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Fun Stuff => BAND => Topic started by: Divide by Zero on 16 May 2008, 12:05
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I was thinking about this because I'll be going to The Totally Normal Event in June, and Freezepop is performing there. From what the organizer told me, they'll be mingling with the event-goers quite a bit. So I have another little notch in my Indie belt coming up.
Let's see... I've been at Barry Carl's house because I used to be friends with his daughter. He was the original bass in Rockapella, who did the Carmen Sandiego theme song. Also, I've spoken on the phone with Voltaire about ex-girlfriends. My mom was at Book Expo promoting her book, and she called me to tell me he was there, whereupon he snatched the phone out of her hand to talk to me himself. It was cool.
My favorite band is Raquy and the Cavemen, and I gave a psychic reading to Liron Peled, who helped start the band with Raquy herself. He paid for it with two signed CDs. And I got to touch Raquy's drum. I couldn't bring myself to play it, though.
What about all of you?
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I sucked Sam Beams's beard.
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Man, Voltaire died like 100 years before telephones.
Shenanigans.
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Man, Voltaire died like 100 years before telephones.
Shenanigans.
Wrong Voltaire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire_%28musician%29).
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I played a game of pool with Chris McCaughan?
(though the cooler moment of that night was getting whacked in the head by Brendan Kelly's bass, and then having him kick a glass of whiskey on me)
(PUUUUNX)
Other fun ones:
-Lent a Sharpie to Kylewilliam from Imadethismistake, then sang a Lawrence Arms song with him
-Helped Megafaun take down the PA after a show
-Talked to John Vanderslice once. Just the normal "Hey, great show!" kinda thing.
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Wrong Voltaire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire_%28musician%29).
Impostor.
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I've met a former Ramone's Brother. I have Marky Ramone's autograph. He's not an original member, I know.
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I got a picture of me and Ted Leo a few years back, when his music was still good.
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- Smoked a joint with J. Spaceman in Toronto in 1997.
- Dated a girl who had been taken to dinner by Trent Reznor.
- Am pretty close email-wise with Matt Elliott.
- At a Cat Power show in '98, due to van troubles, the opening band (Smoke, RIP) ended up playing after her, and after we talked a while and she bummed a cigarette off me she grabbed my arm and sat me down next to her to watch them, and held onto me the whole time. If I hadn't had a girlfriend, I would have made a pass at her. In fact, I should have anyway because said girlfriend would have probably totally understood.
- Used to see the original bass player for Elf Power every now and then.
- Have hung out with Will Cullen Hart (Olivia Tremor Control) because one of my ex's babysits his kids.
- Went to highschool with Cut Rate Box.
- Know a guy who is very close with Jamie Stewart, and used to be in a band with him.
- Have known Jenny Owen Youngs since she was 15. Romantically involved with her when she was 15/16. First song on her first self-released album is named after and about me.
- Evan Dando bummed a cigarette off me in 1994 at a gay club in Orlando. No, I am not making that up.
- Met and talked to Edward Ka-Spel before a Legendary Pink Dots show.
- Met and talked to Wayne Coyne before a Flaming Lips show.
- Met and talked to dude from Polyphonic Spree while on mushrooms before their show.
- Hung out, ate, drank and occasionally translated with Acid Mothers Temple before they played. Those guys and girl really love hot sauce.
- Kissed Carla Bozulich.
I honestly didn't think I would have that many to list.
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After sound check, a Shearwater fella offered Liz and myself sauerkraut pizza. I accepted and we chatted about Calvin Johnson's near death experience and why no one ever tours Fargo in the winter (highly related events). Andy Kindler has my radio show time and name written down in his fancy notebook, I creeped out Eugene Mirman, Josiah Wolf from Why? and I had a singalong, and Dan from Wolf Parade gave me a shirt. We talked about Victoria, BC. Calvin Johnson creeped ME out (this is hard to do) but he stared at my boobs, which judging from his lyrics I shouldn't have been surprised about.
Fargo is small.
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Oh, I just remembered I served some food to Sleater-Kinney a few years ago because I worked in the trendy vegetarian restaurant downtown right next to where they were about to play a free outdoor concert.
I didn't talk to them or anything though.
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you guys are all much cooler than me (no sarcasm, i swear).
but let's see what we got here....i once got blacked-out drunk with Sam and Vadim from Dragonforce. can't say i really like their music all that much (anymore...heh) but those are two seriously cool dudes (unlike the rest of their band, who are cunts). after we were sufficiently drunk, they asked us to teach them some american slang and we had a good laugh when they went on stage later and Sam steals the mic away and yells "SHIT THE BED. FUCKIN' GNARLY" at the entire audience. 98% of the crowd just stood silently like "whaaat?" while me and my small group of very drunk friends laughed our asses off and made fools of ourselves.
that's probably my only worthwhile story...i don't get out much these days.
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pretty much nothing.
pals with thurston moore's nephew, though.
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Met and talked to for at least a little while (beyond just "hi, I like your music"):
The members of Explosions in the Sky
The members of MONO
The members of These United States
The members of Amiina
Thao Nguyen
Ohad Benchetrit
Jamie Stewart
Noah Lennox
Dan Deacon
Cameron Bird
Will Scheff
Matthew Cooper
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Smoked pot with half of Orange Goblin, accidentally talked to Battlelore's guitarist about vikings for half an hour at Wacken, and my little sister is fucking Glen Mattlock's son.
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Met and talked to for at least a little while (beyond just "hi, I like your music"):
The members of Amiina
Luckyyyy.
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Aki from Electric Eel Shock touched my groin once.
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Marianne Faithfull is my cousin, and we grew up in the same town; I took her to see A Hard Days Night on release, and in return she took me to hear Paul Robeson when he was in town the same year.
Paul
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Met and talked to for at least a little while (beyond just "hi, I like your music"):
The members of Amiina
Luckyyyy.
They were so nice! I saw them live without Sigur Ros at a cafe/recording studio in Philly. They played stuff from their EP and their (then) upcoming album. I talked to them for a while after the show. They were incredibly friendly and had seriously cute accents. I have a copy of their first EP signed by all of them. It's among my prized possessions.
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I was given a flower by Cat Power, which made the friend I was with all envious and sulky for the rest of the night.
I met Will Sheff in a drunken stupor and shook his hand for like 3 minutes. I think he thought I was a bit weird.
Feist waved at me... I was so star struck.
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I had about a 30 minute conversation with Benny Green at a Jazz Fest a couple years ago. Soooooooooo amazing
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Tommy has a pretty great story about Chan Marshall.
I appear on Polymaths' EP (and, as of last night, on Rah Rah's upcoming full-length). Please bookmark this post and return to it in eight months. You'll know why.
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and my little sister is fucking Glen Mattlock's son.
I misinterpreted this. Then went "Ohhhh, that's nice."
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I watched Sunset Rubdown with Arrah from Arrah and the Ferns standing next to me.
Arrah and the Ferns are (were) a band based out of Muncie, they were pretty good.
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I am good friends with the step-brother of Zak Sally, former bassist for Low.
Yeah, that's all I got.
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Oh noes...I'm really drunk and now my dickish name-dropping has been given a chance to escape...but here it comes anyway. I will preface this by saying that living in Brighton, and working in clubs/promoting etc tends to lead to meeting/becoming acquainted with bands et al, but the rest I put down to stalking.
- Ted from Cursive slept on my floor after being harassed by my alcoholic housemate.
- Kevin Rowland asked me to sing backing vocals when he was singing acapella in a club
- Stuart Murdoch from Belle & Sebastian mocked me for having lots of Bright Eyes albums. I cut his DJ set short in response. He is a dick. And was playing a terrible set.
- Conor Oberst kissed my hand. He was wasted.
- Nick Zinner from Yeah Yeah Yeahs took a photo of my skirt - this was on the same night - I later got mistaken for a hooker. This was kind of embarassing and slightly scary, but when it happened I was too full of fangirly joy to take it all that seriously...
- Peaches 'interviewed' me with a camera in hand at 4am after one of her gigs as she took a shine to my gaffer-tape dress
- I periodically name-drop The Pipettes, but one of them is my mates. Same goes for This City and Restless List.
