Ducati Monster Forum

Last night I went and saw The Honey Brothers at a local venue. I had heard them on myspace and thought they were good, but what I didn't know was that the drummer is Adrian Grenier from Entourage. He seemed really chill but I didn't want to approach him because I didn't want to be THAT annoying fan you know? I figured he was there to play music and have a good time, not deal with fans.

Anyway, who have you met in person and how did you react?

I met Charlie Hunter at Jazz Alley here in Seattle after watching one of his shows. He and his drummer were sitting at the bar having a beer, so I asked if they'd sign the CD I just bought. They were both really nice and talked to me and my buddy for a few minutes.

just randomely on the street, Ice-T @ Melrose, Sylvester Stalone @ Pinks hot dogs, Ellen Degenerous @ Chevron, John Ritter @ Jerrys famous deli, Carmen Electra @ Palace night club, those are the ones i actually talked to, countless number i didnt approach cause they were with family, or unapproachable.
Thats one of the things i miss about living close to Hollywood seeing all the people in real life you are used to seeing on TV.

Bruce Campbell rode in the front of an ambulance with me.  He was a royal pain.  Some Hollywood friends of his were in a car wreck and we transported to RVMC.

I met Robin Williams in Oakland years ago.  We chatted for a bit .  He was cool.

Most memorable - shared a 1st class aisle with the director John Waters between Denver and Baltimore.  He wasn't very talkative, but I didn't push as I didn't want to be "that guy."  Funny part was I ran into him at a bar in Baltimore at a Jonathan Richman show like the next week.  Still not very talkative, but he did recognize me.

Rode an elevator with Ossie Davis once.

I've met many musicians only because I have some serious starmake the beast with two backser friends in my life.

Jay Leno twice.  Funny thing is, he remembered my Cafe-Racer when I saw him the 2nd time...  Pretty cool.

Queen Latifah once.  She was trying to get me to install a part on her H2 for free.  [roll]

Geena Davis at a restaurant once.  She gave me the warmest smile like she knew me and we never talked.  Funny...

Couple more.  Can't remember right now.

In no particular order. I have actually exchanged words with the following:

russell crowe
kid rock
patrick dempsey
nick lachey
drew lachey
Rupert from Survivor (not sure if he is famous, but one hell of a cool guy)
John Mellencamp
Jason Priestly
Peyton Manning


All of them were nice.

My wife worked in the film industry from about 5 years.  She has worked with a lot of celebs and for the most part they have been cool. She claims that the coolest were Tom Hanks And Wes Studi. John Goodman and Nicole Kidman where the worst.

met collective soul and drivin` and cryin` over the weekend...
the guys from drivin` and cryin` were looking for some, stuff, before the show...

I find out today if I won a chance to meet and greet with Metallica before their show in Cinnci next Tuesday.  I really hope I do. [evil]

I never go up to any celebrities, but I have met mostly athletes. I was hanging out with my first born in LA Fitness when Scottie Pippen started talking to me about his kid. When I was working in the Domican Republic I was upgraded and got a chance to sit behind Pedro Martinez and his wife, sitting next to his brother Ramon. His brother was pretty cool. They got swamped as soon as we landed.

That is sort of the situation I was in when I met Peyton Manning last year at an Indy 500 after party.

People would just walk up to him and pretty much suck his dick how good he was, etc. etc.

We sort of crossed paths and I told him my wife doesn't like him and prefers Tom Brady. He started laughing, wife kicks me in the shin, and Peyton and I end up talking for 30 minutes about random shit. He even bought me a beer.

just this weekend i've hung out with ben bosrom, larry pegram, tommy and earl hayden and kevin schwantz....schwants nearly killed a friend of mine as well.

We saw Matt Leinart at the mall yesterday. My girlfriend wanted to go talk to him but he looked pretty douchey. No body else seemed to recognize him from what I saw.

Suprisingly no one has met Chuck Norris!!

