BEIJING, China (AP) -- Chopped cardboard, softened with an industrial chemical and flavored with fatty pork and powdered seasoning, is a main ingredient in batches of steamed buns sold in one Beijing neighborhood, state television said.
Steamed buns sold in Beijing contain 60 percent cardboard, a report on China Central Television said.
The report, aired late Wednesday on China Central Television, highlights the country's problems with food safety despite government efforts to improve the situation.
Countless small, often illegally run operations exist across China and make money cutting corners by using inexpensive ingredients or unsavory substitutes. They are almost impossible to regulate.
State TV's undercover investigation features the shirtless, shorts-clad maker of the buns, called baozi, explaining the contents of the product sold in Beijing's sprawling Chaoyang district.
Baozi are a common snack in China, with an outer skin made from wheat or rice flour and a filling of sliced pork. Cooked by steaming in immense bamboo baskets, they are similar to but usually much bigger than the dumplings found on dim sum menus familiar to many Americans.
The hidden camera follows the man, whose face is not shown, into a ramshackle building where steamers are filled with the fluffy white buns, traditionally stuffed with minced pork.
The surroundings are filthy, with water puddles and piles of old furniture and cardboard on the ground.
"What's in the recipe?" the reporter asks. "Six to four," the man says.
"You mean 60 percent cardboard? What is the other 40 percent?" asks the reporter. "Fatty meat," the man replies.
The bun maker and his assistants then give a demonstration on how the product is made.
Squares of cardboard picked from the ground are first soaked to a pulp in a plastic basin of caustic soda -- a chemical base commonly used in manufacturing paper and soap -- then chopped into tiny morsels with a cleaver. Fatty pork and powdered seasoning are stirred in.
Soon, steaming servings of the buns appear on the screen. The reporter takes a bite.
"This baozi filling is kind of tough. Not much taste," he says. "Can other people taste the difference?"
"Most people can't. It fools the average person," the maker says. "I don't eat them myself."
The police eventually showed up and shut down the operation.
Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
...
I'd try one.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Those GD Japanese
Money Found in Toilets Across Japan
TOKYO (AP) -- Envelopes containing 10,000 yen ($82) bills and well-wishing notes have been discovered in municipal toilets across Japan, media reports said, baffling civil servants and triggering a nationwide hunt.
Local media have estimated that over two million yen ($16,400) worth of bills were found at men's rooms in city halls in at least 15 prefectures (states) in recent weeks.
Each package of 10,000-yen bills, some wrapped in traditional Japanese washi paper, was accompanied by handwritten letters that read "Please make use of this money for your self-enrichment," and "One per person," according to reports.
Officials are baffled over the identity of the benefactor or any motives, the reports said. Packages turned over to police were to be kept for some time in case someone claimed them.
© 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
You know, the Japanese would be the kind of assholes who would do this AFTER we leave Tokyo.
Beetchie and I could have been scouring toilets looking for free cash, then eating like good times, sleeping like good times and blowing the money in arcades like good times!
Sons of bitches.
TOKYO (AP) -- Envelopes containing 10,000 yen ($82) bills and well-wishing notes have been discovered in municipal toilets across Japan, media reports said, baffling civil servants and triggering a nationwide hunt.
Local media have estimated that over two million yen ($16,400) worth of bills were found at men's rooms in city halls in at least 15 prefectures (states) in recent weeks.
Each package of 10,000-yen bills, some wrapped in traditional Japanese washi paper, was accompanied by handwritten letters that read "Please make use of this money for your self-enrichment," and "One per person," according to reports.
Officials are baffled over the identity of the benefactor or any motives, the reports said. Packages turned over to police were to be kept for some time in case someone claimed them.
© 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
You know, the Japanese would be the kind of assholes who would do this AFTER we leave Tokyo.
Beetchie and I could have been scouring toilets looking for free cash, then eating like good times, sleeping like good times and blowing the money in arcades like good times!
Sons of bitches.
Sunday, July 08, 2007
And I Am Very, Very Happy...
Public toilet has 1,000 stalls in four stories
Chongqing officials hope for Guinness record
BEIJING, China (AP) -- They're flush with pride in Chongqing, where a recently opened porcelain palace features an Egyptian facade, soothing music and more than 1,000 toilets spread out over 30,000 square feet.
Some of the 1,000 stalls are open air overlooking the street in Chonging, China.
Officials in the southwestern Chinese city plan to ask Guinness World Records to have the free four-story public bathroom listed as the world's largest, state-run China Central Television reported Friday.
"We are spreading toilet culture. People can listen to gentle music and watch TV," said Lu Xiaoqing, an official with the Yangrenjie, or "Foreigners Street," tourist area where the bathroom is. "After they use the bathroom they will be very, very happy."
Footage aired on CCTV showed people milling about the sprawling facility and washing their hands at trough sinks. For open-aired relief, there's a cluster of stalls without a roof.
Some urinals are uniquely shaped, including ones inside open crocodile mouths and several topped by the bust of a woman resembling the Virgin Mary.
There are also plans to build a supermarket nearby, which will sell toilet-related items, CCTV reported.
Copyright 2007 The Associated Press.
...yes. Yes I am.
or at least I was until I saw the sinks:
Well, at least they're wearing undies.
photo source: www.cnn.com
Thursday, July 05, 2007
Follow Up
Yeah I was right about something.
Editors' new album is up on their myspace, so I got to hear the entire thing and I think I'd like them much more if they didn't sound so much like Interpol.
But... I guess not really because lyrically, Interpol's much more complex. This is also true of their sound.
There's no mistaking Paul Banks' voice really.
It'll be like that Thom Yorke/Matthew Bellamy controversy I hate getting involved in (but will of course, take a moment to defend my boys) Radiohead and MUSE are two of my favourite bands and no, I do not think MUSE ripped off Radiohead. Their voices are different. They're two very different bands. End of that story.
Back to Interpol though.
I felt a little bit disillusioned yesterday when I did research on Interpol and found out that two of the members are Ukkers! They grew up in NY but were born in England.
And here I was hailing them as one of NY's best bands!
Meh, they're still New Yorkers. And hell, it was then I realized that that's probably why I heart them hardcore.
You know how I fancy some Ukkers.
Currently listening to: "Pioneer to the Falls" and "Obstacle 1" by Interpol. I feel lost. Stop haunting me, Paul Banks! Your voice is like a Siren's song and I'm sucked in! ::shudder::
Oh no!
...today my heart swings?
Editors' new album is up on their myspace, so I got to hear the entire thing and I think I'd like them much more if they didn't sound so much like Interpol.