There are more, but I shall avoid the tales of members of 3rd rate indie bands I've thrown up on in an attempt to preserve some minute shred of dignity and to keep the distinction between fangirly scenester type and slightly inappropriate groupie type in place.
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After sound check, a Shearwater fella offered Liz and myself sauerkraut pizza. I accepted and we chatted about Calvin Johnson's near death experience and why no one ever tours Fargo in the winter (highly related events).
Fargo is small.
It was fun! He was a pretty cool guy and gave me a set list after they had finished. And I had a good chat with Kim, also of Shearwater, at that show. She was a total sweetheart.
At the Ted Leo show I had a good chat with him while they were setting up. I helped him out with some cords and equipment and we exchanged the usual conversation starters. Which seems pretty pathetic but it was TED LEO.
I sat on a couch with Phil Elverum (Mount Eerie) and chatted for a whole show without knowing who he was until he got up and said "Sorry to leave you, but I have to go play some music now." He was the most soft-spoken, chill person I have ever met but he was also quite funny. That was a good show.
Also Fargo is small. Sad.
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I should stop bothering to list people I've hung out with because I keep remembering more.
- Tarantel
- Low
- The Voodoo Organist
- Ken Vandermark
- Z'ev
- The Butthole Surfers
- Captured By Robots
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Fuck you for knowing Jefre Cantu-Ledesma! The man's a genius and Tarentel is one of my all time favorite bands.
I've also met Phil Elverum and he's an incredibly nice, humble, friendly guy. We talked about photography and such. This was after he played in a tiny room at my school for over an hour and a half, doing all requests from the audience because, as he was coming to the show, his car broke down, forcing him to sell it, rent a new on, and finally get the the show a couple hours late. As a result I think he lost any semblance of a playlist he might have had. The show was brilliant since he played all the best stuff by The Microphones and Mount Eerie and hung around afterwards talking to people. It was awesome.
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Oh man, Captured! by Robots... the last time I saw them it was the night of my grandpa's funeral, and we were really close. That was code for I was extremely upset still so I ended up taking a jillion shots. I squeezed J-Bot's butt like four times. I kind of feel bad about it.
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Bry Webb from the Constantines is a really great dude. Every time I have seen them (which is a bunch o' times) he stands in the crowd to watch the other bands and talks to people. He patted me on the shoulder. Also, like 6 years ago my friend was working the doors for a show of theirs in Hamilton, and Bry bought him some lasagne.
I hung out with You Say Party! We Say Die! before a show in Guelph a couple years ago at some dude's house. I am pretty shy so I didn't really say much, though. Becky Ninkovic (the singer) is the tiniest, most adorable person ever. She gives good high fives.
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I sat on a couch with Phil Elverum (Mount Eerie) and chatted for a whole show without knowing who he was until he got up and said "Sorry to leave you, but I have to go play some music now." He was the most soft-spoken, chill person I have ever met but he was also quite funny. That was a good show.
Did he have any good jokes about trees?
No seriously I am pretty jealous.
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I got drunk with some of the dudes from Arcturus and called at least one of them a cunt.
That was a rad night actually.
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Did he have any good jokes about trees?
No seriously I am pretty jealous.
Not that I recall, no. Sorry to disappoint!
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I gave DJ Lance Rock a high-five when I went to go see The Aquabats! live.
Yeah...pretty much it.
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You're being prevented by Henry Cabot Lodge?
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I drank tea with Ian Mackaye during a 45 minute interview conducted by me.
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Tommy has a pretty great story about Chan Marshall.
I appear on Polymaths' EP (and, as of last night, on Rah Rah's upcoming full-length). Please bookmark this post and return to it in eight months. You'll know why.
We must be thinking of different Polymathseseses.
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A couple of years ago, The Gourds (my favorite band) came to the small, southern college town where I live. They don't have much of a following here and only a few people showed up to see them. The bar where they played is set up to where there is a large space in the back for the main band playing that night, and a smaller space up front where some guy sets up with an acoustic and plays John Mayer covers. There ended up being around 20 people there to see The Gourds, but the other part of the bar was packed with people listening to the John Mayer cover guy.
Anyway, I showed up at the bar a few hours before they played to see if I could meet them. I ended up getting to hang out and have a couple of beers with Jimmy Smith, the bass player and one of the two main vocalist/songwriters. I don't know if anyone here has even heard of them, but they're my favorite band and I have all eight of their albums, so it was a pretty great experience for me. I saw them a few more times in Atlanta where the place was packed out with fans and there wasn't nearly the same opportunity to meet the band.
Also: Hey everyone, I'm new. I decided I've finally lurked enough to make a post.
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I've stood round and chatted for a bit with Cass McCombs about cool and unusual guitars. He really liked the idea of a Chapman stick but had never actually touched one. Once talked to the guys from Head of Femur, and got some food with 'em. Nick Westra, their bassist, started eating my fries.
Moment of glory: once did a jumping stomach-bump with Dan Deacon.
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Got to meet Nightwish after their show at the White Rabbit in San Antonio last October. Also got to meet and hang out with the guys of Into Eternity and Mike LePond of Symphony X. There was a time when I was glad I met Herman Li and Vladim of DragonForce, but that dies every time I think about seeing them live again. Though, according to Troy of IE, they've managed to tighten the show up a lot.
But yeah, just those three bands. Not a lot of easily accessible artists come through central Texas. Dream Theater played last August, but it requires an epic level feat and a virgin sacrifice to even hope to get those tickets to meet em.
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my sister used to hang out with Coheed and Cambria so a few of them used to come over all the time. Claudio is a strange dude.
I interviewed Koufax after seeing them once. they were cool guys.
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I drank tea with Ian Mackaye during a 45 minute interview conducted by me.
As impressive as Jackie's list is, this is by far the best post in this thread.
I am still jealous that you got to interview Ian.
Anyway I have never actually met anyone musical who is important. SAD
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Had a lovely 25 minute conversation with Alan Sparhawk from Low after a gig in Norwich.
Have been friends with Sam Duckworth (Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly) for a few years now since a friend introduced us at one of his gigs.
Had several drinks with Fyfe Dangerfield from Guillemots at the first Latitude festival.
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op: everyone who sees freezepop play is embarrassed for them (this happened to me once)
The only reason I realized I could (theoretically) brag about this is that my friend who sits next to me in C++ is a HUGE fan of theirs, but don't ask me why. (She has really weird taste in music. She's also a huge Pat Benetar fan, and that's just pathetic. I hope she'll grow out of it.) How exactly are they embarrassed for them?
And I remember more bragging points I could get. My friend is the stage manager for The Tabernacle in NJ, which hosts a lot of 60's artists who are still playing. As such, he's gotten to hang and play with Hot Tuna, Levon Helm (The drummer for the band called The Band as in Bob Dylan and The Band), The Rascals, and most recently, Lucy Kaplanski. That was last night. The biggest name he's gotten is fucking Donovan. They flew him in from Scotland specially and he did a small tour in the NYC area. At Woodstock, the four artists they couldn't afford to get were The Beatles, The Stones, Donovan, and I believe The Who. I may have that last one wrong, though.
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Anyway I have never actually met anyone musical who is important. SAD
Yeah, me too. My only other remotely interesting contribution to this thread is the fact that I stood across the merch table from John K. Samson when I saw The Weakerthans. He seemed like a really nice guy.
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Whenever I'm at small/local shows, I always stick around to talk to the bands after the show is over.
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I have heard of maybe three people mentioned in this thread. And maybe 5 of the actual bands mentioned.
Basically what I am saying is that no matter how large your indie-penis (http://xkcd.com/297/) is, I will never care about anything you think is awesome ever.
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Jimmy, you're so awesome.
(I've had plenty of opportunities to meet famous people but I always chicken out)
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Basically what I am saying is that no matter how large your indie-penis (http://xkcd.com/297/) is, I will never care about anything you think is awesome ever.
I don't think any of that makes me cool, it's just a thread where something was asked and I answered.
I think you have indie-penis envy.
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Slow Club liked a drawing I did for them (sent in for a competition thing) but I'm too shy to go and talk to anyone.