This past New Years Eve we met Lewis black after his Phx performance!  [thumbsup] [thumbsup]

Met Hayden Pannetiere when she was filming a movie on my ship, Lorenzo Lamas and Yao Ming also came on my ship and toured the medical department. Met Hoobastank after a concert a few months ago.

I did some Kung Fu performances with Shin Koyamada a long time ago. Met Sammo Hung at a Chinese New Year parade.

I cleaned up Buck Owens rice pilaf once.

I watched Uncle Buck while I ate rice pilaf and cleaned the house once.

 [laugh] [laugh]

Yeah BP FTW as usual!

 [clap]

Clint Eastwood gave my wife the up-down as he held the door for her at The Hogs Breath Inn in Carmel California.  She didnt notice.

Thats as close as Ive gotten to meeting a celebrity other than Zooom...

it's a true story. [laugh]

I was a busboy at a local buffet when I was 17. He came in with a large group of people one afternoon and when he was done, the spot where he was sitting was coverd in rice pilaf. (except the big circle where his plate was)

Back on topic I also met Jason Priestly in 1998 at the Montreal F1 race. He was racing a Mustang in one of the other series. I made my way around BSing with some of the drivers/mechanics etc. and next thing I know I'm shooting the shit about cars with him.

Yes he was very personable. Just another one of the guys.

Or lived to tell about it ?

I met him maybe 2000-2001 when he was driving in the Indy Pro Series.

My roomie was racing in the series and I was staying in his motorcoach the Nashville weekend; Jason's motorhome was parked next door.

I talked to him several times, the guy is a huge smoker and talks like a sailor.

I thought he was very cool as well.

Met Jay Leno recently.  Nice guy.
Met Carl Perkins a few times
Used to date a "celebrity" plastic surgeon about 10 years before he got his reality show.  I had a good laugh when I saw him on TV.
Met Courtney Love - she was pretty strung-out and obnoxious.
Met whichever one is the brunette from Cagney and Lacey
Rufus Thomas was super-nice.
Got to party on the bus with the Hooters back when they opened for Loverboy in the 80's(my friend was a groupie)
Got to talk with Paul Smart, and now I have a crush on him.
Never talked to him, but used to see Elvis all the time when I was a kid.  We lived near Graceland and my parents would always point him out in grocery stores or restaurants.
Made small talk with John Grisham a couple of times in the grocery store checkout lane when I lived in Oxford, MS.
I think that's it.

The cast from The Young Riders used to hang out at The Tucson Racquet Club when I worked there in '90..Stephen Baldwin, Josh Brolin, etc.

Hans Gruber from DieHard (Alan Rickman) in Tucson. 

Joan Jett sat next to me on a flight around '82.  The Blackhearts sat behind me.  Joan talked to me and was very nice but I only remember her perfume and how strong it was!!   [puke]

Judge Reinhold at Old Tucson Studios.

Nicky Hayden at MotoGP-Mugello.  Talked to him for a few minutes.

I carried Ted Nugent's groceries out to his truck back around '88 when he was on his way up north for deer hunting season in MI.   

A few more too working in the hospitals that I can't mention.  :-X   

he he.... you touched Teds sack

I've met quite a few famous and infamous people and really they all were just normal. I don't go all ga-ga over celebrities though.

The only exception were Twiggy Ramirez and Madonna Wayne Gacy from Marilyn Manson when they were touring with NIN. Those guys were odd and had no interest in mingling with the general populous.

around '95?

read the liner notes on the dogma dvd for a funny story.

Man that is crazy.  I had friends working there at that time....this world is too small.

Young Guns was also filmed down there about that time and got to meet Lou Diamond Phillips and Kiefer Sutherland.

I met IZ last year...

And BP...

  ;D

I got nothin', no celeb encounters.

My life is so empty.


 [roll]

I should have signed something for ya ;)    [laugh]

Let's see.......I want to say '93-'94 something like that.

Yeah, '94 is more like it.

