Comments

1. CG wrote:

   “Just another band trying to make enough money to fuel our private jet” Hahahaha! I love people with a sense of humor.

   Posted 16 May 2008 at 10:08 am ¶

2. CG wrote:

   And do you think the Solo cups are for a round of Beer Pong?

   Posted 16 May 2008 at 10:08 am ¶

3. Latoya Peterson wrote:

   CG – LOL, I never thought of that possibility. I was thinking they were going to throw a red-cup party.

   Posted 16 May 2008 at 10:09 am ¶

4. Radiogrrl wrote:

   A CATERING JIHAD

   *SIGH* They used to be so great…I loved them so much. Especially Dave when he was between marriages. It breaks my heart to see that they’re far less than the 21st century, culturally evolved White men I thought they were.

   Posted 16 May 2008 at 10:10 am ¶

5. gatamala wrote:

   I would make them sort out only green m&ms and use real glass, no solo cups and turkey bacon.

   I want coconut shrimp in a spicy plum sauce. Not the frozen kind, freshly battered on the spot.

   Posted 16 May 2008 at 10:30 am ¶

6. sylvie wrote:

   at least they’re being green and ditching the plastic cutlery.

   i like j. lo’s rider better. white candles! white flowers! white linens! don’t look her in the eye!

   Posted 16 May 2008 at 10:50 am ¶

7. Daomadan wrote:

   I really hate how some people seem to think using the word “jihad” (such as in contexts like this) is witty.

   Posted 16 May 2008 at 11:18 am ¶

8. ChiquitaBonita wrote:

   So if all those stipulations are followed is the hug from bass player Nate a guarantee?

   Posted 16 May 2008 at 11:26 am ¶

9. The Cruel Secretary wrote:

   Thank you, Daomadan. My thoughts exactly.

   Posted 16 May 2008 at 12:38 pm ¶

10. Eric Daniels wrote:

    I saw Prince’s rider when I used to do concerts and he was a total clean freak and wanted all his ‘vegan’ food served in silver trays with it wrapped a certain way and cooked with items from Italy. I saw Lenny Kravitz walk off stage during soundcheck because the arena was not set at 75 %

    Posted 16 May 2008 at 12:39 pm ¶

11. Celeste wrote:

    I like religious jokes as a genre, some of them are really funny. However, you have to be careful about reappropriating a cultural/religious term of a marginalized group when you (voluntarily or by association) are a member of the group that’s mistreating them. then it’s not so much humor as it is mockery.

    Posted 16 May 2008 at 12:49 pm ¶

12. Nicole wrote:

    Yeah, saying they’re going to pull a jihad during this current wartime wasn’t a good move, but of course, they thought they were being funny. Personally, I would also shake my head if they said something along the lines of “poppin’ a cap” because coming from them, it would have weird connotations as well.

    Posted 16 May 2008 at 2:42 pm ¶

13. kd wrote:

    Yo, Do people even know the real meaning of Jihad? It’s means a struggle for, striving for- NOT necessarily a war or fight.

    Posted 16 May 2008 at 2:59 pm ¶

14. Latoya Peterson wrote:

    Obviously, the Foo Fighters are in the eternal struggle for red or blue solo cups.

    Posted 16 May 2008 at 3:01 pm ¶

15. Tony wrote:

    To be fair wasn’t the term “Jihad” in the American lingo pre-9/11 as ‘a big overreaction’

    Yes, in it’s original language it means something else, but English has a long history of borrowing and changing other cultures words.

    Like chutzpah, in Yiddish (from my understanding) it means arrogance.
    In American (non Jewish) culture it’s a compliment meaning they have guts.

    I think really now Jihad is like chutzpah, sure it meant something else in another language, but now it’s also an English phrase that has a different meaning.

    Posted 16 May 2008 at 3:25 pm ¶

16. The Cruel Secretary wrote:

    @Latoya–brilliant comeback, friend. LMAO

    Posted 16 May 2008 at 3:53 pm ¶

17. Aisha wrote:

    I never even liked the Foo Fighters. Now I dislike them even more.

    Posted 16 May 2008 at 4:08 pm ¶

18. Chica Dificil wrote:

    @Latoya — mad props for putting up this “light” post. It’s a funny 2 me and a break from all the heavy topics and issues normally discussed in this blog.

    Hopefully a movement will emerge around the need for eternal red or blue cups — I say blue only!!

    Posted 16 May 2008 at 4:20 pm ¶

19. Latoya Peterson wrote:

    @ Chica Dificil,

    Yeah, that was the point. Just like the Joe Francis one, I almost choked on my water when I read it. Like, seriously? A jihad for lack of 16oz blue or red cups? Apparently, jihads are easy to come by these days…

    I will join you in the blue cup movement. Now we just need a sign and a slogan…

    I also died over the “here are some cool things to do with meat!” See, if I was a caterer and got that rider, I would make everything with Tofurky and Quorn out of spite.

    Eat your Quorn loaf or you will starve dammit!

    Posted 16 May 2008 at 4:26 pm ¶

20. Chica Dificil wrote:

    @Latoya You have me LMAO! I needed the comic relief after watching the sickening coverage of Bush and McCains deceitful attacks on Obama.

    Any ideas out there for a sign and slogan for eternal blue cups?

    Si se puede!

