Comments on: Browser: A 4th of July surprise. Wilco loves you, baby. Jarmusch. Bono & the Virgin. Salinger. And the scariest video ever posted online.

By: annette

annette — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:50:04 +0000

the best 4th of July story I’ve ever read.

By: Mark T. Ingham

Mark T. Ingham — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:54:27 +0000

Well, I hope real Heaven has a better soundtrack (and better production values) or I’m gonna be pissed. That looked like some cheeseball 1980′s after-school-special on acid. =D

By: Jeremy Landes

Jeremy Landes — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:07:43 +0000

The video was strange, but I wasn’t horrified by it either. Just a little cheesed out. Other filmic depictions of heaven like in “What Dreams May Come” or “Made in Heaven” or “Heaven Can Wait” are essentially godless–this one at least acknowledges the Creator by name and makes an attempt at representing many nations. This video looks like the creators tried to pack in a whole lot and ended up causing some confusion about who those three horse-riding people are. Angels?

By: Rick R

Rick R — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:49:45 +0000

Regarding that video…wow, I didn’t know whether to laugh or shudder with fear. How soon after they shot this do you think they passed around the Kool-Aid?

By: closerlooker

closerlooker — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:52:04 +0000

Heh. I’m all for extravagant gestures. But not self-destructive indulgence. Big difference. Creative exuberance is one thing. Flirting with disaster by overdependence on painkillers is not justified by writing a great song about the misery.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:28:47 +0000

on occasional recklessness…”The extravagant gesture is the very stuff of creation.” — Annie Dillard

By: closerlooker

closerlooker — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:13:36 +0000

Try it now. I used a different link this time.

By: Shane Deal

Shane Deal — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:47:11 +0000

The U2 link isn’t working.