Yep, Fall of '94. Portrait of an American Family had just come out and was on our "Best Sellers" wall at the music store.

I met Rob Thomas on two seperate occasions.

Very nice guy.

Nobody, and that is just fine by me.

Even if I did, I doubt I would know why they were famous since I don't watch much TV or subscribe to common culture.

mitt

I'm pretty sure I've never met any celebrities.


+1

I'd recognize people who were just huge, but anybody else I'd probably be hard pressed to pick out. There'd be an awful lot of "who?"

I've met IZ. Disappointing really. BP refused to meet me.

F U PR!!


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I've met a shit ton of network "reality stars"


holy shit



doucheeebaggssssssss


The best I remember is Average Joe Adam, the first one.


That dude didn't know me from a random in the green room and proceeded to want my number to find out where the party was that night; he must have called me 3-5 times later that day. I never returned his calls.

He apparently didn't know I was just a real average joe............maybe even less.

I'll post pictures tomorrow.

Kinda IZ_?  ;D


You know how these celebrity types are.

I've met a lot of b-movie stars and directors, hardcore/punk/metal musicians and hockey players. I'm fortunate to have been pretty successful in my hobbies I suppose.

If you treat "celebrities" like normal people, they are cool.

I won't get in to specifics about why I went up to speak with Peyton Manning, but it was more of a "bullshit, he is probably normal"

Let's just say after my time with him, he bought me a beer and we talked a large range of topics ending with if he could run a fantasy football team, which he can't because of NFL rules.

He is a tall guy, I am a short, he was leaning down to me, with his arm around my shoulder.

My buddy who has met him was like "well, if there is one person that could hang with Peyton, it would be Jud"

famous people want to be normal; you treat them that way, you will talk and interact with them as a regular person you don't know.

It was the warning from Nick that scared me away.

Carlos talks a big game

but

he is about the most mellow member I have ever met.

He is a good person.



better than Zltful and Dicpainter (ducpainter  [laugh] [laugh]), those characters stick you (your company) with the bar tab.

 [laugh] [laugh]


 [thumbsup]

I ran into Kareem Abdul Jabar in an airport in Lubbock Texas.  He was turning people away who asked for autographs ("I'm not doing that right now") and looking like he wished he was shorter and less conspicuous.  It was only my keen sense of decorum and fear of being crushed by a 7'2" human that kept me from approaching him and saying "We have clearance, Clarence.  Roger, Roger."

Met Bill Clinton - dead fish of a handshake, nice enough guy.

It was actually just bad timing on my behalf.

I've met Jon Bon Jovi, Jimmy Hoffa Jr, a few of the Portland Trailblazers (Maurice Lucas, Jerome Kersey, Kevin Duckworth, Larry Steel, Herm Gilliam{he had both a NCAA Championship & NBA Championship ring}), Gen'l Norman Shwartzkoff, Nick Cage, and I was in the bar when Courtney LOve & Kurt Cobain met.

Ya mean Courtney Love?  ;)

I got to meet Tommy Lasorda in highschool.  He came to speak to the school, and I got to hang out with him and show him around.  Turns out he knew my great uncle/cousin or something like that and our picture together ended up on the front page of the Italian Tribune.  He was a nice guy, and I don't think we even talked about baseball.  

I don't know if I would even care to meet a movie star unless it was a hot chick.  I don't watch much TV or even go to the movies so I'm not sure I would get all that excited.  I think the same goes for pro athletes.  

Depends on your definition of celebrities.
My dad was a GS15 in charge of the Army portion of the DoD budget, and would testify in front of congress every year. Mom liked to throw dinner parties for 50-100 people in our backyard every summer. Many times, security for the party was furnished by the secret service, due to members of the guest list.
Ted Kennedy always liked moms grashopper pie.
Nancy Reagan had dietary issues, and mom would make several desserts special so she could eat something.
Those are just a couple that I can remember off the cuff.