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After a Freezepop concert (the Pittsburgh one actually), four friends and I got CDs and went to get them signed. While we were waiting in line, The Other Sean T. Drinkwater came around and struck up casual conversation, which lasted for 10-15 minutes. I wasn't really in on it, but I overheard most of it. Basically, it got into keytars and how they'd started with them for 2 years, drunk practicing, music videos, bloody keytars (http://a592.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/40/l_544b39fd277073ce67f75562e95258a7.jpg), etc.
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And then I got a signed Freezepop CD! Unfortunately it doesn't include any songs about Philippe.
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And then I got a signed Freezepop CD! Unfortunately it doesn't include any songs about Philippe.
I tried! None of the albums had the song, though.
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As impressive as Jackie's list is, this is by far the best post in this thread.
I am still jealous that you got to interview Ian.
No way, Paul being Marianne Faithfull's cousin and taking her to see A Hard Day's Night is far more interesting. Muffy being asked to sing with Kevin Rowland is a close second.
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Marianne Faithfull, age 18:
(http://cassland.org/images/MarianneFaithfull.jpg)
This publicity photo was taken in her home while trying to arrange her first recording; the backdrop is a very colourful mosaic table, which I had helped to make.
Paul
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I was sat down by Dan Boeckner and told over the course of an hour why "Apologies to the Queen Mary" was called what it is. It was actually a fairly lame conversation.
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I drank tea with Ian Mackaye during a 45 minute interview conducted by me.
This. Beats. All.
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I sat down at a park next to John Mayer. We talked for about 15 minutes and then he signed my forehead.
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No way, Paul being Marianne Faithfull's cousin and taking her to see A Hard Day's Night is far more interesting. Muffy being asked to sing with Kevin Rowland is a close second.
Paul's is absolutely the peak of this thread but as for singing with Kevin Rowland you're smoking rock. Sure, it's probably not a common experience, but it's nowhere as interesting as being able to talk to Ian Mackaye.
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I'm willing to bet talking to Ian Mackaye was the more interesting experience. I mean, it's Ian Mackaye. Minor Threat, Embrace, Fugazi... "You can't fuck with a motherfucker like that." But as an anecdote it's not as good. Getting asked to sing with Kevin Rowland is far more unusual and conjures up a much more fun scenario in my head, whereas an interview is a pretty normal thing.
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Neko Case is my second cousin, she used to crash at my uncle's place in Memphis when she came through town. Never actually met her, though.
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Last night I played an acoustic cover of Smack That for Brett Netson, one of the guitarists of Built to Spill. He's also complimented me after a few plays he's seen that I have performed in.
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Fuckin' hilarious
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I tied the knot for Ian Curtis.
Was it a nice ceremony? Did they say their own vows?
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an interview is a pretty normal thing.
Yes, but I'll reiterate once more:
An interview with Ian Mackaye isn't.
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I don't know, I've heard he's pretty approachable and easy to talk to actually.
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No no no let's try this again
Ian Mackaye is more than a human being. I'd love to fellate him but I'm afraid I'd have the back of my head blown off by his ultra-righteous ejaculate.
Guys, I love all of Ian's work as much as the next person but come on, let's not be silly here.
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Seriously, I'm having a hard time figuring out why you guys are on Ian's jock so hard. I like Fugazi as much as the next guy, but I'd be way more excited to interview, I don't know, Lee Ranaldo or David Lowery or something.
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I'm friends with a number of smaller / regional acts. Madahoochi, Bockman, The Station, Tiffany Christopher to name a few.
I've met Steve Kimock, and one of the guitarists from Zappa Plays Zappa. Both very briefly, and both via Madahoochi - Shawn Hartung was performing with The Everyone Orchestra at 10klf '05, and Kimock was playing with them that year as well, so her and Scott were talking to him when I walked over to ask them about something. Then I met the one guitarist in ZPZ who played with Zappa, can't recall his name now, through a friend's brother who is a promoter for 10klf, while we were waiting on loading in Madahoochi's equipment. My buddy recognized him and got to shake his hand, I just kinda stood there like a moron.
Then at dawn that next morning, I met some of the guys from a few bands when the promoter friend pulled up on our campsite with a golf cart full of musicians seeking out the last few campsites with anything going on :D
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I'd be way more excited to interview, I don't know, Lee Ranaldo or David Lowery or something.
That'd be pretty awesome too, but I don't think anyone's brought that up in this thread as an event that happened to them?
But a forty-five minute interview with Ian Mackaye at his house, over tea. That's pretty fucking cool.
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Apparently twenty years ago or so my dad used to frequent Yesterday and Today records on his lunch breaks. He would chat with Ian Mackaye, who worked there. Of course, drinking tea with him would be so much more kickass.
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I'd be way more excited to interview, I don't know, Lee Ranaldo or David Lowery or something.
That'd be pretty awesome too, but I don't think anyone's brought that up in this thread as an event that happened to them?
But a forty-five minute interview with Ian Mackaye at his house, over tea. That's pretty fucking cool.
I have to agree here. We're not talking about the coolest interview possible, we're talking about what actually happened to people..
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My dad was Mikael Åkerfeldt's (Opeth) english teacher. :mrgreen:
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i met robin black, i doubt anybody outside canada remembers him, he's more or less gone out of music and into hairstyling. Also He's not an artist but I was in an elivator with former NYC mayor rudolf gulianni when he was in winnipeg for the
fancy-assed snob party for jerks wine festival, I was working for one of the componies that sets up and takes down displays(at the end we got to steal so many unused bottles of fancy assed wine that were used for sampling and just left on the table for us to smuggle out in rolled up carpets throw out, but that's a different story). The guy just oozed asshole vibes and I didn't realize it was him until after. If I was awake enough to realize I probably would have asked what the weight of thousands of dead homeless people that he let freeze to death felt like on his concience right in front of the unimpressed waitress he was hitting on. I really wish I had realized...
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She's also a huge Pat Benetar fan, and that's just pathetic.
pfffft
Love is a Battlefield, dude
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Seriously, I'm having a hard time figuring out why you guys are on Ian's jock so hard. I like Fugazi as much as the next guy, but I'd be way more excited to interview, I don't know, Lee Ranaldo or David Lowery or something.
It's funny how my original comment of saying interviewing Ian is the coolest thing to happen in this thread turns to into me "being on Ian's jock so hard." I never said anything of the sort! I just think that was the coolest event of the thread! Thats all.
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Opeth's english teacher beats you riding Ian's jock.(Visualize this)
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I got about 6 feet away from Bob Dylan a few months ago...
He smiled at me and my friend, then the usher started haranguing us so we had to go sit down.
Also, Phil Lesh is my [sort of] uncle's brother-in-law.
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I got about 6 feet away from Bob Dylan a few months ago...
He smiled at me and my friend, then the usher started haranguing us so we had to go sit down.
Also, Phil Lesh is my [sort of] uncle's brother-in-law.
There's only a few states where "my sort of uncle's brother-in-law" means much.. ;)
Your family tree must look like the opening credits of Idiocracy. I KEED I KEED!
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I was within two feet of Graham Coxon and didn't realise until it was too late, meaning I missed out by a fraction on a chance to meet one of my biggest heroes.
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I went to school with a lot of the guys from Voxtrot. Learned percussion right alongside Matt Simon, their drummer. His sister's my best friend. Does that count?
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Greg Saunier from Deerhoof snuck me and my friend through the band door of a show once (we were under 18 and we'd already bought tickets).
Said friend has a much bigger indie-penis though. He played in Jens Lekman's band and has partied with Joanna Newsom, Andrew Bird and Spoon (actually I think he said Spoon weren't in on the partying). He also plays on a few local artists' albums.
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I went to school with a lot of the guys from Voxtrot. Learned percussion right alongside Matt Simon, their drummer. His sister's my best friend. Does that count?
I'll count it because I like them.
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i met robin black, i doubt anybody outside canada remembers him, he's more or less gone out of music and into hairstyling.
No surprises there.
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Guys, surreal experience today. I played Sunflower by Low at my friend's sister's graduation party. I played guitar and sang the lead part, my friend played bass and sang harmony, and a different friend played viola. In the audience was Zak Sally, said friend's (and therefore friend's sister's) step-brother, and former bassist from Low, who helped write and record the goddamn song. Afterward he came up and shook my hand and told me nice job. Nice guy, weird experience though.
