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Post by trantsgiving on Jan 7, 2021 12:29:52 GMT -5
Have you ever had a weird run in with a musician / celebrity? Post it here. I have one about Flying Lotus.
I saw Flying Lotus at a grocery store in Los Angeles yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying. The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter. When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.
Copy pasta aside, The Weeknd walked past me at Coachella in 2016 with part of his face covered and i realized it was him and yelled "oh my god, Abel?" and he covered the rest of his face and briskly walked away into the vip area
Post by Teddy Flair on Jan 7, 2021 13:28:35 GMT -5
Kirk Herbstreit asked the whole crew if anyone knew how many people knew how many people could fit in Bryant Denny Stadium, I piped in "101,821" and he was just like "uh-huh sure" before radioing into the truck for answers. "101,821 huh? Nice job kid." I was 24 at the time.
I closed for James Murphy and he insisted on taking down the turntables and setting up the extra CDJs for me. We have a stage manager that's supposed to do that but James insisted on doing it himself.
Post by Delicious Meatball Sub on Jan 7, 2021 13:41:43 GMT -5
When I was at Michigan I was president of a student organization that brought James Earl Jones in as a guest speaker. So as president, my job was to pick up James Earl Jones from the airport, grab lunch with him, and drive him back to Ann Arbor to speak. So I pick up James Earl Jones, which had I been thinking would have been an amazing opportunity to stand in baggage claim with a little sign that said "Mr. Jones," which would have been amazing but was totally unnecessary because he is a very large, intimidating man, and sorta easy to pick out in a crowd.
Anyway, James Earl Jones and I are doing the 30 minute drive back to Ann Arbor in my Ford Focus and ask him if there's any place in particular he'd like to get lunch in Ann Arbor. mind you, James Earl Jones went to Michigan, so I figured he'd want to go to Angelo's or Zingerman's or something, and since the club was paying I was particularly hoping he'd pick someplace expensive. Nay. James Earl Jones wants to eat at Denny's.
So we stop at a random Denny's off the interstate and there I am, sitting across from Darth Vader at a very small table. We're not exactly having scintillating conversation, we're both just kinda looking at the menu. Then, breaking the silence, in his best Field of Dreams voice, James Earl Jones out of nowhere goes "Moons Over My Hammy. HeHeHe."
Best hospitality rider request we ever got was Mount Kimbie asking for "a local puppy". So we brought the founder of III Points french bulldog and they played with him in the green room.
Post by 3post1jack1 on Jan 7, 2021 13:45:38 GMT -5
my best celebrity story is i met O.J. Simpson at the Atlanta airport when I was a kid. I asked got his autograph on a piece of paper and inside a Clive Cussler book I was reading. He was a fan of Clive Cussler and we chatted about our mutual love for the main character, Dirk Pitt. He signed the autograph "Peace to You, O.J. Simpson". He was so kind to me. Six months later I was at my friends house watching him in the bronco on the news.
phil and jill lesh walked by me at Bonnaroo 2004 during the My Morning Jacket 2004 afternoon set.
i met They Might Be Giants outside the Variety Playhouse after a show in 2004 I think it was. I was super drunk and likely made an ass out of myself since I'd been listening to them since 6th grade. Great show, they played "Fingertips" in it's entirety which I never thought they would do.
Post by NothingButFlowers on Jan 7, 2021 13:56:25 GMT -5
My celebrity stories are pretty lame.
I went to high school with the singer for Shinedown. He may have gone out with one of my friends for a while but I don’t think I ever actually spoke to him.
One of the saxophone players from the Mighty, Mighty Bosstones lived with us for three or four months. Twice, he boiled water to make tea and forgot about it until the water had completely evaporated. He could not figure out Phase 10.
My husband once made a salad for Air Force Amy.
My aunt and uncle’s house is in an episode of Stargirl.
