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Annalisa is gorgeous, they are a really sweet couple. I hope everything continues to work out for them. And lmfao, Anthony looks kind of emo in that hoodie. :heart:

I just have to post this picture again, though I know I already did. I think he's so beautiful in it... jeez... What a lovely man :nice:

CARL!!!!!!!!!!!! Aggggggggggh.... He's so beautiful.

Jamie's really short when you see him in person.... Not that that says anything, of course. All the Arctics are sort of smaller in stature... :laugh4: Still unbelievably cute though ahah

I prefer Up All Night as well, but I can definately "feel" the new album. Razorlight done good. :laugh4:

I think this whole thread is an excercise in ignorance. It's so blaringly obvious.

The new album is fuckin ace, really. :heart:

Honestly. The Catholic faith doesn't sponsor terror? You people are so beyond blind, it's horrifying. Here is an excerpt from a paper I wrote this year regarding the Irish Republican Army. Fuck you if you don't read this. If one were to think of a car bomb detonating in the center of a crowded street, one's mind would immediately picture a dusty and brown country. The natives speak a harsh, foreign tongue. They dress in a traditional garb that one would easily label as "Arab". However, what if one were to say that the victims and perpetrators of this car bomb were actually white, middle class, Western English speaking people? It paints quite a different picture in the minds eye, one that's almost incomprehensible. Humans using other human's lives as ammo to fuel their cause is nothing new. Indeed, the United States of America has devoted itself to defeating "terrorism" all over the world. The focus is in the Middle East. Although, in the present day, this is the most extreme example of terrorism that the world faces, there is another country who's Northern half has been overriden by a militant force for years. The country is Ireland, and the organization is the IRA. This extreme group fights for a united Ireland, free from British influence and rule. Fear, death and the taking of human life is a tactic readily used by the IRA. Yet they have not succeeded in accomplishing their goal, only succeeded in dividing the country further. .... Those who enter the IRA say they do so to liberate their homeland from the oppressive rule of England. However, one of the common links that is found among members of the Irish Republican Army is their strong link to religious faith, which is (in this case) Catholicism. In contrast, their enemies are associated to Protestantism, as this was the faith brought over by England when they gained control of Ireland. As certain Irish citizens began to rise up against what they felt was an imminent threat to their freedom and livelihood, the distinction between politics and faith began to become more and more blurred. Eamon Collins, a one time member of the IRA and now outspoken detractor from the organization, wrote of this dillemma in his book Killing Rage. He speaks of going to the National Museum in Dublin and staring at the blood stained clothes of those brutally executed by the British after the Easter Rising of 1916. "In my mind Plunkett, Pearse and Connolly were all linked together. They were all martyrs for our Catholic faith, the true religion: religion and politics fused together by the blood of the martyrs. I was prepared to be a martyr, to die for this true Catholic faith." (Collins, 37) Children were raised to associate the violence that the British inflicted upon them with the Protestants, as Collins explains, "My mother instilled in me the grievances of the vanquished. She helped convince me from an early age that the Irish had been the victims of terrible cruelties inflicted by the English and their Scots planters over many centures." He goes on to say, "I became hostile towards the Protestant-run state, although our family's friendship with Protestants confused my feelings." (Collins, 36) Although the IRA maintains that they are secular and strictly politically driven, "any understanding must admit that religion, politics, and economics are inseparably mixed." (Religious Terrorism) What has happened is not a simple targetting of the British, but also that of the Irish Protestants. It has widened the rift between fellow countrymen, neighbors and even families. "Republicanism gives a political legitimacy to the age-old pastime of spying on one's neighbours, turning neighbourhood vendettas into noble struggles." (Collins, 3) Perhaps one of the places where the difference between the religions is the most apparent is in the lyrics of traditional Irish folk songs, or "rebel" songs. Catholics were called the "Greens", whereas the Protestants were the "Oranges". "Now when I'd sing those rebel songs, much to me mother's joy, Me father would jump up and say, "Look here would you me boy. That's quite enough of that lot", he'd then toss me a coin And he'd have me sing the Orange Flute or the Heros of The Boyne One day me Ma's relations came round to visit me. Just as my father's kinfolk were all sitting down to tea. We tried to smooth things over, but they all began to fight. And me, being strictly neutral, I bashed everyone in sight. My parents never could agree about my type of school. My learning was all done at home, that's why I'm such a fool. They've both passed on, God rest 'em, but left me caught between That awful color problem of the Orange and the Green." ("The Orange And The Green", Brobdingnagian Fairy Tales) Here's something you might not be used to picturing. A white male, clothed in terrorist garb, he shares your faith. He walks his children to school. He has a dog he loves. He goes to the local pub. But he also owns a machine gun and is responsible for countless car bomb efforts. Islam is a violent faith? Please. Although it is directly associated by our media and the government propaganda machine with terrorism, do NOT be so generalized and CRUEL in your condescending, arrogant and blind in your views towards this FAITH. Oh, I'm SORRY. I forget! This is a forum, a messageboard. We should all be detatched from reality and talk out our asses all the time. Forget respect and the common decency of spelling words at least slightly correctly. Forget capitalizing a faith's name. It all doesn't matter. How wrong I was. Written word and public action cannot be ignored. Of course Catholicism is going to write a beautiful little book about loving thine neighbor. But their actions in the past (and indeed present) speak to the contrary. Not everyone is welcome in the Catholic faith. And if you were NOT of the "white man's religion" in the past, then you were simply a savage who will be persecuted until death eventually reaches you. How about the Native Americans, and their eventual slaughter at the hands of our own government? Those who converted were integrated into our culture. Those who did not, well, we all know what happened to them. Oh yeah, and: No one expects THAT. Please, of course everyone knows about the Spanish Inquisition. lmfao. Give me a break.