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They aren't that famous, but Friday night I partied till 4 AM with the guys from Family Groove Company and 56 Hope Road, after filming their show. Had met them briefly before, but this was my first time hanging out with them. Good folks.
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Mae came and played a show at my school. I hung out with them for about an hour in the afternoon before the show. Kinda surprised me that they're into Sigur Rós and Okkervil River, considering the music they make.
Hung out with a few members of The Decemberists a few times after shows.
Invited the members of Lovedrug for pie after a show. They declined, but did so by calling me. I thought it was kinda cool to have the lead singer's cell phone number.
Danced with the new female member of YACHT after she jumped into the crowd at a show.
Last, this one isn't mine, but a good friend helped Sufjan Stevens pack his van a few years ago. Can't remember why I didn't make it to that show...
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I met Steve Harris and Nikko McBrain from Iron Maiden when I was about 15. I shared a cigarette with Danny from the Wildhearts. Played a show with Reelbigfish and drank their rider dry (they were pissed). I played chess with Yoko Ono at her exhibition in Belfast. I elbowed Billy Connoly in the ribs for standing too close to me in line at LAX. I managed to get my shoe autographed by David Byrne. But my most recent crowning achievement was while working crew at the Oddysey arena, and telling the Backstreet boys what a bunch of pathetic losers they are to their faces. Oh yeah, Donny Osmond spat on me.
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I played a show with Matt Talbot from Hum once. It was with his other band, Centaur. We helped him load his gear in; he was pretty nice but seemed incredibly shy. He came up after the show to say he liked my band.
I also played on stage with Johnnie Johnson in St. Louis. I was sitting in with a blues gee-tar slinger I know when he happened in and sat in with us. I had no idea who he was until my friend told me afterwards.
Last year I played a show with some guys from the Steve Miller band. It was a benefit for a charter school run by the bassplayer's wife. He was a nice dude; he just walked up and said "Hi, I'm Steve McCarty. I'm the dude in the Steve Miller band. I wrote 'Fly Like and Eagle.' You write great transitions." I think he was two sheets by that point.
I also got to play a show with Denali once. Rumor had it that the singer from Portishead showed up to hear them, saw my band playing, and instantly left before they ever took the stage. I didn't see her, but it was widely joked about among my friends.
That same band had the producer Tony Visconti come to one of our shows. He did all the Bowie and T-Rex records, and a bunch of others. He's the guy playing bass in "The Man Who Sold the World." He asked for a demo, which we mailed. We were promptly told that he didn't hear a single. Good times.
I've also met and talked with the drummers from System of Down and Incubus, not that I'm into those bands anymore but it was cool at the time. System of a Down had just put out their first record and nobody really noticed them off their bus so they were just walking around out front after a show. My friend asked the drummer for his autograph; he was so excited to be on his first "big tour" that he ran back into his bus to get a fan autograph book that he had her sign. They were super nice guys.
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Sat next to TV on the Radio after they played the Virgin Fest last year, was too geeked out to say anything. Left embarrassed and ashamed.
Saw Ian MacKaye one night walking with Amy Farina in Adams Morgan in DC. Same thing happened as above.
Talked with Spoonboy before a Los Gatos Negros show at ABC No Rio, saw him repeatedly around DC when I lived there for the summer.
Have had very awkward, stilted conversations with Erin Tobey and Hannah Jones of Ghost Mice fame.
Put on a show for Alec K. Redfearn and had him stay at my house for a weekend. The crowning achievement of my life so far.
Went to school with the Genghis Tron and the dude who co-founded jizz-magnet label Lovepump United w/ Mookie.
I've had a bunch of other run-ins with musicians in restaurants. It's one of the most bizarre sensations going to get breakfast and seeing a musician you love chowing down on some huevos rancheros.
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Ever heard of a little band called The Clash? Well, I don't know them, but I did hang out with members of Los Campesinos! once. Also, my best friend is related to Karen Elson and hence Jack White by in-law-ness. His family weren't best pleased that they married on a canoe without any of the family present, but then Mr. White smoothed them over and bought them roses and stuff.
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Clutch - a bunch of times, great guys
Dave from monster magnet - Met 1 time
Chali Tuna - Met 1 time (really tall)
Xhibit - Met 1 time (really short)
The Bassist from hatebreed (forget his name) - Met 1 time (really short)
Played shows with:
High on Fire
Eyehategod
Suplecs
Grand Buffet
Rebreather
Sea of Green
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Anton Newcombe walked into the guitar shop I work at once and we talked about sitars, LCD Soundsystem, and why there's no rock 'n' roll scene in France.
Tommy, post some stories you dick.
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Met Dan Deacon at Virgin Fest 07 and he grabbed my crotch
Met Wayne Coyne when i jumped the fest at a weird festival type thing in Allentown PA (Pennsylvania's texas)
wayne hugged me, talked about christmas on mars, helped him carry an amp, and then made fun of thurston moore's hair who i didnt realize was standing offstage who then came forward to talk with us. greatst day of my life
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haha. this is funny. living here I've run into and had conversations with quite a few actors and musicians - I usually don't realize who they are though until later or if it comes up in conversation. I don't have a tv and and woefully ignorant of the people in bands I like (I generally don't give a crap who they are or what they look like as long as they make good music). I also have a pretty bad memory for names and faces. I think the last two were bumming a cigarette to the dude in gaslight anthem outside of a fake problems show and chatting for a while and one of the actors from firefly / serenity. Can't remember either of their names, but nice dudes.
*edit* oh and in the course of my job I meet a lot of directors, producers, blah blah. most of the time they just irritate me though :-)
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I made out with Rachel Goswell, got stoned with Money Mark, got drunk with Oasis and made Nick Cave laugh.
The Ass Ponys/Wussy singer liived at my house for a couple of weeks.
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Drank with Flogging Molly a couple times at a friend's house.
Kissed Scott Weiland.
Hung out with James and Kirk from Metallica.
Close with members of Cockfight Club.
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I made Nick Cave laugh.
Explain.
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Not much indie cred to flash here, but I'll humor you.
- Met, talked to, had things signed, and had pictures taken with Silversun Pickups at a meet-and-greet. The lead guy, Brian, is the only person who has ever recognized my Secret Machines shirt.
- Met, talked to, had things signed by Jonny Lang and Reeve Carney. Not indie, but they're still awesome.
- Have talked to Let's Go Sailing and Oh No! Oh My! on MySpace. Shana Levy's favorite ice cream is rocky road.
- Have talked to Shiny Toy Guns. Got cut off by drunk chicks, sadly, but it was cool.
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Went to a restaurant, and the entire band of Metallica was seated at the table directly behind me. Not joking.
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I wasn't counting the email interview I had with Jason Newsted after he left Metallica, but what the hell. Why not.
(I was on Echobrain's street team. Ended up getting a package in the mail one day with their first video on VHS and a return address that simply read "J. Newsted")
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i've supported Operator Please and played ping pong with them.
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...they didn't write a song about it, did they??
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...they didn't write a song about it, did they??
haha, i got one of them to play with it with, because of the song.
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JJ Cale's keyboardist, Rocky Frisco, is a friend of mine.
(Rocky's own claim, if he chose to make it, would eclipse that of everyone here - he was friends with Elvis in the late 50's.)
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I've also met and talked with the drummers from System of Down and Incubus, not that I'm into those bands anymore but it was cool at the time.
If I met Incubus, I'd just want to talk to Ben Kenney the whole time. And even then, I'd just be using him to find some way to stalk The Roots. Because ?uestlove and his epic hair (:mrgreen:) are just awesome. If I could talk to anyone in the music business, I'd definitely talk to him. That said, I don't have any stories of my own yet.
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I have hung out with the lead singer of Jimmy's band. He's a pretty cool guy.
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Man, what are you talking about? The dude is a total ass and doesn't even have a real Australian accent.
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- I've met Eric Gaffney from Sebadoh on many occasions, and he hit on my girlfriend once. If you ever go to The Basement in Northampton, chances are you'll run into him.