But... I guess not really because lyrically, Interpol's much more complex. This is also true of their sound.
There's no mistaking Paul Banks' voice really.
It'll be like that Thom Yorke/Matthew Bellamy controversy I hate getting involved in (but will of course, take a moment to defend my boys) Radiohead and MUSE are two of my favourite bands and no, I do not think MUSE ripped off Radiohead. Their voices are different. They're two very different bands. End of that story.
Back to Interpol though.
I felt a little bit disillusioned yesterday when I did research on Interpol and found out that two of the members are Ukkers! They grew up in NY but were born in England.
And here I was hailing them as one of NY's best bands!
Meh, they're still New Yorkers. And hell, it was then I realized that that's probably why I heart them hardcore.
You know how I fancy some Ukkers.
Currently listening to: "Pioneer to the Falls" and "Obstacle 1" by Interpol. I feel lost. Stop haunting me, Paul Banks! Your voice is like a Siren's song and I'm sucked in! ::shudder::
Oh no!
...today my heart swings?
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
Those damn Chinese really do eat anything ...
BEIJING (AP) -- Villagers in central China dug up a ton of dinosaur bones and boiled them in soup or ground them into powder for traditional medicine, believing they were from flying dragons and had healing powers.
Until last year, the fossils were being sold in Henan province as "dragon bones" at about 4 yuan (50 cents) per kilogram (2.2 pounds), scientist Dong Zhiming told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Dong, a professor with the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said when the villagers found out the bones were from dinosaurs they donated 200 kilograms (440 pounds) to him and his colleagues for research.
"They had believed that the 'dragon bones' were from the dragons flying in the sky," he said.
The calcium-rich bones were sometimes boiled with other ingredients and fed to children as a treatment for dizziness and leg cramps. Other times they were ground up and made into a paste that was applied directly to fractures and other injuries, he said.
© 2007 The Associated Press.
I hope the soup was good but I don't know how it could be.
- H1
Until last year, the fossils were being sold in Henan province as "dragon bones" at about 4 yuan (50 cents) per kilogram (2.2 pounds), scientist Dong Zhiming told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Dong, a professor with the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said when the villagers found out the bones were from dinosaurs they donated 200 kilograms (440 pounds) to him and his colleagues for research.
"They had believed that the 'dragon bones' were from the dragons flying in the sky," he said.
The calcium-rich bones were sometimes boiled with other ingredients and fed to children as a treatment for dizziness and leg cramps. Other times they were ground up and made into a paste that was applied directly to fractures and other injuries, he said.
© 2007 The Associated Press.
I hope the soup was good but I don't know how it could be.
- H1
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
We Are So Confused
While it may be kind of cool that Tom Jones knows enough of them to do a "tribute" such as this...
we still have to ask two things:
what do our boys think of this?
and why...
was...
this...
allowed...
to...
happen...
?
we still have to ask two things:
what do our boys think of this?
and why...
was...
this...
allowed...
to...
happen...
?
MSN's Turn To Get Blazed
I saw this article on MSN about a band to watch at Live Earth this weekend (you know the bs concerts around the world about doing our part to save the planet).
The band's The Parlotones, who MSN and some others have been hailing as the next big thing. So, I took a listen because I like to preview new music once in a while, ever since I almost missed out on Arctic Monkeys (again, for the millionth time, thank goodness for Virgin-Atlantic) and they remind me of Thom Yorke gone bad.
It's not so much that the lead singer sounds like Thom or that the music sounds like Radiohead but the style reminds me of Radiohead to an extent. That just might be due to the fact that they did a slight theft of the repetitive "...it's happening". Idioteque, anyone?
That being said, I can kind of get into these people. Possibly. At least that's what I thought until I heard "Dragonflies and Astronauts" and I realize they're just another alternative band with nothing incredibly special.
Also, the next time someone comes out with a song called "Beautiful", I'd like it to be the most hateful thing I've ever heard. I know that may be very contrary but I'm tired of hearing people go on about "…you deserve to be adored" and whatever it is James Blunt was saying.
MSN, you suck.
Thanks for nothing.
Thanks.
Next up: someone needs to get me Editors. I think I might be missing out on some good times involving them. Though it could just be that I could continue listening to Interpol to have a similar experience and possibly, a classier, better experience.
Speaking of Interpol - how are things on the west coast? Ha, no. That's not what I wanted to say. I think their new album is going to kick ass. Big time.
Finally, Cillian Murphy recommends a band called Field Music. Let's see if he's as crazy as the roles he plays. I love that CM. And with good reason. He recommends decent music to us. I mean, it does sound like gddh stuff but that's to be expected from an indie band.
The band's The Parlotones, who MSN and some others have been hailing as the next big thing. So, I took a listen because I like to preview new music once in a while, ever since I almost missed out on Arctic Monkeys (again, for the millionth time, thank goodness for Virgin-Atlantic) and they remind me of Thom Yorke gone bad.
It's not so much that the lead singer sounds like Thom or that the music sounds like Radiohead but the style reminds me of Radiohead to an extent. That just might be due to the fact that they did a slight theft of the repetitive "...it's happening". Idioteque, anyone?
That being said, I can kind of get into these people. Possibly. At least that's what I thought until I heard "Dragonflies and Astronauts" and I realize they're just another alternative band with nothing incredibly special.
Also, the next time someone comes out with a song called "Beautiful", I'd like it to be the most hateful thing I've ever heard. I know that may be very contrary but I'm tired of hearing people go on about "…you deserve to be adored" and whatever it is James Blunt was saying.
MSN, you suck.
Thanks for nothing.
Thanks.
Next up: someone needs to get me Editors. I think I might be missing out on some good times involving them. Though it could just be that I could continue listening to Interpol to have a similar experience and possibly, a classier, better experience.
Speaking of Interpol - how are things on the west coast? Ha, no. That's not what I wanted to say. I think their new album is going to kick ass. Big time.
Finally, Cillian Murphy recommends a band called Field Music. Let's see if he's as crazy as the roles he plays. I love that CM. And with good reason. He recommends decent music to us. I mean, it does sound like gddh stuff but that's to be expected from an indie band.
MTV: Solidifying Stupidity Since 1994
Maybe it started being stupid in 1992 with the start of Real World but for all purposes involving music, I'd say the last great year for music for me was 1994. That's when I recall the last year of actually seeing music videos on MTV.
