Name Dropping - Page 3

mrnoodle · 10-15-2006, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smoothmoniker

Ms. Hewitt came by the rehearsal studio one day at noon, and brought lunch for the band. She was wearing sweats and flip flips, no makeup, hair in a hat.

You have done something no one else has ever done: You have come up with a scenario in which I would be rendered utterly speechless.

zippyt · 10-14-2006, 02:41 PM

No Bruce you got that backwards , the guy that opened for PoCo met YOU !!!

xoxoxoBruce · 10-14-2006, 03:41 PM

I paid to watch...and hear. He got paid to come make the noise. Plus you should have seen the hot groupie...no, hot bandie.....make that hot Toadie....no that's not right....um, hot chick he left with.

lumberjim · 10-14-2006, 05:12 PM

I did paperwork for Bill Bergey. he's a dick.

Trilby · 10-14-2006, 05:19 PM

I kissed a Bay City Roller. I think his name was Woody.

Undertoad · 10-14-2006, 07:42 PM

Oh yeah, I forgot, I sold a Gizmo (a sorta-rare guitar effect) to Marty Willson-Piper of the Church. We had a nice 10-minute conversation.

I've also briefly met Chris Isaak, Julian Cope, and Sammy of the Bodeans in backstage "can we chat with the musicians" sort of deals. One of the advantages of the small club show is that sometimes the artists will be cool with people who want to come backstage after the show and meet n greet.

smoothmoniker · 10-14-2006, 10:40 PM

I got to hang out with Chick Corea in exactly that sort of setting once. It was after the last set at Catalina's (great jazz club here in LA), and he and the band just sort of ... hung around afterward. I was with a friend, we were both players, so we meandered over and asked if we could buy them a drink. 3 hours later, the drummer (Gary Novak) and I were sitting at the piano swapping chord voicings back and forth.

It seems like the higher the talent level goes, the less pretentious the people get.

I, of course, remain a megalomaniacal jack-ass.

Rock Steady · 10-14-2006, 10:53 PM

Phil Villapiano OLB of the 77 Raiders Super Bowl winners is a great guy. He sat next to me on a flight from Chicago to San Jose. He was playing in a celebrity golf torney in Monterey that weekend. I was returning from a trade show.

skysidhe · 10-15-2006, 02:51 AM

I saw Ronald Mcdonald once.

Undertoad · 10-15-2006, 07:41 AM

I was in the press room at Vet Stadium during the 1999 draft. We were working on the Eagles website at the time, and we were doing a "draft day live" sort of web event, where we'd update the page with information and new pictures and audio of press conferences and such.

The team pretty much knew they were going to take McNabb. So they arranged for him to be limo'd down to the Eagles' offices at the Vet where he did a quick web chat with the fans. Then he came down to the draft room and put on the #5 jersey while he waited to be officially photographed by the official photographer. I took shots of him while the guy was setting up, and we put them on the site.

Undertoad · 10-15-2006, 07:49 AM

PS on that msg. The most mind-boggling thing I saw that day was not all the big names of players and sportscasters I recognized.

I took the chat messages and put them up on the draft day live area. Print reporters milled around and noticed that, suddenly, there were a huge number of actual McNabb quotes laid out right in front of them. A number of them jotted a few of them down.

It was then and there that I knew newspapers were dead. These lazy-ass reporters were taking the easy road and not actually asking questions or actually covering an event. Their stories would hint that they asked the questions of McNabb, when actually it was fans who asked them, and there was no proof at all that McNabb had actually made any of the statements attributed to him. But what's more, the chat was available directly from the team, so there was no need for a newspaper if you wanted to know the real deal... 24 hours later.

JayMcGee · 10-15-2006, 09:14 PM

The Current Wife's best friend at school was John Lennon's chauffer's daughter.... they both used to be picked up from school in the psychadaelic rolls-royce...... she's actually been in the white room where the Imagine video was shot....

My sister was nanny and housekeeper to the secretary to the Arts Council in the early 70's. As such, she arranged and served many a dinner for that lady's best friend, one Margaret Windsor......

zippyt · 10-15-2006, 09:44 PM

I studied Calculus with Jimmy Carter.

(not that Jimmy Carter!)

Hell I can top that , I married Carol Burnette

( not that Carol Burnette !!)

Shawnee123 · 10-16-2006, 09:18 AM

Johnny Depp asked me to marry him, but I was too busy sorting my sock drawer by color, width, and material. Shucks!