During college, I got to ride in one of the Grateful Deads tour buses from Redrock CO to Oklahoma, and talk with Jerry and Bill Kreutzman.
Met Jeff Beck and Jan Hammer backstage after one of their shows. I think it was at the 9:30 club.
REM crashed at my house in B-more one night. This was just before their first album came out.
3 years ago I worked on Missy Elliots mamas new house, and met miss Elliot several times.
Met Michael Vick several times as well. This was waay before he got in trouble.

Back in 1985, I worked in a car stereo store in Rockville MD installing car phones. I met every member of the Redskins that year, the coaches, etc.

WoW, you have had a very interesting life !

Dolph      :) :)

After Bun Bun I feel sort of inconsequential.

Met the" Byrds " in 1966- mostly Jim ( Roger ) McGuinn

Sam from " Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs " 1965 or 66 .

Dan Forsman - Professional Golfer

I know Rex Kern-Rose Bowl winning QB for Ohio State from the late '60s. and Professional Football Player

Dolph      :)

In no particular order:

Wayne Gretzky
Jeremy Roenick
Shane Doan
Roberto Guerrero
Gil de Ferran
Davy Jones
Dale Jarrett
Michael Waltrip
Al Unser Jr (he smoked me on the kart track too!)
Steve Harwell
John Elway
Ben Stein
Eric & Ben Bostrom
Doug Polen
Vladimir Konstantinov
Rod Millen
Ivan Stewart
Bruce Sarver
Tony Pedregon
Cruz Pedregon
Max Papis
Richard Childress
Johnny Benson
George Kunz
Louie Anderson

And probably a few I can't remember.

None.

let me guess..Anthony Youn??

Worse...Robert Rey   :-[

I had a neighbor in baton rouge who was suing chuck Norris, oddly enough no one really knows what happened to him.

And this is why I may have met celebrities and not have known it. I recognize six of those names. That's 23% on a list of apparently noteworthy people, and I'm not sure I'd recognize all six if I saw them on the street.

This won't mean anything to most of you, but I got to play Beethoven's 9th in Chicago's Orchestra Hall conducted by Sir Georg Solti. [bow_down] [bow_down]

a bunch of them are hockey players. Konstantinov was a great player and a tragic situation. I really enjoyed watching him in the 97 cup run.

several indy car / cart / nascar drivers on there too.


I have gone karting with my friend who is an indy driver and he would SMOKE us. I mean multiple lappings and this was prior to him being a "professional," he was still racing midgets, silver crown, etc at the time.

It blew.

Shit.  I forgot to add Carroll Shelby to that list.  Really cool guy.


And NHRA.

I guess I can add a bunch of drivers to my list:

ryan hunter-reay
AJ Foyt IV
AJ Foyt (THE AJ.......um....interesting guy)
Al Unser Jr
Al Unser Sr
Danica Patrick (actually really nice....funny story about this one....her husband ended up getting me make the beast with two backsed up off glasses of Knob Creek and she ended up taking my drink from me)
Tomas Sheckter

These guys may not think so...

http://www.spokentorque.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1517 (http://www.spokentorque.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1517)

I've met the platypus!!!


Seriously though I've met quite a few of the San Antonio Spurs though my work. George Straight came through lookin at cars and even Mike Tyson tried to buy from us but was unable to.

I met Mother!  He even stayed at my house!

speaking of.....he hasn't been around in a while, are they ok?

Didn't you have to move very shortly after?

 
Very cool!  [thumbsup]

I spotted Mother driving his Jeep in Portland.

I pee'd next to David Allen Grier (didnt look)

I thought this was about celebrities?



;D

Why do they knight conductors?

Would he really be any good in battle?

i met dion sanders on the street in manhattan. i was locking up my bike and turned around and nearly ran into him.

i said excuse me and then stopped when i realized who it was. i believe my words were "hey, i know who you are..."
we both laughed and went on our ways.

i got kicked out of an aisle at toys-r-us in manhattan so gary busey could shop.

i was the escort for donald brashear at a meet and greet charity event.
i met simon gagne, peter forsberg, keith jones, bernie parent, and keith primeau at the same event.

it was hilarious to watch gagne pick up women. mainly because a few of the other players would pick up the cast offs.