And then MTV started MTV2 which brought music videos back to television for a few years which was nice but like everything else MTV does, it has turned into a channel of BS programs for idiots. And as we all know, shows that have nothing to do with music. No, MTV, showing a show such as "Cribs" and adding a 'soundtrack' to it, does not make it a music video, or a good one. Assholes.
So there I was sitting around flipping through channels on Sunday night and came across MTV2 (yeah, I still go to the music channels in the hopes they're showing music videos) and wouldn't you know it! They were actually showing a block of videos from 7.30 to 11.30!
Yes, I was amazed just as you peeps are, right? Well, that's until I realized they were showing one music video every 10 minutes.
WTF!
That hardly counts as a block of music videos.
...
I continue to hate MTV and they clearly continue to hate me.
And then MTV started MTV2 which brought music videos back to television for a few years which was nice but like everything else MTV does, it has turned into a channel of BS programs for idiots. And as we all know, shows that have nothing to do with music. No, MTV, showing a show such as "Cribs" and adding a 'soundtrack' to it, does not make it a music video, or a good one. Assholes.
So there I was sitting around flipping through channels on Sunday night and came across MTV2 (yeah, I still go to the music channels in the hopes they're showing music videos) and wouldn't you know it! They were actually showing a block of videos from 7.30 to 11.30!
Yes, I was amazed just as you peeps are, right? Well, that's until I realized they were showing one music video every 10 minutes.
WTF!
That hardly counts as a block of music videos.
...
I continue to hate MTV and they clearly continue to hate me.
Monday, July 02, 2007
Dodaars
Contrary to popular belief, the dodo was not hunted into extinction by humans for its delectable meat (in fact, sources reveal that the meat may have actually been unsavory) or by humans directly.
Rather, animals such as the Crab-eating Macaque may have played a role in the Dodo demise of the 17th Century.
However, I'm not even sure those things exist! According to this photo found on www.wikipedia.org,
I don't see any crab-eating macaques around here, do you?
All I see is a popsicle-fancying macaque.
Rather, animals such as the Crab-eating Macaque may have played a role in the Dodo demise of the 17th Century.
However, I'm not even sure those things exist! According to this photo found on www.wikipedia.org,
I don't see any crab-eating macaques around here, do you?
All I see is a popsicle-fancying macaque.
Sunday, July 01, 2007
Oh No.
I had my first Wii related incident today when Jazzie leaped from the window sill on to the recliner, just as I was playing jump rope in Rayman: Raving Rabbids.
Poor Jazz got knocked in the face by the Wii-mote and is now hesitant for me to touch her.
Here's hoping this will be only Wii related injury to visit the HOchies and those in our close proximity.
Poor Jazz got knocked in the face by the Wii-mote and is now hesitant for me to touch her.
Here's hoping this will be only Wii related injury to visit the HOchies and those in our close proximity.
Friday, June 29, 2007
For When X Wakes Up Tomorrow Morning
Don't forget, the moon is grey not blue and 3 pints of beer makes for a drunk X!
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Sad Times, Kobayashi, Sad Times
Jaw-Dropping News: Hot Dog Champ No-Show for July 4 Event?
NEW YORK (AP) -- It's like Tiger Woods tearing his rotator cuff, or LeBron James blowing out his knee. Takeru Kobayashi, the six-time defending Nathan's hot dog eating champion, received a chilling diagnosis that could end his Fourth of July roll:
Jaw-thritis.
The Japanese eating machine's complaint of an achy jaw set stomachs rumbling throughout the dog-eat-dog world of competitive eating in the days before the annual Independence Day chowdown.
On his blog earlier this week, the 29-year-old said a mouthful with the news that he was visiting a specialist and a chiropractor for relief of the bum jaw. "Already I can't open my jaws more than just a little bit,'' he wrote.
Word of the champ's woes spread quickly from Kyoto to Coney Island.
Some believe his mandible misery is a ploy to unnerve his bun-swallowing bete noir, Joey Chestnut, who recently broke Kobayashi's world record by downing 59 dogs in 12 minutes. Others suggest it's a dodge to avoid Chestnut.
Or maybe it's true: a half-dozen years of inhaling hot dogs at the rate of one every 14 seconds really has left Kobayashi's overworked jaw in an upright and locked position.
Kobayashi was keeping his mouth shut Thursday, although he issued a written statement promising to ``aggressively pursue treatment for my condition ... I intend to do everything I can to treat this condition in what little time I have.''
"I look forward to facing my fellow competitors on July 4,'' he said Thursday, although there was no guarantee that would happen.
A weak jaw won't cut the mustard in a competition where the winner will likely need to down more than 50 hot dogs and buns. During his six years as champion, the 165-pound Kobayashi has consumed 301 hot dogs -- a string of performances that made him the Michael Jordan of mass consumption.
His personal best was 53 last year. Chestnut, who smashed that mark June 2 in Phoenix, was among those perplexed by Kobayashi's reported condition.
"I hate to call anybody a coward, and I wouldn't call him that,'' said Chestnut, 23, from his San Jose, Calif., home. ``But I don't know. He's shown up the six previous years. It's a strange coincidence, now that he's the underdog.''
No less an expert than Washington Post columnist Tony Kornheiser, on his ESPN show "Pardon The Interruption,'' suggested Kobayashi was trying to lull Chestnut into a false sense of gluttony.
"I think he's playing possum,'' Kornheiser said of the defending champion.
Chestnut, despite his skepticism, acknowledged Kobayashi might have strained his jaw while training (gorging?) for the event -- similiar to a pitcher throwing out his arm. "Your jaw and the muscles in your esophagus are the first to get sore,'' he explained, providing a little too much information.
The Japanese have recently dominated the annual event, which started on Brooklyn's beachfront in 1916. The only American winner since 1996 was New Jersey's Steve Keiner in 1999; two years later, Kobayashi -- whose voracious appetite earned him the nickname "Tsunami'' -- launched his belly busting reign.
Kobayashi plans to appear in Coney Island for Wednesday's event even if he can't compete, said Rich Shea, one of the founders of the International Federation of Competitive Eating (and inventor of the term jaw-thritis).
At the very least, Shea hoped, Kobayashi would present this year's winner with the mustard yellow belt emblematic of eating excellence.
"I think, like all great champions, Kobayashi doesn't want to shy away from competition,'' said Shea. "But I don't want to put words in his mouth. And if I did, they'd have to be monosyllabic -- not too much for him to swallow.''
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I hate these assholes who are raggin' on Kobayashi. They're idiots, all of them.