I told it before, but I was slinging drugs at Kroger a long time ago when we noticed a group of randos shopping for munchies. My tech said they are obviously in a band. Later another tech came in after lunch and said the above mentioned randos were eating in their van. So I ran outside like a doofus in my lab coat and found them. I asked them if they were in a band, like an idiot. Robin Pecknold said yes, but you will have never heard of us. We played Exit/in last night and we are headed for Atlanta. We are Fleet Foxes. I showed my musical prowess by telling them I had heard of them and listened to their music. I did not ask for an autograph because that would have been crass.
I told it before, but I was slinging drugs at Kroger a long time ago when we noticed a group of randos shopping for munchies. My tech said they are obviously in a band. Later another tech came in after lunch and said the above mentioned randos were eating in their van. So I ran outside like a doofus in my lab coat and found them. I asked them if they were in a band, like an idiot. Robin Pecknold said yes, but you will have never heard of us. We played Exit/in last night and we are headed for Atlanta. We are Fleet Foxes. I showed my musical prowess by telling them I had heard of them and listened to their music. I did not ask for an autograph because that would have been crass.
You should send him this story on Insta. He's pretty active and talks with fans a lot and would probably enjoy the story
Met a few through my old job running book signings. Most prominent was Bill Cosby (pre-trial) - he was quite miffed that the Pellegrino we had for him was sparkling. I accidentally picked up the wrong bottle at Shop-Rite but in retrospect, I have no regrets.
The majority were reality TV stars but they were nice for the most part. Except for Snooki - she's...exactly how you might expect her to be. And quite short. The coolest was Tabitha Coffey - she was very down-to-earth and after the signing she just hung out helping the staff out with hairstyling questions.
Frank Warren (creator of PostSecret) was pretty cool; so was Malcolm X's daughter Ilyasah Shabazz. That's about everyone. Almost got to meet Maya Angelou but they ended up not doing the event.
Oh, and Chance the Rapper. Paid for the opportunity to be shuffled through a line and briefly stand next to him for about 10 seconds, but it was still cool.
Most famous person I've ever met is probably Kylie Jenner. Don't have any thing interesting to share about it other than the fact that she was underage drinking
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I saw Katy Perry back in 2015 at Coachella. She and her group of friends/bodyguards(?) passed me by and they were going to Sahara tent where Madeon was playing.
I saw Katy Perry back in 2015 at Coachella. She and her group of friends/bodyguards(?) passed me by and they were going to Sahara tent where Madeon was playing.
Can confirm this. We actually spoke for a few minutes about our favorite shows of the weekend. Fred farted and blamed it on my body guard
Post by Delicious Meatball Sub on Jan 7, 2021 16:13:12 GMT -5
Axl Rose bought me a drink at a club in Zurich cause he wanted to sleep with my friend. This was peak dreadlocked fat-Axl era. My other friend had gone to his high school and they had a very pleasant conversation about their cross country coach. I think he got arrested for destroying a hotel room in Stockholm for something a week later.
Post by potentpotables on Jan 7, 2021 16:38:52 GMT -5
At a bachelor party I hosted in Pittsburgh, we were at a bar on Mt Washington to have a few drinks. There were about 15 of us and one of the dudes recognized that Olivia Wilde had just walked into the bar. This was in 2008. She was there with Nick Stahl. I was drunk and I took the bachelor over with me and we started talking with Nick Stahl first. Turns out he's a Cowboys fan, I told him the Steelers hosted the Cowboys in a couple of months, he looked at his manager and asked for tickets, it was boring. He continued to be boring when I interrupted him and asked whether that was Olivia Wilde. He confirmed and introduced us. We managed to talk to her despite my opening line - "I loved you on The OC". She asked us what there was to do for fun, where the fun bars were, I pointed her to the Strip District as a potential place to go and she took it as something other than what it is and was very into it. I told her she needed to go to McKees Rocks or 9th St to see some nekkids, she told us about the movie she was filming "In Northwood" at an abandoned school nearby. Finally I said we'd leave her alone but I'd love to get a picture *of* her first, and she replied - "how about *with* me?" I proceeded to tell her that she was acting exactly like Alex on The OC, and she immediately regretted agreeing to a picture (telling me so). I got the picture and it was my facebook profile pic for a solid two years.
