U2 Tour Dates - Now Official! — Page 118

Awww...there, there. Grampa Alda will make it all better!
ETA: The other picture was better, but it was ginormous. What a pisser...At least he has teeth in this one. I swear he didn't in that first picture. His dentures were O-U-T!

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Updated On: 8/20/05 at 11:01 PM

It's from The Pillowman. Billy's character's brother (who's a little...slow) goes on a bit about his itchy aaaassss. Though, since it's an Irish play, I suppose I should change it to "I've got one itchy aaaaarrrrrrsssssse."

Alright now, I do not need to be going to bed thinking about Alan Alda's puckered old-man cheeks.

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Yeah, I am about to go watch Sin City and I am probably going to be thinking of Alda's ass the whole time.

Thanks a lot!

Wow, you guys posted a lot while I was gone!

Patronus, welcome to the gang! Love your username! How come a U2 fan who's seen them before and has tickets for 11/21 hasn't graced us with your presence until now?? Make yourself at home here. You'll never want to leave. (Until Mabel or I, who probably spend the most time on here, leave. Then the thread dies.)

I finally have something U2-related to talk about! I'm reading a book called "The Rolling Stone Files: U2" (1994), which compiled all of the CD and concert reviews and band interviews from the start of their career until Zooropa. Has anyone read it? It's an interesting read and really shows how the band has stood the test of time. I'm circa 1987 now, during the TJT tour. Bono seems so much more candid and off-the-cuff in his actions and what he talks about - I wonder what which point did this change? (Did you know that as 'recently' as 82-84 he was hanging out with fans after the show, going back to sleep at their houses, inviting them to hang out in his hotel room, or asking those who were banging on his door to come in for tea? Gone are those days!) In a way, reading the book is sort of depressing because U2 (in their music and their persona) seems more like a commodity now, which is what Bono was trying to fight so hard in the '80s. I mean, HTDAAB is still a pleasant listen, but I think most of us on here wouldn't list any of their CDs in the last 10 years as being our absolute favorites! The difference though is that in the '90s, their music wasn't too great but they were at least trying to experiment artistically, but I think in the last 5 years, they've just been trying to make radio-friendly singles.





And yes, yes, yes, I must get down to planning! Only trouble is the parents are getting on my ass about my financial situation, lack of looking for a new job in the new year (I'll likely have to quit my pharmacy job in the late fall because I'm not allowed to book off time over the holidays, and we've already paid for the FL/Carib vaca! No way in hell am I ditching that!), and lack of "focus and direction" on my part in terms of my education and career. In the mean time, I'm monitoring the prices roundtrip from Seattle. Let's plan the fun things we're going to do in New York!

I'll be in:

Friday (morning)

Saturday (U2 show at night)

Sunday (my birthday!!)

Monday (U2 show at night)

Tuesday (leaving for the airport around noontime)



And Alan Alda?? Sexy?? Well, this is Ellie we're talking about. But I mean, if Jack White had a brother...

Rickman = sex *ew*" src=http://yacht.zamok.net/DV/Potter/Posters/Snape/New/spell19.jpg>

RRORR!! (jk)

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Thanks for the welcome Tiff! The short answer as to why I haven't posted in this thread is that I like to sort of get a feel for a board before posting. Don't want to be like some of these kids that come on without getting a feel for the dynamic of things. Not to mention, a nearly 3000 post thread can be a bit intimidating to walk into. Rickman = sex *ew*" width="14" height="14" src=https://cloudimages.broadwayworld.com/board/wink.gif>

I am glad you like my username. I've been using it on various message boards for a while now. I love it's multiple meanings, ya know?

Nice picture of Alan Rickman btw. I can safely say as a married man that he's far sexier than Alan Alda. Snape is my favorite HP character.

I love his delivery of my favorite line in Prisoner of Azkiban:

"That's twice today that you have spoken out of turn, Miss Granger. Can you not control yourself or do you just enjoy being an insufferable know-it-all."

That's the most delayed double-post I've ever seen! (7 minutes??) Did the site freeze for a few minutes, or was that just for me?

Snape is one of my faves too. Stragely, I have a soft spot for Snape and the Malfoys (more because I love watching Jason Isaacs on screen, so any time Lucius isn't really in the book, I get a little sad - he won't be in TOotP! Rickman = sex *ew*" width="14" height="14" src=https://cloudimages.broadwayworld.com/board/sad.gif>). Are you convinced that Snape is actually a bad-gone-good-gone-'pretend'-bad-but-is-really-good after reading HP6?

Mabs, I came back. If we don't see Lennon, there's a thousand other shows I'd like to see as well. (Esp. Ave Q and Spelling Bee!)

I was talking to the director's assistant yesterday about getting into that sector of the industry, and he told me a lot of pay as a personal assistant can be **** - as in, $600/week salary. Isn't that awful?? But he said the stuff you learn and the networking you can do is priceless.

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What do you think you're going to do, Tiff? Is that $600/week for 70-80 hour/week too?? Since it sounds like you've always got crazy hours.

Well, we can play the shows by ear. Spelling Bee has SRO that's supposed to be pretty decent, and the last few rows at Q are $40, I think. I sat in the last row for John Tartaglia's last, and it was surprisingly decent. That theatre is TINY.

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Hi, Patronus - don't know if I'm considered one of the gang, but welcome anyway! They all sound like good choices to me - but if I'm not mistaken I think Trailer Park and Naked Girl on the Appian Way are limited runs, while the others are open-ended, so you may want to see one of those while they're still here. Of those, I've only seen Rent and Hairspray and they were both tremendous.

I'm so jealous of your 2nd row tix to Sweeney Todd. I love Michael Cerveris, but alas, I fear I'll be up in the $35 seats in the balcony...unless they have student rush or something up front.

I was one of the few people that actually liked The Violet Hour, so I'll definitely be checking out Appian Way. RENT seems to be touch and go these days, depending on who's in the cast. I'm 2 for 3 w/ good casts, but I've found that when the cast is lackluster, the show's age really shows. I saw Hairspray w/ the Original Cast, and I really liked it...don't know why I've never gone back to see it again?? Oh, and Spelling Bee was great fun too...don't really have much to comment on Trailer Park though.

Hey Jez! Of course you're one of the gang!! Rickman = sex *ew*" width="14" height="14" src=https://cloudimages.broadwayworld.com/board/wink.gif>

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I'm back! You and Jez are almost part of the gang. In order for you to be a full-fledged member, you need to do two things:

1) Fill out a lengthy set of U2 related questions that us regulars filled out during a dry spell a while back (just about your own personal taste), which can be found tens of pages ago (since I'm nice, I'll go look for them).

2) Acknowledge that Celine Dion is an evil embarrassment to Canada.

3) Ignore anything Ellie3 says.

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Mabs, I'll start looking into show availability and stuff for...maybe Friday night, Saturday matinee and Sunday night/matinee? (Not, of course, that we can (afford to) go to all of them, but just to see what the options are).

And yeah, that would be $600 for 5-6 16-18 hour days, and then possible weekends if you're needed. Isn't that an obscenely small amount of money? Then again, PAs have to work harder than Personal Assistants do - they just have to sit behind the monitor and wait for whatever errand the director needs them to run. I think they also have to help with script revisions though, which I would really like to do.

And hi, Jez!

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Oooooh, if you find the questionaire, I'll go through it!

Tiff, yeah, that is kind off ridiculous for those hours...though, sometimes I guess you've got to pay your dues to get in there, and if it's something that you love to do, and you'd be gaining invaluable experience...it's a tough call.

Maybe we could go for one pair of tix ahead of time and then just try for lottos/rush for whatever else we might be interested in??

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