Sad Times, Dummy, Sad Times
Westchester Chopper Gets Too Close, Dummy in Life Jacket Sinks
Posted: Thursday, 28 June 2007 1:07PM
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (AP) -- The brand new rescue boat worked fine, but the dummy drowned.
Westchester County's police department staged a rescue drill Wednesday in a harbor off Long Island Sound. It was the debut of Marine 4, the department's $200,000, 27-foot patrol boat. County Executive Andrew Spano was aboard, and a cluster of reporters observed from a second boat.
The idea was to put a dummy into a life jacket, drop the dummy into the harbor, have the chopper pilot spot the dummy and transmit its location -- using global positioning technology -- to the boat crew.
However, the wash from the helicopter's rotor pushed the dummy out of its life jacket and the flesh-colored mannequin quickly sank.
Only the life jacket was recovered.
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Posted: Thursday, 28 June 2007 1:07PM
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (AP) -- The brand new rescue boat worked fine, but the dummy drowned.
Westchester County's police department staged a rescue drill Wednesday in a harbor off Long Island Sound. It was the debut of Marine 4, the department's $200,000, 27-foot patrol boat. County Executive Andrew Spano was aboard, and a cluster of reporters observed from a second boat.
The idea was to put a dummy into a life jacket, drop the dummy into the harbor, have the chopper pilot spot the dummy and transmit its location -- using global positioning technology -- to the boat crew.
However, the wash from the helicopter's rotor pushed the dummy out of its life jacket and the flesh-colored mannequin quickly sank.
Only the life jacket was recovered.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Maybe Jeebus knows but ...
I don't understand why I have bad concerts in between my good ones.
Not that I think the Fratellis will be God-awful but Switches will be.
Quote: "I think I'm coming down with love." WTF?!
::sigh::
And then there was the Bon Jovi incident.
Save me Jeebus.
Not that I think the Fratellis will be God-awful but Switches will be.
Quote: "I think I'm coming down with love." WTF?!
::sigh::
And then there was the Bon Jovi incident.
Save me Jeebus.
An epiphany y'all...
Mal = Bad
Malaysian = Bad Asian?
The "y" is in there because they may not only be bad asians, they cannot spell.
Beetchie, don't be sensitive. You know how we lurve you.
-H1
Malaysian = Bad Asian?
The "y" is in there because they may not only be bad asians, they cannot spell.
Beetchie, don't be sensitive. You know how we lurve you.
-H1
Monday, June 25, 2007
Dear TD5:
We do not believe that you need to make a trip to Jerusalem in March of 2008. Have you forgotten that we already found Jesus? Remember? He was hiding behind the couch.
Love,
The HOchieS, who would like you to come to NYC instead to find the Arctic Monkeys and MUSE.
Love,
The HOchieS, who would like you to come to NYC instead to find the Arctic Monkeys and MUSE.
Sunday, June 24, 2007
How Are You Doing, Wembley? It Looks Like You're Having Fun, We Are!" - Dom
Y & M & M @ WS:
We came to London with a purpose and that was to be a part of history.
My boys, after a very long career of ups and down, four studio albums and acquiring the title of being one of the best live acts around, have made it.
They finally made it to a venue that could actually house and do justice to their sound and energy.
Wembley Stadium
photo source: www.NME.com
+
photo source: www.NME.com
MUSE
=
Fucking Beautiful.
photo source: www.muse.mu
From their stage entrance (and everything in between including huge, searching-the-night-and-the-crowd satellites; thousands of lights; brilliant stage set up; giant crowd-surfing balloons filled with confetti we've come to know and love; and acrobats) to their farewell, everything MUSE did was phenomenal. Sure it seemed a little cheesey sometimes and always over the top but MUSE are incapable of doing anything on a small scale.
All other concerts of theirs before this (that I've been to) have paled in comparison simply because like I said, nothing could contain their greatness and it'd finally take a newly built Wembley Stadium to even begin doing it proper. And even then, Wembley needed two nights to pack it all in. I'm fairly certain those boys could sell out many more nights @ 75,000 + people per show had they added them.
As Matt said, they were finally ready for this.
The eerie anticipation was dispelled by confetti raining down on WS as MUSE came up from the center of it, masked by a confusion of white for just a moment until those red, green and grey clothes became visible to us.
The cat walk was a little lengthy but at the end of it, the boys took their instruments and began belting out KofC.
They kept the excitement going strong with the real greatness for us starting up with the "R&B" track Dom liked to call it.
"R&B?", H1 questioned.
"It's Supermassive!", I screamed and sure enough, they did not disappoint. The dancing robots filled the screens and my favourite stripper song started blasting from Dom's kit, Chris' bass and Matt's guitar.
Yeah, I know. R&B. Forgive Dom. He's a joker.
The song that sold them for H1 (you know, she dislikes MUSE for the most part but I think she's now been converted some, to the point she's considering going to see them at MSG in August) was their performance of "Map of the Problematique".
It was indeed well worth standing there for the 5 hours before MUSE took the stage. That already killer track (possibly one of MUSE's greatest) took on a whole new life. TD5, it was at this point that I started cursing you under my breath every 2 seconds as opposed to the 50 minutes intervals I was doing before.
Matt, being a lover of the Rage Against the Machine, metted out some good ol' Tom Morello riffs. They were so well done and they were songs that aren't as well-known RATM pieces that H1 has now taken to calling my boy an elitist. It's true. I really hope that what Matt has said is true and that a Rage/Muse show will go down. It better be in NY though but something tells me it's going to be Cali. and I'm going to be really pissed off.
I could rant about all the other tracks during the first part but here are the highlights and lowlamps -
H1 got "City of Delusion" and I got "Butterflies and Hurricanes". Stop laughing H1. Stop laughing. I like B&H.
The megaphone got tossed again! Ahaha. That slays me everytime.
Sunburn! Do you hear me?! Sunburn! "From our very first album, our very first song." Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. The boys do love me...
...but not so much when they dedicated "Starlight" to the fans as they hoped that they could see them in the back. Okay, I'll admit it. I was clapping and singing right along. It's kind of hard not to.
Once again, they tried to get me to tear and have a meltdown. "Citizen Erased" was played but then those bitches went straight into Hoodoo. Two of my personal tear jerker songs in a row?! They were trying to kill me!
And oo, we got that new MUSE track that came out while I was in England. It's one of the funkiest things I've heard in a while... You know, in the 3 weeks I stopped listening to Arctic Monkeys. It was well played in concert though. Well. Played.
Encore 1 began as an acoustic set with the thousands of fans willingly holding up their lit mobiles in unity at Dom's request.
