2 love. Seriously??
Oh well, I suppose there's no accounting for taste. But this would have never happened in the early 80s...

[English-lion]

English-lion here reporting form her floor in nursing home I work at (yes the dement-cha ward)


Shouldn't be telling you this with the " confidentiality agreement" but I have 3 new patients

One has gotten himself into the shoe polish
Another falls asleep at the drop of the hat then wakes up asking for his passport
the other KEEEPS ON HITTING THINGS!!! (real annoying) he says he wants the computer to write but we will not let him due to the fact that he HITS EVERYTHING!!!!!!

Well back to work I have to give them all pre-admission baths