PHILLY (Loosely Related to The Philadelphia Phillies)

Jearlpam0925 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Jearlpam0925 said:

Overall I don't think I mind Rogan that much - litttle too much of a meathead for me, little too lenient, and giving exposure, to conspiracy theories and the like. But overall I don't think I'd have a problem sitting around a fire smoking and drinking whiskey with him and Bourdain.

Watched the Philly Layover episode as well. Looking back at that one I can't say I have a problem with any part of that (very short) episode.

Joe Rogan is just the smartest guy in any room. Just ask him.  And yeah, a massive meathead.

That was outstanding. PHO 75! Pen and Pencil. Han Dynasty.  Trying to remember where else he went.  Feel like there was a north philly spot too.

Soul food joint in Germantown or Mount Airy I believe.

Also went to the Italian Market, Dirty Frank's. All-in-all a solid rundown.

I never knew that apparently the scene at Stateside, with the 20yr Pappy, only made it that much harder to find that stuff anywhere.

My favorite part is the beginning when he explains the feedback people from here about doing a show here - "you should do a show here. why haven't you done a show here? fuck you we don't want you here anyway." A shame it was just The Layover and not something like Parts Unknown, that would have been great.

Jearlpam0925 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

For some reason going to see U2 tonight.  Shoot me.

Open up about your Bono obsession, Cliff.

Cliffy6745 said:

Jearlpam0925 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

For some reason going to see U2 tonight.  Shoot me.

Open up about your Bono obsession, Cliff.

Not a fan.  Take your sunglasses off, you're indoors.  Also, what kind of grown man goes by a name like The Edge?  While you're at it, take your winter hat off, it's 70 degrees inside.

Drunken purchase.  Oh, U2 tickets are $30...have never seen them, that seems like a good idea.  Nope.

Eh, come on now. Nothing wrong with U2 up through Zooropa (which is an underrated album). Live U2 is a different story though--I've only seen them once and you could tell it was pretty much the same show they did every night of the tour. I guess a lot of that has to do with the elaborate stage nonsense they have.

HAVING SAID THAT, I have read they've been mixing it up a lot more on this tour so who knows?

JP--Reading was awesome. I was there for that too. Such a random place for a PJ show

F Me In The Brain said:

I watched some bullshit that showed Bono being a dictator and rehearsing the fuck out of it to get the songs perfect.

Not interested.

They do have some really great songs.

Yeah the live stuff...eh. Wish I saw them 25 years ago though.

Tough to beat Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby as back to back albums. Both are top notch and both could not be more different from each other. Always respected them for being willing to completely change their sound at the height of their popularity. Not many bands are willing and able to do that.

pjhawks said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Bono was on one side of the stage, “the edge” was on the other. He spit water out of a water bottle, a visual stream went over a screen, a straight line of water, and landed on “the edge” on the other end where he was hit with real water.

Fucking bizarre 

Cliffy I was there last night as well and my 1st U2 show. Thought the same thing about the spitting the water as Edge played guitar.  very weird and disrespectful I thought.  Also didn't like that for at least half the show Bono was either down the ramp or totally on the other stage from the band. it's like the band was a backup band.  Not a fan of the screen all the way down the middle either. that added nothing to the show and just cuts the arena in half.  

all-in-all glad I went and saw them once but eh it was ok. i'd say 6 out of 10.  they have a ton of great songs but even their anthems didn't sound anthemic if that makes any sense.