Yeah, they are fine, they've just been busy.  Thanks for asking. :)

Despite three years in Manhattan, working on Capitol Hill for nearly a decade (politicians don't count here -- believe me, meeting most of them in person isn't all that memorable. Well, except for Rahm Emanuel. That guy leaves an impression.), flying from DC to Hollywood probably a dozen times in a completely misbegotten effort to get stars involved in environmental causes in a job after that, and now working doing marketing for a regional performance hall that brings in 20 or so national acts a year, here's the best I can do:

Amy Smart.

No offense to Ms. Smart (who actually is quite bright, fwiw), but that's not a lot to show for all those years...

Those batons are pointy and they know how to use them! [laugh]

In his prime he probably would have been better than Sir Elton John. ;)

Rod Price (guitarist for Foghat) used to live around here. He taught guitar to my colleague and hung around at his house.

Julia Child - very interesting to talk to.

Jimmy Stewart - chatted with him about planes when I was in high school and taking flying lessons. I didn't realize who he was (thought he was some retired codger doing a bad Jimmy Stewart impression) at the officers' club until my dad said "General Stewart, I see you've met my son." Nearly died on the spot.

Dayum! You win.

I met bp

Isn't he the mayor of Bakersfield?

I believe he's too honest for public office.

 [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]

I am sure we can find a skeleton in his closet.



He did spend an afternoon with Motogpfan.................................that NEVER EVER ends well

no skelletons.... but there is a fridge with spoiled mommy milk in it  [evil]




 [laugh]

Well, this thread passed six pages with no kevin bacon. I declare it a loss.

yummmmm


bacon  [bacon]

Hollywood celebrities / Entertainment and sports that I met  =  0

Couldn't care less.

Never understood the fascination with people getting autograph signatures of celebrities or other famous people.  Sounds ridiculous to me.

These were just at Indy during the MotoGP weekend...talked for at least a few minutes with each one unless noted...

Valentino Rossi (He busted out laughing when I said "Il Maestro!" and bowed to him)
Jorge Lorenzo
Colin Edwards
James Toseland
Nicky Hayden
Gabor Talmesci
Chris Vermulen
Loris Capirossi (Hi5ed me on his way past on his scooter but never had a chance to talk to him so I guess doesn't count)
Andrea Dovisioso
Randy Depuniet
Marco Simoncelli
Hiroshi Aoyama
Hector Barbera
Alvaro Bautista (actually, he just stood next to me to pee in the men's room...I said good luck tomorrow to him as he was washing his hands)

Kevin Schwantz
Randy Mamola
Scott Russell
King Kenny (although he was more pushing his way around me cutting through the Yamaha hospitality area while grumbling about someone)
Kel Carruthers...talked to the guy for a good 30 minutes straight.
Larry Pegram (but he periodically shows up at NESBA track days and recognized me so it doesn't really count)



Others at different times:
Patrick Dempsey (was at Iowa Speedway with whichever series he was driving in at the time and I was there to watch the Moto ST series race)
Clint Eastwood while he was here filming Bridges of Madison County
Kevin Costner twice once during filmin of Dances With Wolves and during filming for Field of Dreams
Laurence Fishburne
Ozzie Smith
Willy McGhee
Kirby Puckett
Chris Carter
Randy Moss

^

what'd you think of Dempsey?

I've hung out with a bunch of times as he is associated with an IRL Team which my friend drives for, so he comes to some races.


I had him cracking up a few years back. If my buddy would have gotten a top 5 at the 500 that year, he was going to do the African Ant Eater Ritual for me........

 [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]

I liked him. He was very normal actually. Didn't come across as common celebrity ego.

That's what I thought of him too.

He likes to disguise himself while at races too.

