tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789798327240288358.post2579450809842904724..comments2024-01-08T15:06:46.801-08:00Comments on Talkin' Hava Nagilah Blues: The Alarm, U2, and Why Dave Marsh Does Not Write FictionStephen Daniel Arnoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00755899241543574970noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789798327240288358.post-3840525946549052152013-05-25T16:21:23.704-07:002013-05-25T16:21:23.704-07:00Now that tout accusation about Mother Records had ...Now that tout accusation about Mother Records had been dismissed as a false rumor in a book that sets out to ctiticize Bono nonetheless (The Frontman) maybe you can go back to making scrappy music that you think would rival U2 if the big Bsd machine didn't just keep you down. And insulting people who read your petty blog. Pathetic. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789798327240288358.post-92097667479698049392013-04-17T12:03:54.475-07:002013-04-17T12:03:54.475-07:00Hi Stephen! your "Stripes", Israel Editi...Hi Stephen! your "Stripes", Israel Edition buddy, Harold Messinger, now Hazzan in Philly, writing. Loved, the Alarm, loved U2. Always felt the Alarm were just shy of good enough, and as is the case, every generation throws up the charts one of it's own, and there simply isnt room for two U2's or two Adele's or whatever. Your point about the Alarms songs being too long is worth noting. They just miss in a way the Jungleland does not. And yet I saw them at a tiny theater on their 88 tour and it was top five concerts of all time. What I imagine the War Tour must have felt like in terms of passion and energy and sweat. I would love to see U2 return to smaller venues, but they seem only capable of imagining bigger and bigger, and so their music suffers. They will never be able to be small again, unless Edge and Bono pull a Nebraska, and do small venues like the Beacon and rework all their old tunes and new ones as well. Not holding my breath. Hope you are well. <br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568809456857481962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789798327240288358.post-24701303060871960542011-12-16T09:48:35.966-08:002011-12-16T09:48:35.966-08:00Dear Anonymous (of Elevation partners? - go on, gi...Dear Anonymous (of Elevation partners? - go on, give us a hint!)<br /><br />It is, I believe, fair to say that the Irish companies register www.cro.ie is fact rather than opinion. It is the motherlode for anyone who wants to find out what U2 actually IS. So please do some research there before making an idiot of yourself again. then again, being anonymous, you don't mind being an idiot?<br /><br />For other readers, <br />I need to amplify one point; in 2000 we successfully sued a U2 company called "Record services Ltd" - as I make clear on Dave Marsh's website - for ripping us off in their "distribution" of our award-nominated CD "House of the Dolphins". Our understanding from other musicians is that they had a similar experience with RSL in that they were offered a honey distribution deal, but U2 never paid them a cent.<br /><br />It is interesting that RSL was struck off the companies register in 1999 for failure to submit accounts, but was allowed by the Irish state to trade at least until 2005. In 2006, we handed over critical documents to the head of Irish corporate enforcement, Paul Appleby - having had a correspondence with his dept and its forerunner since 2000 in which copies of these docs were given to them - and he did NADA<br /><br />My view is that it is time that Americans considered boycotting U2<br /><br />Btw, we're still getting a lot of national airplay in Ireland despite our clearly limited budget for videos like this;<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BDjHo-WX6c<br /><br />Happy holidays, and all the best for 2012 - Sean O NuallainSeán Ó Nualláin https://www.blogger.com/profile/03710328468542084086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-789798327240288358.post-77520222767939970562011-12-13T11:10:28.212-08:002011-12-13T11:10:28.212-08:00In reference to Mr. Nuallian's Wikipedia submi...In reference to Mr. Nuallian's Wikipedia submission. The Edge's parents were from Wales. BTW I've heard that both the Edge and Adam Clayton have British passports as well as Irish. For the second paragraph, it's mostly opinion, which doesn't belong on Wikipedia. Perhaps there's a quote from a source that can be referenced? Otherwise, I think you'd to just have to list referenced facts without the personal opinion. Anyway, I think there is more to the story for being banned from Wikipedia than you've told us. <br />FWIW I am a 30 year U2 devotee, but I understand that they are just humans, and I think that your information would be a valuable contribution - if it's true and you can validate it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com