U2's "Edge" Wants To Live on The Edge...of Malibu That Is
U2 guitarist David Evans, aka "The Edge" has BIG plans for Malibu, Ca. His nickname was supposedly coined by bandmate and U2 frontman Bono, for the sharp edges of his face and his ability to observe things from the edge. Er, ok.
I can just picture him and Bono back in the day at the pub, piss drunk from too many Guinnesses and Bono saying (imagine in Bono's voice):
Bono: "Davey! Listen, you bleedin mule, and I ain't sayin this 'cause I'm gunner-eyed and langers, but Jaysus you're a ride, with sharp features, and your new name will be Edge. Now I need to do me pooley."
David: "Sufferin ducks, You're coddin' me Bono?
Well I guess Bono wasn't kidding, 'cause the name stuck and now the Edge will be, you guessed it, living on the edge in Malibu, on the beautiful Pacific coastline after plunking down over $15 mil, for a 120 acre lot in the Serra Retreat also known as Serra Canyon area back in 2006.
For all of you history buffs and geography nerds:
The Serra Retreat (also called Serra Canyon) is a wooded canyon area adjacent to Malibu Creek in Lower Malibu Canyon, as well as a portion of Sweetwater Mesa. Also home to the Malibu raquet Club.The Franciscan friars' Serra Retreat, named for Junipero Serra, the apostle of California and founder of the California missions.
Originally planned as the home of Malibu's Rindge family, it was sold to the Franciscans in 1942.
Evans currently owns homes in Ireland and France, and also crashes in a multi-million dollar estate in the "conservative" (*snicker*) area of La Costa with his second wife Morleigh Steinberg, but has bigger plans to bust a move, and hob nob with residents of the Serra Retreat area.
The Edge said:
"My family and I love Malibu, having maintained a residence here for more than a decade," he told the Times. "These homes will be some of the most environmentally sensitive ever designed in Malibu—or anywhere in the world. I'm disappointed that certain critics either don't have the facts or have ulterior motives."
There's bick bucks in dem hills!
His new digs (if ok'ed) will put him perched above some heavy hitters in the celeb world. He will be close enough to trip over Dick Van Dykes ottoman, borrow a "cup of sugar" (*wink, wink*) from Kelsey Grammar, enjoy a couple of cocktails with Mel Gibson, (yes you heard me) or perhaps get into a spirited conversation with James Cameron (although I would't piss Cameron off, I heard he has quite the short fuse, and he'll sink you faster than the Titanic).
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