(I wish)

bluecuracao · 10-16-2006, 09:51 AM

Jonathan Frakes (Make it so, Number One!) hit on me one night, when he was really drunk.

10-14-2006, 02:41 PM	#2
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	No Bruce you got that backwards , the guy that opened for PoCo met YOU !!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

10-14-2006, 03:41 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I paid to watch...and hear. He got paid to come make the noise. Plus you should have seen the hot groupie...no, hot bandie.....make that hot Toadie....no that's not right....um, hot chick he left with. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-14-2006, 05:12 PM	#4
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I did paperwork for Bill Bergey. he's a dick. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-14-2006, 10:40 PM	#7
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	I got to hang out with Chick Corea in exactly that sort of setting once. It was after the last set at Catalina's (great jazz club here in LA), and he and the band just sort of ... hung around afterward. I was with a friend, we were both players, so we meandered over and asked if we could buy them a drink. 3 hours later, the drummer (Gary Novak) and I were sitting at the piano swapping chord voicings back and forth. It seems like the higher the talent level goes, the less pretentious the people get. I, of course, remain a megalomaniacal jack-ass. __________________ to live and die in LA

10-14-2006, 10:53 PM	#8
Rock Steady Day Tripper Join Date: May 2005 Location: Silicon Valley Posts: 784	Phil Villapiano OLB of the 77 Raiders Super Bowl winners is a great guy. He sat next to me on a flight from Chicago to San Jose. He was playing in a celebrity golf torney in Monterey that weekend. I was returning from a trade show. __________________

10-14-2006, 05:19 PM	#5
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I kissed a Bay City Roller. I think his name was Woody.

10-14-2006, 07:42 PM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Oh yeah, I forgot, I sold a Gizmo (a sorta-rare guitar effect) to Marty Willson-Piper of the Church. We had a nice 10-minute conversation. I've also briefly met Chris Isaak, Julian Cope, and Sammy of the Bodeans in backstage "can we chat with the musicians" sort of deals. One of the advantages of the small club show is that sometimes the artists will be cool with people who want to come backstage after the show and meet n greet.

10-15-2006, 02:51 AM	#9
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	I saw Ronald Mcdonald once.

10-15-2006, 07:41 AM	#10
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I was in the press room at Vet Stadium during the 1999 draft. We were working on the Eagles website at the time, and we were doing a "draft day live" sort of web event, where we'd update the page with information and new pictures and audio of press conferences and such. The team pretty much knew they were going to take McNabb. So they arranged for him to be limo'd down to the Eagles' offices at the Vet where he did a quick web chat with the fans. Then he came down to the draft room and put on the #5 jersey while he waited to be officially photographed by the official photographer. I took shots of him while the guy was setting up, and we put them on the site.

10-15-2006, 07:49 AM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	PS on that msg. The most mind-boggling thing I saw that day was not all the big names of players and sportscasters I recognized. I took the chat messages and put them up on the draft day live area. Print reporters milled around and noticed that, suddenly, there were a huge number of actual McNabb quotes laid out right in front of them. A number of them jotted a few of them down. It was then and there that I knew newspapers were dead. These lazy-ass reporters were taking the easy road and not actually asking questions or actually covering an event. Their stories would hint that they asked the questions of McNabb, when actually it was fans who asked them, and there was no proof at all that McNabb had actually made any of the statements attributed to him. But what's more, the chat was available directly from the team, so there was no need for a newspaper if you wanted to know the real deal... 24 hours later.

10-15-2006, 09:14 PM	#12
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	The Current Wife's best friend at school was John Lennon's chauffer's daughter.... they both used to be picked up from school in the psychadaelic rolls-royce...... she's actually been in the white room where the Imagine video was shot.... My sister was nanny and housekeeper to the secretary to the Arts Council in the early 70's. As such, she arranged and served many a dinner for that lady's best friend, one Margaret Windsor...... __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

10-15-2006, 09:44 PM	#13
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	I studied Calculus with Jimmy Carter. (not that Jimmy Carter!) Hell I can top that , I married Carol Burnette ( not that Carol Burnette !!) __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

10-16-2006, 09:18 AM	#14
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Johnny Depp asked me to marry him, but I was too busy sorting my sock drawer by color, width, and material. Shucks! (I wish) __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-16-2006, 09:51 AM	#15
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	Jonathan Frakes (Make it so, Number One!) hit on me one night, when he was really drunk.

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