I finally got to hear "Blackout" and it was then the floating acrobats drifted among the thousands of people in the pit. Again, Matt was trying to make me cry but succeeded in not doing so because H1 and I were confused by the acrobats.
It was a good thing that happened too because "Unintended" had me really cheesed out.
The lowlamp - "Plug In Baby". The opening riff is always great but um, yeah. I still dislike that song for the most part. I know. I'm a MUSE fan that slightly dislikes "Plug In Baby". Stop judging me, you assholes.
They like to tease me, my boys. Well, not really. I knew they'd be back but oh my god I didn't expect what came next...
...Encore 2 began with one of my favourite damned songs ever. It's probably the song I really fell in love with Matthew for and while most ::cough:: H1 ::cough:: may find his falsetto sometimes grating, "Micro Cuts" just wins it for me. There's something about destroying the puppet strings to my soul that does it for me. I love my Banshee.
Before we knew it, the night was almost done. Well, that's not entirely true. I actually couldn't believe after that extra long performance of "Stockholm Syndrome" that they were actually doing to do another song but once "Take A Bow" came on, we knew for sure that was it.
I saw my man bow and 3 minutes later it was over. Just like that, we were filing out of the stadium with his words ringing harsh in my heart "see you tomorrow!". No Matt. I wasn't going to but you had to rub it in, yeah?
::sigh::
It's alright. I'll be all over you, Dom and Chris on August 6th for probably the last time at a concert until you grace us with your next new collection of songs.
The Brilliant 06/16/2007 MUSE, the first artists to sell out (the new) WEMBLEY "FUCKING" STADIUM Set List:
1. Knights of Cydonia
2. Hysteria
3. Supermassive Blackhole
4. Map of the Problematique ~ Maggie's Farm riff (RATM)
5. City of Delusion
6. Butterflies and Hurricanes
7. Citizen Erased
8. Hoodoo
9. Feeling Good
10. piano interlude + Sunburn
11. Invincible
12. Starlight
13. Time is Running Out
14. Man of Mystery
15. New Born + Microphone Fiend riff (RATM) + Ashamed outro
Encore 1:
16. Soldier's Poem (acoustic guitar)
17. Unintended
18. Blackout
19. Plug In Baby
Encore 2:
20. Micro Cuts
21. riff + Stockholm Syndrome + riff
22. Take A Bow
Finally, (and whoever actually had the patience to read through this which I'm sure is not a lot of you, indulge me one last swoon) I must say that one of the most memorable moments of the night for me was seeing the smiles on their faces. Those little smiles beamed of relief, pure excitement and the feelings of being on top of the world.
And seeing those smiles made me genuinely, and happily content and had me beaming back in adoration.
This is what I consider my most expensive concert considering transportation costs but oh was it worth it.
I've no regrets.
*This is the blog in photos, since I'm sure none of you got through any of this though I didn't expect you to. But you know, who am I kidding? I'm posting these pics for myself! Har Har!:
Confetti filled fun-time entrance!
photo source: www.NME.com
Walking the Catwalk. They're too cute and it's just hilarious to me:
photo source: www.NME.com
"Look! Look! He's strutting!" - H1
"Yeah. Because he can." - Or 2
photo source: www.NME.com
One of my own pics. My lot's not very good because even though I think we had fairly decent seats, it was still far back as all heck but notice... A little obscene there, yeah Matt baby?
The traditional HOchie blog post would include the following -
The WTF Moments of the Night
1. Alright. Again, no fookin' "Muscle Museum". But AT LEAST, I finally got some justice and would consider our set list better than Sunday's. Thank goodness. I mean, I would have liked to hear "Apocalypse Please" but it's okay that those bastards at Sunday's show got it.
2. I finally get to hear "Blackout" and right when the most beautifully sung portion of the song comes on, Matt's fookin' mic. gives out for the 6 seconds I need it most! WTF!!!!!
3. I've seen Matt wear better outfits. By the way Frass, he did a costume change. But anyway, back to the better outfits. It is thus far, their biggest gig and he comes out in this red suit? Granted I still found it very hot especially the silk lining and the red shoes but come now, the 'cape' at the arena was better lookin'. And then out came the white pants... ah, who am I kidding. I loved it but only on Matt! This is not an invitation for the rest of you to start going about in my line of vision all white pant-ed!
Currently listening to: "Space Dementia" by MUSE. A song I'm still waiting to hear in concert. Here's hoping for it at Y&M&M@MSG!!!!
We came to London with a purpose and that was to be a part of history.
My boys, after a very long career of ups and down, four studio albums and acquiring the title of being one of the best live acts around, have made it.
They finally made it to a venue that could actually house and do justice to their sound and energy.
Wembley Stadium
photo source: www.NME.com
+
photo source: www.NME.com
MUSE
=
Fucking Beautiful.
photo source: www.muse.mu
From their stage entrance (and everything in between including huge, searching-the-night-and-the-crowd satellites; thousands of lights; brilliant stage set up; giant crowd-surfing balloons filled with confetti we've come to know and love; and acrobats) to their farewell, everything MUSE did was phenomenal. Sure it seemed a little cheesey sometimes and always over the top but MUSE are incapable of doing anything on a small scale.
All other concerts of theirs before this (that I've been to) have paled in comparison simply because like I said, nothing could contain their greatness and it'd finally take a newly built Wembley Stadium to even begin doing it proper. And even then, Wembley needed two nights to pack it all in. I'm fairly certain those boys could sell out many more nights @ 75,000 + people per show had they added them.
As Matt said, they were finally ready for this.
The eerie anticipation was dispelled by confetti raining down on WS as MUSE came up from the center of it, masked by a confusion of white for just a moment until those red, green and grey clothes became visible to us.
The cat walk was a little lengthy but at the end of it, the boys took their instruments and began belting out KofC.
They kept the excitement going strong with the real greatness for us starting up with the "R&B" track Dom liked to call it.
"R&B?", H1 questioned.
"It's Supermassive!", I screamed and sure enough, they did not disappoint. The dancing robots filled the screens and my favourite stripper song started blasting from Dom's kit, Chris' bass and Matt's guitar.
Yeah, I know. R&B. Forgive Dom. He's a joker.
The song that sold them for H1 (you know, she dislikes MUSE for the most part but I think she's now been converted some, to the point she's considering going to see them at MSG in August) was their performance of "Map of the Problematique".
It was indeed well worth standing there for the 5 hours before MUSE took the stage. That already killer track (possibly one of MUSE's greatest) took on a whole new life. TD5, it was at this point that I started cursing you under my breath every 2 seconds as opposed to the 50 minutes intervals I was doing before.