Bastards better come to the East Coast too.

Fuck yes. Penguins are the epitone of style.

LMFAO I read that a long time ago, hysterical article :laugh4: Really well written. I love Matts style! :( or uhm, lack thereof. lmfao. Case in point: :laugh4: And I just think Alex is brilliant, the end.

It makes me interested Kelli. wtf lmfao this is basically our thread, yeah? :laugh4:

My school offers Drivers Ed so I decided I'd take it there. You have to be 15 and ten months (in my state) to start training. I could have taken it in the 9th grade, but I was way too intimidated by all the juniors and seniors in the class. Plus, my parents were worried about me driving my young friends around (I'm one of the oldest, if not THE oldest, in the class at my school). So I waited until April in 10th grade when I was already 16 to take it. Got through the class. Went and got my temporary thing.... can't even remember what it's called now :laugh4: I took drivers training with some old guy this past Thanksgiving, that cost around 200 bucks. But it was sooooo worth it, we went through the test course and everything. The teacher was a freak though.... :stunned: I passed the test in December last year, and now I have my license. In fact, I was supposed to get my permanent 18 years one today, but I woke up too late and was in a bad mood :laugh4: They spelt my name wrong on my provisional license! It's DaniElle. Not DANILLE. wtf?!

Oh fuck. I just got an email back today regarding seat locations. Hi Danielle, As the presale has not yet finished we have not yet allocated seating. However, your first order was the first order placed so I can tell you that you'll be in section 2 row a. I will try to sit your second order with the first. You should receive an email shortly detailing your exact seat locations but for the time being you can rest assured that you will be in the front row. Please let me know if you have any further queries. Kind Regards, Liam@Sandbag So that means I'll be sitting: Oh my god. Front row and I won't have to cue for 9 hours. When did life get this good???? Sorry, thought I should um...... I don't know. Share. I'm so fucking excited. AND RAZORLIGHT TOO. HOLY GOD.

My videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIfuaOz5yJ0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20ZHphi9RY8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC_san2yz1w http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXpPNpaAaM0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BspW2k2-3R4

*copied from my myspace here: http://www.myspace.com/rocknserve friend me there, I post a lot of pictures in my blog :) I like to get feedback ;) * Photos from Sigur Rós' set at the Oxegen Festival in Ireland, on my 18th birthday. What an incredible, INCREDIBLE band. If you ever get a chance, definately go check them out live. Just pure sound, pure emotion. How music should be enjoyed. Jónsi is such a genius.

LMFAO FAB. Oh my god, I will not ask.

Well, I've saved quite a bit of money up and am now basically... blowing it on gigs... :laugh4: It's ok though, my parents get me. Which I'm incredibly lucky and thankful for. They know how much going to shows, taking pictures, etc really means to me. They even go to some of the shows with me! (like my Keane gig in September, my dad is all excited to go see them again :lol: ). I'm also lucky to be into bands as of late who's tickets are really cheap (I don't think I've paid more than 35 for a ticket in a loooong time). I don't know about my life being cool.... but I certainly enjoy it the best I can ;)

Of course! I'll post everything in the Sigur Ros thread, most likely by tomorrow evening!! :D I took some really long videos that youtube won't host, so I'm trying to crop them a little to at least feature the videos partially. Hmmmm... But I'll be uploading the full things too for download :) *sigh* How brilliant...

Genius!!!

Did someone just call the Strokes "scary"? Honestly.

Grace, are you TRYING to kill me?