I have one at home, and you're right, it's great. It's a huge psychological boost when you know your ass crack is just about as clean as it is immediately after a shower. I'd say the only downside - and it's a pretty big one - is that it ruins you for every other bathroom outside of your home. When I stay in a hotel…

I think I know what the problem is here. He's thinking of the European-style bidets, which are a separate fixture which sits next to the toilet and which does require you to use your hand because it doesn't shoot the water directly onto your crack. So you have to wipe with paper first, then use your hand to…

Not sure. But you have a nicer campus. And you have a beach with water that isn't ice cold. So you guys win.

The kids at Berkeley always harp on the tree thing. (Take off that red shirt!) Whatever, I went to USF. Go Dons.

The UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs are possibly the best mascots of any school.

I remember being on a RATM message board during that tour and a lot of their fans were pissed. Then someone wrote something about Bono being an activist since Zach de la Rocha was in grade school. I'm pretty sure Morello was a U2 fan from the War era.

It's the Student Union at Cal State L.A.

Do we have a picture of Vladimir Putin using Donald Trump's mouth as a cock holster?

Also, our refusal to wear capri pants.

Bad Kate Bush was my Halloween costume last year.

If they suffer from certain chronic health problems, then possibly.

Wait, what's this about horse fighting?

This particular thread that we are commenting on right now is specifically about visa issues. It's a specific topic that I enjoy learning about. I've gone to embassies in DC in person to apply for visas for business travel and I've long been interested in the process and in how different countries have different…

The discussion we're having is about the legal ins and outs of Soviet Soviet's visa troubles. That has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not the band is paid by SXSW, which is a separate discussion.

Really, the non-payment of bands at SXSW is a separate discussion. But insofar as it relates to the visa situation, if the festival actually did pay them, then the band would definitely not be allowed to enter through the VWP or a B1/B2 visa, and they would absolutely need a P (work) visa. Which, to my understanding,…

Looks like they're warning foreign-national SXSW participants about the risks of going that route right on their website: http://support.sxsw.com/hc/…

Perhaps, but tonight's show is still going on with the other two bands on the bill, and tickets reduced to $5 - $8. So if I had to guess, the bands on the bill tonight are getting paid.

They were scheduled to play at least one paying gig, which would've happened tonight at the Echoplex in Los Angeles. Here's a cache of the gig's page: http://webcache.googleuserc…

Do we have a picture of Paul McCartney?

Be nice. We're a community here and we're better when we don't attack each other.