Some chick at a Starbucks asked a riding buddy if *I* was Kevin Bacon.  [laugh]

Eddie Hill
Robert Blake (35 years ago)

I guess the better question would be what did you tell her?

I was rolling already, so I didn't even see her.

My buddy said: " Ummm... *no*."

Kid Rock, 2008. Indianapolis Motor Speedway Carb Day. Became friends with Lincoln Park's Manager, who managed Bobby (Kid Rock) and was just starting to manage him again. Got to hang out with Kid on his tour bus afterwards. He was pretty cool and he only drinks Peroni  [thumbsup]

(http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/jshoward11/JudKidRock.jpg)


2006 Indianapolis 500 on the grid with Patrick Dempsey
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I think this was the 2005 Indianapolis 500. Russell was there because my buddy's car had Heartland Film Festival Sponsorship and Russell was  involved with it. He was really nice.

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In no particular order;

James Woods
Mark Walberg
Johnny Depp
Andy Moog
Ray Bourque
Cam Neely
Adam Oates
Jason Allison
Nikki Sixx
Vince Neal
Dee Snider
Everlast
Rush Limbaugh
B-Real
and Lemmy. I actually became friends with Lemmy's assistant and keep in touch.

few more I forgot about;

Steven Tyler
Hulk Hogan
Steve Jobs
Sir Richard Branson
Bill Russell

one more;

Mike Tyson

I spent a weekend at a hotel and kept bumping into Joe Estevez (Martin Sheen's brother). Alex Vincent wanted to fight me (he's the guy who was the little kid in the first two child's play movies) because I blew up his spot with some girl through my karaoke styles (long story). I watched my friend haggle with Nikolai Volkoff for almost 5 minutes over the price of an autographed 8x10. That's the kind of (non)celebrity encounters that fill my life.

Side comment: Now that I see what you really look like, your avatar is a spitting image.  ;D

Wow..haven't heard that name in a couple decades!  I remember watching Nikolai and the Iron Sheik wrestling the likes of Andre the Giant, Hulk Hogan, the British Bulldogs, etc. on Saturday afternoons.

I stood next to Jeff ward at cal expo once. He was talking with someone else about the track. It was then that I realized theses super stars are just like everybody else.

(http://www.sinisalo.com/docs/graf/ward2.jpg)


I also went to High school and hung out with John Paul Mitchel's Son. He wrecked alot of cars...

(http://www.paulmitchell.com/SiteCollectionImages/company_logo.gif)

Austin gym in Dallas. I think it was 94-95 ish. He was working out on the bench next to me. I didn't want to approach him for fear of the fist in his beard. He nodded at me. You know that kinda "What's up" nod.

(http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd158/breencessrock/chuck-norris.jpg)

Hell yeah!!!

Haga, bayliss, and got thrashed with Frankie Chili at a Barbeque in 2000 the Friday before the WSBK races at Kyalami [bow_down]

Oh and grew up in the same town as Charlize Theron [roll]

And you didn't rattle her bones? What's wrong with you?  [roll]


Elle Macpherson, at the Easter Show, on the slippery dip.  :-\

I started thinking about this and I actually have met some celebs.


When I was a kid they blew up a house about 10 miles down the road for an episode of Walker: Texas Ranger. I got to meet Chuck Norris...but I didn't say anything, just shook his hand.

Couple years ago we were in the in-field saturday night at Texas motor speedway on a NASCAR weekend (my father in law's company sponsors Richard Childress Racing team). They were cooking some BBQ and a few drivers were coming in an out. I met RC, and was chatting with a guy about motorcycles...he had people walking up and shaking his hand randomly and taking pictures. Turns out it was Carl Edwards...a NASCAR driver.

Oh...and Eddie Hill lived where we just moved from. I'd see him around town sometimes in his Ariel Atom. Used to try to get him to race me on my Duc  [laugh]

This past weekend alone I met a ton....






















































 ;D
Mr. I
Nate
Dan
Ducatini
MonsterLover
Knightni
Gage
Hooligan Machinist
Rogue
DesmoDiva
Howie
Chronic Lurker
Lethe
Ducvet
XJDave
Nakid

I know I am leaving out a few.......
 ;D

My wife bartended in Daytona for a few years.