Matt, being a lover of the Rage Against the Machine, metted out some good ol' Tom Morello riffs. They were so well done and they were songs that aren't as well-known RATM pieces that H1 has now taken to calling my boy an elitist. It's true. I really hope that what Matt has said is true and that a Rage/Muse show will go down. It better be in NY though but something tells me it's going to be Cali. and I'm going to be really pissed off.
I could rant about all the other tracks during the first part but here are the highlights and lowlamps -
H1 got "City of Delusion" and I got "Butterflies and Hurricanes". Stop laughing H1. Stop laughing. I like B&H.
The megaphone got tossed again! Ahaha. That slays me everytime.
Sunburn! Do you hear me?! Sunburn! "From our very first album, our very first song." Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. The boys do love me...
...but not so much when they dedicated "Starlight" to the fans as they hoped that they could see them in the back. Okay, I'll admit it. I was clapping and singing right along. It's kind of hard not to.
Once again, they tried to get me to tear and have a meltdown. "Citizen Erased" was played but then those bitches went straight into Hoodoo. Two of my personal tear jerker songs in a row?! They were trying to kill me!
And oo, we got that new MUSE track that came out while I was in England. It's one of the funkiest things I've heard in a while... You know, in the 3 weeks I stopped listening to Arctic Monkeys. It was well played in concert though. Well. Played.
Encore 1 began as an acoustic set with the thousands of fans willingly holding up their lit mobiles in unity at Dom's request.
I finally got to hear "Blackout" and it was then the floating acrobats drifted among the thousands of people in the pit. Again, Matt was trying to make me cry but succeeded in not doing so because H1 and I were confused by the acrobats.
It was a good thing that happened too because "Unintended" had me really cheesed out.
The lowlamp - "Plug In Baby". The opening riff is always great but um, yeah. I still dislike that song for the most part. I know. I'm a MUSE fan that slightly dislikes "Plug In Baby". Stop judging me, you assholes.
They like to tease me, my boys. Well, not really. I knew they'd be back but oh my god I didn't expect what came next...
...Encore 2 began with one of my favourite damned songs ever. It's probably the song I really fell in love with Matthew for and while most ::cough:: H1 ::cough:: may find his falsetto sometimes grating, "Micro Cuts" just wins it for me. There's something about destroying the puppet strings to my soul that does it for me. I love my Banshee.
Before we knew it, the night was almost done. Well, that's not entirely true. I actually couldn't believe after that extra long performance of "Stockholm Syndrome" that they were actually doing to do another song but once "Take A Bow" came on, we knew for sure that was it.
I saw my man bow and 3 minutes later it was over. Just like that, we were filing out of the stadium with his words ringing harsh in my heart "see you tomorrow!". No Matt. I wasn't going to but you had to rub it in, yeah?
::sigh::
It's alright. I'll be all over you, Dom and Chris on August 6th for probably the last time at a concert until you grace us with your next new collection of songs.
The Brilliant 06/16/2007 MUSE, the first artists to sell out (the new) WEMBLEY "FUCKING" STADIUM Set List:
1. Knights of Cydonia
2. Hysteria
3. Supermassive Blackhole
4. Map of the Problematique ~ Maggie's Farm riff (RATM)
5. City of Delusion
6. Butterflies and Hurricanes
7. Citizen Erased
8. Hoodoo
9. Feeling Good
10. piano interlude + Sunburn
11. Invincible
12. Starlight
13. Time is Running Out
14. Man of Mystery
15. New Born + Microphone Fiend riff (RATM) + Ashamed outro
Encore 1:
16. Soldier's Poem (acoustic guitar)
17. Unintended
18. Blackout
19. Plug In Baby
Encore 2:
20. Micro Cuts
21. riff + Stockholm Syndrome + riff
22. Take A Bow
Finally, (and whoever actually had the patience to read through this which I'm sure is not a lot of you, indulge me one last swoon) I must say that one of the most memorable moments of the night for me was seeing the smiles on their faces. Those little smiles beamed of relief, pure excitement and the feelings of being on top of the world.
And seeing those smiles made me genuinely, and happily content and had me beaming back in adoration.
This is what I consider my most expensive concert considering transportation costs but oh was it worth it.
I've no regrets.
*This is the blog in photos, since I'm sure none of you got through any of this though I didn't expect you to. But you know, who am I kidding? I'm posting these pics for myself! Har Har!:
Confetti filled fun-time entrance!
photo source: www.NME.com
Walking the Catwalk. They're too cute and it's just hilarious to me:
photo source: www.NME.com
"Look! Look! He's strutting!" - H1
"Yeah. Because he can." - Or 2
photo source: www.NME.com
One of my own pics. My lot's not very good because even though I think we had fairly decent seats, it was still far back as all heck but notice... A little obscene there, yeah Matt baby?
The traditional HOchie blog post would include the following -
The WTF Moments of the Night
1. Alright. Again, no fookin' "Muscle Museum". But AT LEAST, I finally got some justice and would consider our set list better than Sunday's. Thank goodness. I mean, I would have liked to hear "Apocalypse Please" but it's okay that those bastards at Sunday's show got it.
2. I finally get to hear "Blackout" and right when the most beautifully sung portion of the song comes on, Matt's fookin' mic. gives out for the 6 seconds I need it most! WTF!!!!!
3. I've seen Matt wear better outfits. By the way Frass, he did a costume change. But anyway, back to the better outfits. It is thus far, their biggest gig and he comes out in this red suit? Granted I still found it very hot especially the silk lining and the red shoes but come now, the 'cape' at the arena was better lookin'. And then out came the white pants... ah, who am I kidding. I loved it but only on Matt! This is not an invitation for the rest of you to start going about in my line of vision all white pant-ed!
Currently listening to: "Space Dementia" by MUSE. A song I'm still waiting to hear in concert. Here's hoping for it at Y&M&M@MSG!!!!
Saturday, June 23, 2007
The HOchies Muck About in England!
That's right, we're not adults but louts. At least I am but I think H1 would disagree on that assessment of her character.
She's more like Terry.
Law-abiding and all.
All legal.
4.5 days after the Tokyo-Ho trip, H1 and I jetted off to London for basically 2 days.
I was very much destroyed at that point but what did I care?! I was off to London with a purpose!
And that was to have H1 enjoy the best In-Flight Entertainment ever!
Perhaps that's not the only reason why but goddamn does that airline keep proving to be the most fabulous ever. More on Virgin-A later. Before I forget, I'm sorry Pandy but we did not ask the flight attendants if "all of allyuh is virgin?".