- I shook Wayne Coyne's hand and he shot confetti at me from a confetti cannon in Times Square before the New Years show.
- I've met The Essex Green and The Shout Out Louds at their concert.
- Julian Koster played a show at a friend of a friend's backyard, and he wore a Sgt. Pepper's outfit the entire weekend. There was also a guy that played called 8bit Gorilla that was just some guy in a gorilla costume doing 80s flashdance moves to Neil Young.
- I've recorded at the studios of two people, one who hangs out with and records Edgar and Johnny Winter on a regular basis and the other who is the audio engineer for Guitar Hero, and has recorded Slash and a bunch of others.
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Meatjack slept at my house after a show at the Nybinghi (RIP). Was Bobby (High Times) Black's assistant/concierge for the first Emmissions From the Monolith Festival.
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Julian Koster played a show at a friend of a friend's backyard, and he wore a Sgt. Pepper's outfit the entire weekend.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I met Al Jardine from the Beach Boys the other day, shook his hand, and said "Al! I love you man!" I also high-fived the drummer from the band Al was playing with, David Logeman, who used to drum for Frank Zappa and Jan & Dean.
I was at a party a few months ago and I met the guy who wrote some song by Lifehouse. I can't remember which one because I don't really know anything about Lifehouse.
I went to see Peter Yarrow from Peter Paul and Mary perform at Barnes and Noble and I made sure to get there really early. He didn't really have any roadies so he and one other guy set up the mics and Peter walked around the room talking to everyone while he was setting up. Afterwards when he was signing stuff, I presented him with my copy of an original 60s-era PPM vinyl and he said to his daughter (keep in mind I'm only 20), "This is one of our original fans, he's been with us since the 60s, since he was just a little boychik."
During Yo La Tengo's acoustic tour, I was sitting pretty close to the stage and I shouted "You guys should play Pass the Hatchet all acoustic, 'cause it'll be funny," (Pass the Hatchet I Think I'm Goodkind being one of their hardest-rockin' songs). Ira angrily responded, "Funny? We don't do things to be funny!" and then they played the hardest, most electric version of Pass the Hatchet I'd ever seen.
A few years ago I saw Michale Graves (from the Misfits) and after the show I tried discussing politics with him, because during his performance he was talking about being a Republican and how he used to be in the military. I don't think he took me very seriously. After that, I got him to sign my wallet.
I don't know if anyone's heard of The Banner, but I know one of their guitar players.
My brother's friend's father dated Cyndi Lauper.
My friend's uncle wrote the Mission Impossible theme song.
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During Yo La Tengo's acoustic tour, I was sitting pretty close to the stage and I shouted "You guys should play Pass the Hatchet all acoustic, 'cause it'll be funny," (Pass the Hatchet I Think I'm Goodkind being one of their hardest-rockin' songs). Ira angrily responded, "Funny? We don't do things to be funny!" and then they played the hardest, most electric version of Pass the Hatchet I'd ever seen.
How exactly did they manage to play an electric version of a song on an acoustic rig?
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I shook hands with David Dramon of Disturbed, had about a thirty minute convo with him before the concert, and took a picture of my girlfriend-at-the-time giving him a kiss on the cheek.
Also, I've hung out with Slayer for about twenty minutes.
I met Ziggy Marley at a club he was playing at.
I sold Billy-Ray Sirus (sp?) a computer while I was working at Fry's.
I met two of the Pussy Cat Dolls at a club.
And, lastly, I sold another computer to Hailey Duff.
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- Tried on Shiny Toy Guns' pants. Two pairs. They were/are good friends of my roomie at the time and did laundry at our place a when in town (before they went all bigtime)
- Made out with lead singer of Crystal Castles during an afterparty they attended at our place. Health was staying with us that night as well, and the lead singer had his shoes stolen in the chaos.
- Kill Hannah came to a party we put on (lead singer ended up crashing there). Friend of mine talked to the lead singer for a half hour wearing nothing but tighty whiteys, strung out on pills.
- Had a long discussion with lead singer of Adult. about her dress post-show. Her mother hand sewed it. Also, she's adorable.
- Kiss Kiss broke up in our living room (upon doing research, it seems they're back together. dammit.)
- Hugged the lead singer of Xiu Xiu. And his cousin (the keyboardist) on stage post-show. Strangest concert I've ever attended. So so tense. Band was very approachable and I was very drunk.
- Got crazily drunk with Klaxons post-show at some local bar. Jesus those chaps can drink.
- Punched Gavin Rossdale in the back three times during a concert.
- Went thrift store shopping with Blonde Redhead when they were in town. Met them on the street, and they asked where the good ones were hidden. We spent a few hours trying on clothes with Kazu and Amedeo. So so nice. They thanked us during the show.
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- Punched Gavin Rossdale in the back three times during a concert.
:-)
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- Punched Gavin Rossdale in the back three times during a concert.
:-)
Yeah it was back in 2000? during the MTV Moby & Bush college tour thing. Hated Bush, loved Moby (at the time. yeesh.). About halfway through the show, he wanders out into the audience, still singing, and comes right to my row. He's walking in front of me singing -- and I distinctly remember this -- that Chemicals Between Us abortion of a track, and I feel like I need to do something. I mean, Gavin Rossdale is standing in front of me .
So, I punch him.
Thrice.
Not terribly hard, as there's securty around him, but hard enough that it's audible for a few seconds over the mic.
Proudest moment of my teenage life.
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My best friend is Wilson Zellar, son of Martin Zellar, as a soloist and in Martin Zellar and the Hardways. I also keep Elvis Presley locked in my closet, so that wins distance-wise.
For those who don't know, I was serious about the first and joking about the second. No need to Google "Julien keeps Elvis in closet theory"
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Probably my coolest story was when I went to an after-party on the roof of the Henry Fonda Theatre with members of the Shout Out Louds after their last show of their tour. It was pretty awesome, I was at the show on a press pass (I write for a magazine at Cal State Long Beach) and the pass was also admission to the party.
I talked to Adam Olenius for a little bit. He is such a nice guy, but he was kind of busy talking to people. We talked a little bit about music, He mentioned being a fan of Tom Waits and Swedish music in general.
I've talked to Kevin Barnes a couple times. At the first of Montreal show I went to, I also talked to Matthew Paris Dawson while he was still the bassist for the band for quite a while. He talked about his hat which was purchased at a TJ Maxx in Atlanta. He's a really cool guy. I saw of Montreal again (at a much bigger show) and I walked up to the bassist and said something along the lines of "great show... Matt right?" to which he replied that he was in fact Dave, the band's new bassist. He talked about being an of Montreal fan before getting into a band and how awesome that was, about the bands ever-increasing popularity and this and that it was a pretty cool conversation. BP Helium complimented me on my shirt.
I interviewed Jeffery Lewis who is a pretty awesome anti-folk artist while browsing the used CD racks of my local record store after seeing him open for The Mountain Goats the night before. It was a really cool interview except that I am not very good at doing interviews.
I talked to the members of Film School after they played an in-store at the same record store (fingerprints records in long beach)
Those are the ones that come to mind right now.
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My friend's uncle wrote the Mission Impossible theme song.
LALOOOOOOOOO SCHIFFFFFRRRIIIIIIINNNNN
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Buck 65 threw a pack of mentos at my face. The fruity kind. Dude used to be a shortstop, so he can throw pretty hard. I didn't catch it (and the crowd made an audible "awww" sound in response) but a cute girl picked it up for me and I split it with her. Buck and I chatted for about an hour after his set. He's a sweetheart.
When I was nary a child of 4, I came upon David Lee Roth in a San Francisco supermarket. He was there with his supermodel girlfriend, and he gazed upon the assortment of deli meats on display and said "cool!" (my mom told me about this, I barely remember it)
I met James Iha and Billy Howerdel at Denver International Airport security. They had played a A Perfect Circle show the night before at Red Rocks that I could not attend. Billy Howerdel's a really nice guy, even if his solo stuff is excruciating. James Iha is a tremendous dick. Looking back on it, Jeordie White was probably also there but I didn't know who he was at the time and thus did not address him.
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Ricky Osbourne from Eddison is my boyfriend's step-uncle.