    Posted 16 May 2008 at 4:33 pm ¶

21. Stentor wrote:

    at least they’re being green and ditching the plastic cutlery.

    Yeah, but then they’re canceling it out with the large volume of meat they ask for. They’d be better off eating zucchini with plastic forks.

    Posted 16 May 2008 at 6:55 pm ¶

22. Michelle wrote:

    I get what people are saying about jihad, but maybe they mean it tongue in cheek? I don’t know, I defer to greater minds on this one.

    And, maybe, the rider was written before the war and all the anti-Muslim sentiment in America?

    That said, I don’t know not one single solitary song that the Foo Fighters have sung or written. I am not that cool.

    Posted 16 May 2008 at 8:04 pm ¶

23. Manju wrote:

    “However, you have to be careful about reappropriating a cultural/religious term of a marginalized group”

    how marginalized are Muslims? Its a great and powerful religion ruling entire nations, not to mention enforcing a religious apartheid in many of them.

    they are not nearly as marginalized as they are marginalizes.

    Posted 17 May 2008 at 2:22 am ¶

24. Caro wrote:

    Good grief. I find it funny that no matter how simple or totally unimportant some bit of news (or non-news, in this case) is, someone, somewhere here will find it offensive.

    I feel like you could put an article about water being wet here and eventually someone would come in complaining that the very idea of “wetness” offends their sensibilities as a dry-American, another one would complain that using the word “water” is offensive to people who live in the desert and yet someone else would protest that no one has the right to post articles about water without first asking the opinion of people who have lived near water all their lives.

    I’d say “lighten up” in regards to this fun little bit of Foo Fighters info, but I’m sure someone would post about how offended they are that I dared use the word “lighten” when there are so many people struggling with weight issues in the world.

    Posted 17 May 2008 at 5:01 pm ¶

25. napthia9 wrote:

    @Manju- In the States, there’s definitely marginalization of Muslims who reside both in and outside of the States. Hence the rest of Celeste’s comment continuing “when you (voluntarily or by association) are a member of the group that’s mistreating them. then it’s not so much humor as it is mockery.” It is also patently obvious that although a group of people may hold power in one place or control one aspect of society, that does not mean they are not marginalized in other ways or places. The question of whether Muslims also marginalize people seems irrelevant to a discussion about the marginalization of Muslims.

    Just judging by my experience with doofus high school boys, ‘jihad’ has been appropriated to be used in a ‘humourous’ context, but the meaning of the word isn’t being changed the way that someone upthread said ‘chutzpah’ was changed. The meaning is the same, but the use is changed to silly or irrelevant things in order to mock the extreme emotions associated with ‘jihad’ for terrorists. But because ‘jihad’ has usages and meanings outside of the common ‘holy way’ explanation used in the West, mocking the word ‘jihad’ is more derisive of Muslim culture than of specific Muslim terrorist groups. And speaking from my own experience, most of the idiots I’ve heard making ‘jihad’ statements like this one are also the idiots making absurd generalizations about Muslims in general.

    Posted 17 May 2008 at 6:08 pm ¶

26. Daniel wrote:

    Wow. Dig the false outrage.

    Posted 18 May 2008 at 2:15 am ¶

27. DivergentDana wrote:

    Oh, come on… I like the Foo Fighters, and I see no need to rush in and tell people “You have absolutely no right to be upset about things that I don’t understand! Lighten up, guys! Feel how I tell you to feel!” *eye roll*

    Posted 18 May 2008 at 8:26 am ¶

28. Chrissy wrote:

    I think this rider is meant to be funny/tongue n cheek.
    Check out the following rolling stone article…
    http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/05/14/foo-fighters-tour-rider-funnier-than-what-happens-in-vegas/

    Posted 18 May 2008 at 1:44 pm ¶

29. RainaWeather wrote:

    I must agree with Caro.

    Posted 18 May 2008 at 5:43 pm ¶

30. liza wrote:

    so, wait … i can’t say “jihad”, “crusade”, “pop a cap” or “slap a bitch” anymore?

    damn.

    Posted 18 May 2008 at 11:05 pm ¶

31. Jeff Behrens wrote:

    Yeah I feel a little out of my skin using this line, but I think this really is one of those instances where people really just oughta “lighten up.”

    The “jihad” thing is maybe over the line, but remember that its the management and not the band members themselves writing out these riders, so all of this “I used to love them so much and now I think they’re a bunch of insensitive assholes” is a little over the top.

    I mean yes the Foo Fighters suck but I see no reason to peg this on them too. And you have to admit, as riders go, this ones pretty funny (and i KNOW you all read the smoking gun so don’t tell me you don’t agree )

    Posted 19 May 2008 at 11:34 am ¶

32. erin wrote:

    I have loved Dave Grohl since nirvana The foos rule. They are so silly. No problem on my end.

    Posted 19 May 2008 at 12:26 pm ¶

33. gorgeous black women wrote:

    I’m with Tony on this one unless I’m inaccurately remembering pre 9/11 America./

    Posted 19 May 2008 at 4:54 pm ¶

34. dalia wrote:

    funny, i basically said the same thing as jeff on this one and my original comment was not posted… i too, thought that it was all tongue-in-cheek, and that we should kinda lighten up a little.

    it’s a rider, for heaven’s sake… they’re SUPPOSED to be ridiculous.

    Posted 29 May 2008 at 1:57 am ¶