We fled the office at 2 PM on Thursday, June 14th only to get a car driver who was suspect at best. This man was so mother-fookin' racist. There was no conversation he could have with you that didn't involve the phrase, "the whites like to attack you, man. They attack your culture if you're not pure bred."
Normally if someone asks you about a band they don't know of, what do you think their first question would be? You'd think it be along the lines of what type of music that is, right?
Is it just me to think this? This guy didn't care about that. All he wanted to know was whether or not the band was white or black. I almost didn't want to answer for fear he'd kill us.
The airport was fairly uneventful. We did eat some great cheese fries with bacon and the flight was delayed.
The flight going to London was greatness. It was not without some sadness though. For one, the very politically incorrect safety flight video that I really wanted H1 to see was not working thanks to interference.
Secondly, we got stuck sitting between this family of annoying daughters. Those little bastards were so rude.
And finally, my gay British boys were not working that flight. We had mostly female attendants which was fine because they were so cute with their constant laughing. No fear though, I got all of my boys on the flight back.
We got to Heathrow on Friday London time at 8 AM or so. And as per usual, Heathrow was a mess. We were in the line at customs for a little over 1 hour, hoping that our friends Marvs and T. checked the flight to see it was going to be late.
We finally made it out of there and was greeted by our sleepy friends who had been there since 6.30 AM.
That day we did some sightseeing!
H1 and Or 2's Adventures in the Famous...Slough?
We saw Windsor Castle. Never you mind it was in the distance! We still 'saw' it!
We also saw where The Office UK was filmed. The series centered around an office in Slough and here it is -
Impressive, yeah?
We then headed to Tesco Extra, which is the most fantastic place ever. We came back to NY with 10.5 pounds (in weight) worth of candy (40 pounds in money) thanks to that place. We were told that Tesco's out to take over the world and start branching out overseas including the U.S., so here's hoping that happens very soon and that they stock all the great Euro. candies. Although, that won't help make us sugary...
The rest of the day was spent hanging out with friends we had not seen in years. It was fun, relaxing times.
WTF Moments of the Trip:
1. I didn't get my chip butty this time but next time for sure!
2. Euro Fried Chicken?
3. It's Three Tuns, H1. Not Nuns. Tuns.
4. Joy Dining, Joy Living, Joy Sleep at Joy Fur iture
5. The cameras both dying at the most inopportune moment.
6. That fookin' vending machine at Heathrow robbed me of 30p!
7. The idiot American children who did not know the meaning of complimentary and continue to give other people in the world good reason to hate Americans. Oh those kids deserve to be kicked hard in the head for their disgusting behaviour on the plane.
8. Those racist croatians and their racist bags of peanuts!
The Great Moments of the Trip:
1. Peepshow and That Mitchell and Webb Look. Those two are killer. Oh if only I could find video of the banana dance...
2. Virgin Atlantic's In-flight Entertainment
3. Tony, a flight attendant with Virgin Atlantic. He's the bitchiest Brit. I've ever seen. That man was eye-rollin' everybody, grabbed my cup hatefully out of my hand with an exasperated 'thank you' and what's more, he looked as H1 described him, "like Matt's uglier brother". I loved-ed him and he loved-ed him some Indian baby, which made him even more endearing to me because he actually has a bit of a heart.
I hope that one day, on a 7 hour flight (or a 45 minute drive...in my imagination you're waiting lying on your side), I'll run into his cranky ass again.
On Saturday, we ran off to Paddington Station (the second time we were actually in London) to catch our show at Wembley Stadium.
The highlights and yes, some lowlamps of the day:
Lamb and mint pie - yum
Somewhat of a lowlamp was the rain that poured down on us before the show started but cleared up nicely for the show.
The Drunken "headless" lout at WS was definitely a highlight. H1 rather enjoyed his hijinks, as did many others. It was very sad when they took him away and all we have left is the memory of an abandoned beer...
A Lowlamp for sure were the majority of slags at WS.
Another Lowlamp was the lack of Klaxons. Those idiots! I think it would have been awesome hearing their sound in that space. It certainly sounded fantastic during Zane Lowe's DJ set.
Rodrigo y Gabriela = good times. TD5, if you haven't already, you may want to check them out.
Dirty Pretty Things = crap band live & possibly in studio as well which is sad because they've potential. The HOchies have a suggestion though and that is to get rid of the singer!
While we love the Streets dearly, we do not think they were the best opening act. Still, it was good seeing Mike Skinner even though my one major complaint was his lack of a good selection of songs for the set list.
The Streets @ Wembley Stadium 06/16/07 Set List
Prangin' Out
Radio Ga Ga
Don't Mug Yourself
Time Is Running Out (MUSE)
Let's Push Things Forward
Smile (Lily Allen)
Has It Come To This?
It's Too Late
When You Wasn't Famous
Never Went To Church
Turn The Page
Blinded By The Lights
Weak Become Heroes
Dry Your Eyes
Fit But You Know It
Mike Skinner -
Oh by the way, Mike, what was up with your constant Radio Ga Ga-ing?!
Of course, the highlight of the entire trip for me, and the reason why I came to London for two days - MUSE. I've an entire blog forth coming and yes, I don't expect any of you to read it (except you, TD5) but I can assure you, they were totally worth the trip.
And Frass, your comment to me the other day about Madison Square Garden being too big for MUSE was perhaps one of the most frasslike things I've ever heard come out of your mouth.
My boys sold out TWO nights at Wembley Stadium @ 75,000 people per night (and did it in half an hour per show) and with good reason.
If anything, MSG's not big enough, despite what ticket sales for this may be. They may not have sold out this show yet and that's really unfortunate because people have no clue what they'll be missing.
Quotes of that weekend:
"I do like foie gras but I don't like Alzheimer's." - H1
"When God was giving out asses that girl said, 'two please!'" - H1
"When God was giving out hair that girl said, 'two buschel please. Calves? No thanks!" - H1
We found on a card featuring two nuns and one says to the other, "Jesus loves you but I think you're a bitch." Ahahaha, that's good stuff that.
Currently listening to: "Battle for Britain (The Letter)" by David Bowie
She's more like Terry.
Law-abiding and all.
All legal.
4.5 days after the Tokyo-Ho trip, H1 and I jetted off to London for basically 2 days.
I was very much destroyed at that point but what did I care?! I was off to London with a purpose!
And that was to have H1 enjoy the best In-Flight Entertainment ever!