John Schneck from Relient K emailed me back, telling me how to play my favourite song of theirs.
I realize I am shamed for liking Relient K. I miss the days before they were popular. *sigh*
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I was next in line after Coolio at the checkout of the music store and talked to him for a minutes or so. He had a really cracked-out voice.
"You play in a band?"
- "Yeah."
"What you play?"
- (me holding two packs of guitar strings and 5 picks in my hand) "Guitar and sometimes cello."
"Cool. I dig that. Need to use more weird instruments in bands yo."
That was mostly it.
Then I ran into Westlife (looking hungover as hell) in the Mexico City airport. What was 10 times more terrifying was the mob of teenage girls that was chasing them and almost zerg-rushed my group.
My good friend Jen's brother is playing at the Winnipeg folk festival and is being mentored / coached / whatevered by the singer of the Weakerthans.
I know about 30% of the current world of rap music through a college friend who is a very successful DJ and radio host.
Which, of course, means that I've never met any of them. It's a degrees-of-separation thing.
I shook the hand of the Pantéon Rococo guitarist after their show at a festival in 2006 and told him in semi-fluent Spanish how awesome I found their set.
Aaaaaand the singer of the Dropkick Murphys waved around my crutch at a show.
Sadly, I can't say I really know any of these people.
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I shook Tony Levins hand after his first show where he was all alone. He played the stick for most of the show
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- Punched Gavin Rossdale in the back three times during a concert.
:-)
Yeah it was back in 2000? during the MTV Moby & Bush college tour thing. Hated Bush, loved Moby (at the time. yeesh.). About halfway through the show, he wanders out into the audience, still singing, and comes right to my row. He's walking in front of me singing -- and I distinctly remember this -- that Chemicals Between Us abortion of a track, and I feel like I need to do something. I mean, Gavin Rossdale is standing in front of me .
So, I punch him.
Thrice.
Not terribly hard, as there's securty around him, but hard enough that it's audible for a few seconds over the mic.
Proudest moment of my teenage life.
My friend Mitch and I thank you very much. We recently had to review some of his abysmal solo efforts and so now hate him more than before.
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- Kissed Carla Bozulich.
I honestly didn't think I would have that many to list.
screw Ian Macaye, this is the best thing on here. i used to be totally obsessed with Carla Bozulich, at one point i was invited to a party she was supposed to be at and flew to LA to be there - in the end i missed her :/ Carla called my girlfriend because we had bought a shirt from her and a year later she found the check on the floor as she was getting ready to tour europe and asked if it was still okay to cash it. It wasn't okay and we payed her at the next show she did in town, and she kissed my girlfriend. Recently at a Evangelista show she climbed off the stage and held my friends head, sung into his ear then did the same for another friend on the other side of me. I was a little put out.
A friend of mine used to date Tom Waits' daughter, though the closest i've been to him was watching in awe as he bought a banana at a grocery store.
I run into Azeem at the natural grocery store often and think how hypocritical his organic food revolutionaries song is. That aside he's very charming and nice to talk to.
Boots from the Coup has my same bank branch, so we run into each other occasionally and talk about music, he's usually stoned out of his mind.
Carla Kihlstedt is good friends with a couple of my friends and we've been talking a lot at parties about music, politics and mortality. She gives the best hugs. And free tickets to her shows is awesome. At some point maybe she can introduce me to Carla Bozulich and i can be less star struck then.
One of my exes was neighbors with one of the members of Team Dresch and would give me tshirts cds and got us free tickets to their only show in recent memory, unfortunately i never got to meet them :/
Mark Growden gave me a lapdance while singing a song about dirty fucking sex, on the accordion no less. Hot
i have one of Joni Mitchell's dulcimers and have played both Janis Joplin's and Doc Watson's guitar (they're my mother's, one day maybe they'll be mine)
When i was 12 i was invited to meet the Ramones by a family friend, i couldn't care less at the time. I'm not sure if i care that i passed that up.
I talked at length with Daniel Higgs of Lungfish about my poetry and his inspirations, and almost got a tattoo done by him.
My girlfriend's nipples were pierced by an ex of Ani DiFranco's
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My girlfriend's nipples were pierced by an ex of Ani DiFranco's
Oddest association ever.
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would you believe me if i said i got to hug tom waits?
it was godlike
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I was SUPPOSED to go to an Opeth show with my friends, but my idiot brother forgot to go buy the tickets (for which I had given him my money).
They met Peter Lindgren (he was still in the band then) in a record store. Fucking worst day of my life.
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must've had a pretty comfortable life there
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I spent my Saturday night getting into an argument with Jaguar Love (part Blood Brothers, part Pretty Girls Make Graves, mostly awesome) as they turned up at the club I work at and expected free entry for themselves and their support band (one of whom is a good friend) - after politely telling them that if a couple of guys from each band paid entry (£5 on a Saturday night to a huge indie club) then the rest of them would be in for free - half of them had already got their stamps anyway (I was trying to be discreet with this/do them a favour whilst under the watchful eye of the guy who runs the venue). At this point, Cody, who had been rather schmoozy and trying to flatter his way in, suddenly pulled the whole 'oh my God, we have to pay? But we've just played a gig here, man' card, announced 'F** this' and flounced out of the venue.
Some people may sympathise with this - they are not a rich band, they've just pulled out of supporting The Faint because they can't afford the transport, but club nights are not charity funds for musicians wanting to get wasted, and in Brighton, half of the clubbing populace consists of scene-orientated musicians, most of whom will try and chance it but do so in a tongue in cheek fashion.
I am slightly gutted that they were such utter twats, though.
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I talked to the members of Film School after they played an in-store at the same record store (fingerprints records in long beach)
You are living my life. Stop it nao.
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I spent my Saturday night getting into an argument with Jaguar Love (part Blood Brothers, part Pretty Girls Make Graves, mostly awesome) as they turned up at the club I work at and expected free entry for themselves and their support band (one of whom is a good friend) - after politely telling them that if a couple of guys from each band paid entry (£5 on a Saturday night to a huge indie club) then the rest of them would be in for free - half of them had already got their stamps anyway (I was trying to be discreet with this/do them a favour whilst under the watchful eye of the guy who runs the venue). At this point, Cody, who had been rather schmoozy and trying to flatter his way in, suddenly pulled the whole 'oh my God, we have to pay? But we've just played a gig here, man' card, announced 'F** this' and flounced out of the venue.
Some people may sympathise with this - they are not a rich band, they've just pulled out of supporting The Faint because they can't afford the transport, but club nights are not charity funds for musicians wanting to get wasted, and in Brighton, half of the clubbing populace consists of scene-orientated musicians, most of whom will try and chance it but do so in a tongue in cheek fashion.
I am slightly gutted that they were such utter twats, though.
I have no idea who you're talking about, but I fully supprot your decisons to refuse arsewank musicians entry into a club,. Though, they prboably would've bought alot of beer to make up for it, as misicians are wont to do, depsite blagging. Perhap why they are so poor in the first place. Sorry if this is bot coherent, I've been out on the town.
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^ That makes perfect sense - (possibly because I have also been out on the town :-) ) - I'm pretty sure they'd have upped the bar takings, but I kind of need people to pay their entry in order to get paid at the end of the night! Apparently, they all ended up at a pub where they were treated with indifference and had an early night of it. I like them as a band, but manners, people. Honestly.
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I'm just going to stick with popular musicians/artists.
-I almost touched Cedric Bixler's hand at a Mars Volta concert.
-Katherine Hepburn lived in my town
-And even though it doesn't really fit, my dad's girlfriend knew Jeffrey Dahmer
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If we're including our parents in this, my dad trumps just about everyone here...
He used to go on tour to do lighting design for the likes of Metallica (on their tour for the black album none the less), Poison, Ratt, and countless other bands before I was born... He stopped though when I was born because he didn't want to be on the road all the time.
It's really cool going to shows with him because he knows most of the venues out here in LA like the back of his hand...
Oh and apparently when I was little, my family went to the snow and my dad ran into one of the members of Metallica (I believe it was Lars, but I could be wrong) and if I have my story straight, they recognized each other and had themselves a nice chat...
