brushes with fame (music industry)
Submitted by taryn on Tue, 02/20/2001 - 10:23
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- david byrne (front row seats for his lecture on powerpoint art)
- john dinsmore (drummer for the doors; shook his hand at a book signing and heard him perform at a native american festival)
- david bowie (waited by his bus for a wave--stood about 4 feet from him)
- jeff healey (this was more like fame's brush with me--let's just say i was trying to get through a crowded bar and he ended up apologizing profusely...)
- spin doctors (jumped around in inflatable castle with band during Fredrock at SUNY Fredonia)
- sarah slean (photo op & short chat about whether she's cuter than meg ryan)
- ani difranco (met her at fredonia state - concert w/ an audience of 12...)
- moxy fruvous (met them several times--which isn't hard, really)
- eddie vedder (held him up when he jumped into the crowd at lollapalooza)
- jeff ament (also of pearl jam--chatted with, got autograph)
- natalie merchant (went horseback riding with her at a friend's house)
- peter murphy (shook his hand outside his tour bus)
- october project/november project (met all of them at 2 separate CD signings)
- vance gilbert (said hello at a gas station after a folk festival)
- tory cassis (signed my shoes after the fruvous show 11/97; conversed with quite a few times since)
- 2nd degree brushes
- van morrison - met a protestant minister in northern ireland who had played with van in their high school garage band
- sinead o'connor - met a counselor in dublin who had been a grade ahead of sinead in school
These are folks you've actually met? Chatted with? Passed on the street? More details, please! :)
there--i've attached an "in brief" explanation to each...happy now? =)
sigh.
the only famous people i've met are
hayden
prince phillp
mr dressup
tyler from the barenaked ladies (was at my cousin's wedding....)
jessie sprinkle (hee hee)
Vance Gilbert is definitely cool. I saw him at a folk festival last summer in Oulu, and he was
way approachable afterwards. I'd go see him again.
for anyone in the rochester, ny area--he'll be playing the 12 Corners Coffeehouse on January 15 at 8:00pm. you should definitely check 'im out!
I really don't have anything comparable although I did play whiffle ball with Wilco and helped the Jayhawks and Victoria Williams set up their stage gear.
I don't know if this really counts, but My Aunt worked for Michael Jackson. She was a zookeeper at Neverland Ranch and she worked with the Elephants. She said (surpirse) that the guy was a complete nutjob. My favorite story she'd tell about him is that he had this fat guy who looked like Santa dressed up as a train conductor and drive this little train around all day. The supervisor fired him because he thought he was worthless, and when Michael came to visit (this was in the 80's, so he was busy being HUGE) he looked around and said, "Where's my jolly fat man?"
hi--I'd love to chat with your aunt, the ex-elephant keeper at Neverland. I'm a reporter for the Los Angeles Times and I'm doing a piece on Neverland. I can be reached via email at steve.chawkins@latimes.com or at (805)653-7561.
thanks much,
Steve Chawkins
Staff Writer
Los Angeles Times