Perhaps that's not the only reason why but goddamn does that airline keep proving to be the most fabulous ever. More on Virgin-A later. Before I forget, I'm sorry Pandy but we did not ask the flight attendants if "all of allyuh is virgin?".
We fled the office at 2 PM on Thursday, June 14th only to get a car driver who was suspect at best. This man was so mother-fookin' racist. There was no conversation he could have with you that didn't involve the phrase, "the whites like to attack you, man. They attack your culture if you're not pure bred."
Normally if someone asks you about a band they don't know of, what do you think their first question would be? You'd think it be along the lines of what type of music that is, right?
Is it just me to think this? This guy didn't care about that. All he wanted to know was whether or not the band was white or black. I almost didn't want to answer for fear he'd kill us.
The airport was fairly uneventful. We did eat some great cheese fries with bacon and the flight was delayed.
The flight going to London was greatness. It was not without some sadness though. For one, the very politically incorrect safety flight video that I really wanted H1 to see was not working thanks to interference.
Secondly, we got stuck sitting between this family of annoying daughters. Those little bastards were so rude.
And finally, my gay British boys were not working that flight. We had mostly female attendants which was fine because they were so cute with their constant laughing. No fear though, I got all of my boys on the flight back.
We got to Heathrow on Friday London time at 8 AM or so. And as per usual, Heathrow was a mess. We were in the line at customs for a little over 1 hour, hoping that our friends Marvs and T. checked the flight to see it was going to be late.
We finally made it out of there and was greeted by our sleepy friends who had been there since 6.30 AM.
That day we did some sightseeing!
H1 and Or 2's Adventures in the Famous...Slough?
We saw Windsor Castle. Never you mind it was in the distance! We still 'saw' it!
We also saw where The Office UK was filmed. The series centered around an office in Slough and here it is -
Impressive, yeah?
We then headed to Tesco Extra, which is the most fantastic place ever. We came back to NY with 10.5 pounds (in weight) worth of candy (40 pounds in money) thanks to that place. We were told that Tesco's out to take over the world and start branching out overseas including the U.S., so here's hoping that happens very soon and that they stock all the great Euro. candies. Although, that won't help make us sugary...
The rest of the day was spent hanging out with friends we had not seen in years. It was fun, relaxing times.
WTF Moments of the Trip:
1. I didn't get my chip butty this time but next time for sure!
2. Euro Fried Chicken?
3. It's Three Tuns, H1. Not Nuns. Tuns.
4. Joy Dining, Joy Living, Joy Sleep at Joy Fur iture
5. The cameras both dying at the most inopportune moment.
6. That fookin' vending machine at Heathrow robbed me of 30p!
7. The idiot American children who did not know the meaning of complimentary and continue to give other people in the world good reason to hate Americans. Oh those kids deserve to be kicked hard in the head for their disgusting behaviour on the plane.
8. Those racist croatians and their racist bags of peanuts!
The Great Moments of the Trip:
1. Peepshow and That Mitchell and Webb Look. Those two are killer. Oh if only I could find video of the banana dance...
2. Virgin Atlantic's In-flight Entertainment
3. Tony, a flight attendant with Virgin Atlantic. He's the bitchiest Brit. I've ever seen. That man was eye-rollin' everybody, grabbed my cup hatefully out of my hand with an exasperated 'thank you' and what's more, he looked as H1 described him, "like Matt's uglier brother". I loved-ed him and he loved-ed him some Indian baby, which made him even more endearing to me because he actually has a bit of a heart.
I hope that one day, on a 7 hour flight (or a 45 minute drive...in my imagination you're waiting lying on your side), I'll run into his cranky ass again.
On Saturday, we ran off to Paddington Station (the second time we were actually in London) to catch our show at Wembley Stadium.
The highlights and yes, some lowlamps of the day:
Lamb and mint pie - yum
Somewhat of a lowlamp was the rain that poured down on us before the show started but cleared up nicely for the show.
The Drunken "headless" lout at WS was definitely a highlight. H1 rather enjoyed his hijinks, as did many others. It was very sad when they took him away and all we have left is the memory of an abandoned beer...
A Lowlamp for sure were the majority of slags at WS.
Another Lowlamp was the lack of Klaxons. Those idiots! I think it would have been awesome hearing their sound in that space. It certainly sounded fantastic during Zane Lowe's DJ set.
Rodrigo y Gabriela = good times. TD5, if you haven't already, you may want to check them out.
Dirty Pretty Things = crap band live & possibly in studio as well which is sad because they've potential. The HOchies have a suggestion though and that is to get rid of the singer!
While we love the Streets dearly, we do not think they were the best opening act. Still, it was good seeing Mike Skinner even though my one major complaint was his lack of a good selection of songs for the set list.
The Streets @ Wembley Stadium 06/16/07 Set List
Prangin' Out
Radio Ga Ga
Don't Mug Yourself
Time Is Running Out (MUSE)
Let's Push Things Forward
Smile (Lily Allen)
Has It Come To This?
It's Too Late
When You Wasn't Famous
Never Went To Church
Turn The Page
Blinded By The Lights
Weak Become Heroes
Dry Your Eyes
Fit But You Know It
Mike Skinner -
Oh by the way, Mike, what was up with your constant Radio Ga Ga-ing?!
Of course, the highlight of the entire trip for me, and the reason why I came to London for two days - MUSE. I've an entire blog forth coming and yes, I don't expect any of you to read it (except you, TD5) but I can assure you, they were totally worth the trip.
And Frass, your comment to me the other day about Madison Square Garden being too big for MUSE was perhaps one of the most frasslike things I've ever heard come out of your mouth.
My boys sold out TWO nights at Wembley Stadium @ 75,000 people per night (and did it in half an hour per show) and with good reason.
If anything, MSG's not big enough, despite what ticket sales for this may be. They may not have sold out this show yet and that's really unfortunate because people have no clue what they'll be missing.
Quotes of that weekend:
"I do like foie gras but I don't like Alzheimer's." - H1
"When God was giving out asses that girl said, 'two please!'" - H1
"When God was giving out hair that girl said, 'two buschel please. Calves? No thanks!" - H1
We found on a card featuring two nuns and one says to the other, "Jesus loves you but I think you're a bitch." Ahahaha, that's good stuff that.
Currently listening to: "Battle for Britain (The Letter)" by David Bowie
MF DN!
That damn mofo show Death Note is taking its toll on me.
I hate that motherfookin' Light!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Grrarrgh!
I hate that motherfookin' Light!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Grrarrgh!
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