(at least I believe that is the gist of what happened, although it's been a while since I heard the story and I do have quite the imagination)
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I have met and chilled with a good many local acts from Atlanta, Athens, Charlotte, Asheville, Greensboro, and Miami. I got to hang with George Clinton last time he came to Charlotte, that dude is a rager... I also partied with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band in Charlotte. Those dudes are some dirty old men for real. In a few weeks I'll be hanging with the most of the rest of P-Funk cause they're playing a festival I'm running stages for. Also gonna get to hang with the guys from EOTO (members of String Cheese Incident) and Lotus and lots more.
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My brother dated Karen O. and when she came over to hang out with him once when he wasn't there we hung out for like 2 hours listening to music.
It was awesome.
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Ah, the stuff
wet dreams are made of..
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Nothing much.
I saw cyndi lauper interviewed on a Canadian television show called The Hour.
When I saw sonic youth, someone offered me to go in front of them because of my height. Long story short, I ended up standing, front row literally about 10 feet from Thurston Moore for half of the show and then I managed to somehow get over to Kim Gordon and she smiled at me.
I'm more known in the local music scene and know alot of bands around here.
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Was pulled on stage and played theremin with Cornelius
Played guitar with Adrian Belew & John Wetton - Members of King Crimson
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I saw cyndi lauper interviewed on a Canadian television show called The Hour.
I must be reading this wrong, as there's nothing special about seeing someone interviewed on television..
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Studio audience, maybe?
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I talked to the lead singer of These Estates after a show one time. :-o
Also, 'grats on getting in with Rah Rah, fuck I love them and want all the good things to happen to them. PS: I have a little crush on the violin girl (forget her name)
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I had a couple of worthy experiences at pitchfork this past weekend. First and moremost, I overheard someone talking about backpacking through budapest before A Hawk and a Hacksaw's set, and I asked him about the subway there, since a movie I like a lot was shot there (Control). The guy had both been in the subway and seen the movie, so we talked about hungary and various things for a long time. Somewhere in our conversation he mentions being an old friend of jeremy barnes and introduces himself as eric, the drummer for elf power. I'm not really knowledgeable about elephant 6, but I realized later that I had been talking to eric harris, late of olivia tremor control.
Also, I almost got talked into getting a massage from a sweaty, mostly naked tim harrington.
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And you refused? Seriously?
Tim Harrington is a fox.
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I saw cyndi lauper interviewed on a Canadian television show called The Hour.
I must be reading this wrong, as there's nothing special about seeing someone interviewed on television..
haha no, i guess i should have given more details. I saw her interviewed during a taping of the show
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Many months ago at a house party King Khan gave me pot brownies. Does that count?
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i met wayne coyne
(http://i35.tinypic.com/2v0btkz.jpg)
im on left. he gave me a great hug and we talked about Christmas On Mars
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Last month I had dinner, went to the beach and drank sangria with Off Minor. Cool? y/n
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Last month I had dinner, went to the beach and drank sangria with Off Minor. Cool? y/n
y
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:)
Also:
Last year I met Lovefoxxx after a Cansei de Ser Sexy show.
And two years ago I had dinner next to Xiu Xiu just before their show. Their table was right next to mine. Jamie Stewart smiled at me.
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I just found out a band that I know three people from (but I've never listened to them) suddenly got really popular - Titus Andronicus.
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Word they were all over a McCarren Pool Party here recently and I believe Sam saw them.
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Opened for Joan of Arc a couple months ago.
Sold a sweepstake ticket to Robert Plant when I was a wee young'n. Had no idea who he was at the time though.. :-(
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Attended a four-week program with members of Maps & Atlases two years back, we're still close. I've run into Kyp Malone before (once during a performance/Q&A, and then again), and he knows my face. There are some more, I'll edit this later.
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I've partied with multiple bands, but I don't really ever care enough to make a deal out of it at all. The only time I got excited was when I found out I could've met the drummer from Alkaline Trio, but instead of taking me (a huge Alkaline Trio fan), my roommate took some whore friend of hers (WHO DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHO THEY WERE!).
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dystancholitects, watch out for the difference between Quote and Modify.
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For the one guy I've seen mention The Long Winters on here: I hung out with John Roderick and Eric Corson after they played a gig in Birmingham. I was wearing a Harvey Danger t-shirt at the time which I thought might've been awkward but they both approved [and I complimented Eric's awesome John Vanderslice tee]. They invited me to go drinking with them but I had to get home. Oh and at one point Eric put his arm around a female friend of mine who I started dating a few weeks later.
I've talked to Gareth, Tom and Neil from Los Campesinos! after a show in Bedford. In fact, me and Tom discussed Theme Park tactics - the ol' increase-the-salt/raise-the-price-of-soda trick and all that. Me and Gareth talked about how the NME are idiots and Sparky Deathcap is awesome.
And if online things count, I've had a fair few online discussions with Gareth Campesinos! [about downloading music and disagreeing about Kate Nash] and Julia Indelicate.
Oh, I've high-fived Alan Sparhawk and had a decent talk with Rob Pope from Spoon [who gave me a signed setlist]
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The Who was at Woodstock; they couldn't get DYLAN.
Let's see...hm.
I've played with the Love Drums.
I've hung out with Penny Whiskey (and will be again in a few weeks)
Hung out, taken lessons from, and generally had a good time with Paleface (the whitest Indians, ever)
Met Melanie, requested a song, and she signed a picture of her for me
Met Billy Joe Shaver, talked with him, he signed my guitar (and my forehead)
...hm...
There's something else, and I just. Can't. Think of it.
Ann Tiley, Dean Goodsell, Al Wiseman, Tim Jones, Carole Edwards...they're all part of the Nashville folk scene, and they're great people...
Met some no-account emo band that broke down once. Sadly, I could play better than them and I'd only been playing guitar for about four months.
Friends with DAVE VITERNA...who is easily the best local guitarist, and could make it big-time if he really wanted to.
Musicians to two degrees...
My father has Johnny Cash's autograph; he wrote out his address and gave it to him. Cash owned one of my father's paintings until he died.
My aunt met Lennon's Aunt Mimi.
Guy I knew in Tennessee had a lesson from Joe Walsh and didn't realize who he was until a few days later.
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Used to hang out with and still occasionally hang out with members of:
Thursday and my chemical romance (not a fan just worked at Eyballrecords and did all the promo for the first mcr album)
did karaoke with Piebald and Alkaline trio
one of my best friends was in the band The Number 12 looks like you
Partied with the lawerence arms many times
hung out with Tommy lee and conor oberst while watching the pixies at coachella
smoke weed with a dude in the band steel train
talked to Toby from H2O at a show at a college
hung out with the bands have heart, the backup plan and scraps and heart attacks
hung out at a bar with members of The Explosion, Modern life is war and the loved ones
and the ultimate talked to Bono at a Kmart in greenwich village one night a few years ago
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What the hell was Bono doing at a K-Mart?? Isn't he all anti-sweatshop labor and the like?
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and the ultimate talked to Bono at a Kmart in greenwich village one night a few years ago
I can't imagine Bono at the Astor Place K-Mart without cracking a smile.
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Apparently Steven Tyler goes to the Walmart my ex works at.
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What the hell was Bono doing at a K-Mart?? Isn't he all anti-sweatshop labor and the like?
well remember they did announce the pop mart tour at a kmart in 97 or 98 whenever it was
my (now) wife and i were on the up escalator and he was behind us. i whispered something to her. she turned around and stared at him.
he came right up to us and said yes i am bono without us asking and he was commenting on the things we were buying. really cool dude. and only in NYC could this happen.
met so many cool people just hanging out at small bars, cafes, stores and show venues
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The opening band for Spiritualized was The Dirtbombs. I got there early so I could get right up close to the stage. I happened to stand right where the microphone was plugged in. So in the part where the drummer gets to sing, he came right up to me and screamed like half an inch away from my face.
Then he got down off the stage and went on a political tirade.
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Talked to all the members of MuteMath, and held Darren King's drum for him. Also talked to Newsboys except for Peter. Aaaand that's pretty much it. Oh, and I hit a bar with Thom Yorke once, but that was a while back. ...I wish. >_>
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I met the lead singer of Linkin Park at a waterpark. Not indie but whatever. I was relaxing in a warming pool and I heard someone say he was close by. I didn't really care, but I went cause some hot girls started running over there. I said hi and shook his hand, then his wife came by and dragged him away hahahahaha =P.
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I lolled.
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I met Robert Schneider of the Apples in Stereo at Central Park's Summer Stage after they played, he's really cool, has a normal voice when talking!
Met the Mooney Suzuki when they played Maxwell's, they're really chill...
Held up Win Butler during Rebellion at the Arcade Fire Randall's Island show, if that counts.
Saw Dinosaur Jr. outside of the Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Centre (i.e. where Conan films).
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I watched Maynard pee.
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friends with mooney suzuki, albert hammond jr recognizes me, met nikolai from the strokes, brendan and patrick from the raconteurs, two of the hives, wilco, all of the police except sting, kings of leon, secret machines, adam green and a bunch more.
online i've talked to albert, mooney, the thermals, and a few others.
good times.
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...LAYNE?!
...it is definitely layne. i met the MS and robert schneider with him.
also; pertaining to the thread, i met maps and atlases on friday, they're really nice guys - dave has a normal voice in person, haha. my bassist and drummer knew them already, we're going to play a show with them. i'm pumped.
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Haha god it's a small world.
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I met Chris Trapper after one of his solo shows in May. In order to understand how excited I was, you need to know that I have been listening to his music for ten years, and he is my all-time favorite artist.
(http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o78/brillianteraser/n114502535_30806791_8786.jpg)
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I met the lead singer of Emish a few days ago.
Hung out with the guys from Penny Whiskey, more in depth than last year. I had one of them sign my forehead, and the CD, and we talked a bit. Asking if I had to (hypothetically) kidnap one of them, who would be missed the least ,the vote was, more or less, Kirk. Paul said he probably wouldn't be missed much. This is the Paul that popped out with, "There's these two parrots, and they're sitting on a perch, and one says to the other, do you smell something fishy?"
"...'Cause they're sitting on a perch."
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I had eye sex with Sarah Balliet.
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No worse than nasal sex. Snorrrrt.
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that sounds painful.
You've no idea.
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A couple of my friends and I are going to hang out with Benn Jordan after one of his upcoming shows, I guess because my friend's girlfriend has been chatting him up on the nets for a month or two now. I'm just trying to figure out what the guy's gonna be like...that music doesn't come from a normal person.
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I had lunch with Cyndi Lauper last week. She talked about her family (particularly her 10-year-old related drama), fashion, and of course the state of music. She also got fairly sloshed on mojitos and started calling people "rat-fucks". Good times.
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Interviewing Al from Hot Chip this afternoon.
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Walking out of a We Are Scientists/Arctic Monkeys concert, I happened to look over and see Keith Murray and he waved at me. (He was looking directly at me so I'm 99% sure it was me he was waving to) I went over and met him. Since I am a dork, all I could think to say was "you guys are good."
Met Storm Large & got autograph and picture of me and her at a bar in Portland. She was there to do this promotion thing.
ALMOST met Colin Meloy once. He was hanging around outside the venue at an Arcade Fire concert that I went to, and he was literally less than arm's length from me and he was looking at me, but I was too nervous to say anything to him. I was kicking myself for weeks after that.
Met Old 97's after a free show they played at one of my favorite record stores. (I didn't manage to get tickets to their actual show that night, so I went to that instead.) Not sure if it counts because it was really a meet-and-greet sort of thing, but they are my favorite alt-country band. I told Rhett Miller this and he said that was an honor. He also said I had a cool name. (Note: I also saw someone there who looked EXACTLY like Janet Weiss from Sleater-Kinney. I'm not sure if it were really her though.)
Never actually met her, but sometimes I email Carol van Dyk from Bettie Serveert (my favorite band) on her MySpace. She doesn't always reply but when she does, she writes rather long emails, which I love, especially since I know she's busy. She seems to be very nice, too. We exchanged top ten CDs lists a few months back.
CRAWWWWLING IIIIN MY SKIIIIIIN
MY WIIIIIFE SHE BEEAAAATS ME DAAIIILYYYY
Holy shit, I laughed so hard I got tears in my eyes.
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Used to hang out with a Canadian band called Hedley. Mostly they are lame radio-rock, but it was 3 years ago, and it was catchy, and it was all the Jager I wanted. Met some really cool people that worked on their tours and stuff.
Two of the guys in the band turned out to be real assholes though, so I distanced myself from the whole scene.
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I have had makeouts with the singer/guitarist of a popular Canadian band.
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(http://www3.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Boston+Red+Sox+v+Toronto+Blue+Jays+zjSPnbDMpY6l.jpg)
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Gross. No.
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"Popular" being a subjective or relative adjective?
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There are popular Canadian bands, now?
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Emilio has been editing my posts again, Sam.
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So you didn't? Man I woulda high fived you so hard
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Oh, I totally did. Emilio changed 'guitarist' to 'bassist' so he could post a picture of a creepy dude.
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o/
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\o
Jens, your time may come. Don't be upset!
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Jens, you're in Norway.(right?) I don't think her lips would reach that far.
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He will most likely be here in August for Chicagocon.
I will be at Chicagocon.
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on top of the others i have posted,
I interviewed man man (see the topic entitled 'I interviewed man man' to listen to/read the interview)
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ITT: International webcest!
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I think I just ensured that we will have a Norwegian forumite at Chicagocon.
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I met J. Mascis last night at a Built to Spill show (Dinosaur opened for them). He was just kind of like, standing in the middle of the floor before the show started. We talked for a minute or two and he signed my shirt. He was pretty cool, he seemed kind of out of it though; then again, this is J. Mascis we're talking about.
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Sean Lennon kinda brushed me while leaving the stage with Cibo Matto.
:|
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Andrew Scott got his sweat on me.
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Travis Nelsen from Okkervil River SHOT ME.
...Only with a water pistol, but still. Got a hug from Will Sheff later on, so it's all ok now.
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I went to college with one of the guys and high school with two of guys from Titus Andronicus. They're all assholes.
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Belle and Sebastian signed me a drum head about a week after Isobel left.
I have plenty of local stories, but they're probably not bands people listening to the stuff discussed here would care about. I'm kind of a musical outlier in 'the scene.' Even lsitening to Ted Leo (used to live here) is beyond most of the people around here who care.
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I went to college with one of the guys and high school with two of guys from Titus Andronicus. They're all assholes.
They played the worst cover of "Where Eagles Dare" ever at a show I saw.
I went to college with Ra Ra Riot, and I know some of them fairly well. Their manager always recognizes me at shows.
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I accidentally hit the lead singer of the LunaChicks in the face with a bathroom stall door. She was pushing on a pull door, so I couldn't get in from the other side, so I kicked the door, and it slammed into her face. She was understandably upset, I feel less bad about it as years go on, but it was still a dick move.
I also comforted one of the members of Circle Takes the Square, after they played a show, and audience members asked them to turn it down so that they could hear their friends talking better. The crowd really just wasn't into it. I guess they're famous or something now.
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Holy shit.
That is one of the rudest things I have ever heard.
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Who the fuck would go to a CTTS show to talk to their friends?
Dude, turn it up LOUDER. Revoke their earplugs if they have any.
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Those jerks need to release the new album. It's been almost 5 years :(
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I also comforted one of the members of Circle Takes the Square, after they played a show, and audience members asked them to turn it down so that they could hear their friends talking better.
That is probably the rudest/meanest thing I have ever heard. Ever.
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I don't know, I don't think that it's polite, but they weren't very good, either. Perhaps it was an off night. Almost everyone went outside, and those that remained decided to talk to each other. Although, I have heard many people say that it's terrible that people did that, but have seen similar behavior with bands that aren't really popular, and no one seems to care.
I should probably mention this was in like 2002 that this all occurred, I don't know what was going on with said band at this time, as I do not listen to them, so perhaps they weren't really popular at that point.
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I've met Jon Courtney and Chloe Alper and I will be highly impressed if anyone knows which band they're in, even here
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+1 respect to you.
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Cheat.