She met a shit ton of NASCAR driver's.

The best was the night before the Daytona 500 about 4-5 years ago, this one guy was wearing a budweiser hat and was getting free bud's because he had a comp card.

He was hitting on her, throwing 100$ tip every beer, etc.

Ended up giving her his number on a napkin and said to call later.

She smiled and said "sure"

turns out it was Dale Jr.

She had no idea nor did she care; that napkin got thrown away as soon as his back was to her.

let's see, more politicians than celebrities...

Frank Purdue
Mary Travers
Dustin Hoffman
John Kerry (refused to shake his hand)
Chris Shays
Sargent Shriver

The more appropriate honor would be how many celebrities have met me?  [laugh] Cause I'm cool like that.  [evil]

eggzactly - and they could recount the meeting.

mitt

Hangin' w/ Lance, Breck, 2008
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Sharin' a beer with Lance, DitR, 2009
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the only i meet was steve buscemi

cool ass dude, love his movies....

he was passing by and asked for directions to the freeway. he was cool enough to get pull over get out of his car and take pics and sign some autographys  [thumbsup]

Krystle, are you drunk?

nah...

she can't type for shit. [laugh]

Hahahaha, she's usually a little better than that....

Only ones notable I ever recall meeting were Mario Andretti (he has a house near here), Larry Shinoda (he died shortly after, I didn't do it), Reeves Callaway (nice guy, talked to him a bit and had him sign a Callaway Corvette hat that I bought) and also had Paul Smart sign my Indy hat last year.

ya, the day i can type is when u know the world will end  [laugh]



guess i need to send ya a mouse decorder ring  8)

AWESOME!!!  [bow_down]

I know, I'm a music geek...

I played Mussorsky/Borodin's "Pictures At An Exhibition" in Carnegie Hall in NYC back in '93.  Hung out with Eric Lewis of the Manhattan String Quartet afterwards.

Met a few movie stars/musicians/sports stars too.  I'll post up later, I'm supposed to be teaching now...   [cheeky]

 [thumbsup] [thumbsup]

Somegirl... What instrument, or are you a vocalist?

I play violin. You?

Percussion/drums. Basically anything I can hit or bang.   ;D

Unfortunately,  the only time I've played since moving to CA  5 1/2 years ago was when I sat in with the band at DIMBY-West last spring.   :'(

Do you play often?

Yes, all the time, both orchestra and chamber music.

Sooo jealous... I miss it.   :-\

Ok, threadjack over....

Let's see, Celebrities:
Lunch with Halle Berry, dinner with Julie Delpy (French actress), almost ran over Ice-T with a handtruck stacked with crates of Yoo-Hoo (long story), played basketball with the Black Eyed Peas all summer of '99, rugby in the Seattle Civic Center parking lot with Lit and The Living End, hung backstage with the Buzz Poets, Dropkick Murphy's, Less Than Jake.  Saw Ron Jeremy at various eating establishments (instant loss of appetite), and a couple others I can't remember...  Yikes!  How exciting....     8)

That is one awesome piece of music!!  [thumbsup] Hands down the favorite piece I've ever played in band. We played it my 2nd year in college (also in '93)...nowhere near Carnegie hall though.  [cheeky] I'm also a drummer.  [thumbsup]

Ya, it was pretty amazing. I'd seen concerts Carnegie Hall before, but never onstage.  One of my professors knew one of the percussionists of the City Orchestra. They needed extra hands in the pit (huge percussion section needed).  For the finale, I was wedged between a ginormous bass drum and rather large gong, with the French horn section on my left. Earplugs were DEFINATELY needed!   :o   The coolest thing was that I was listed on a separate insert in the program as a "guest performer". Made me out to be more important than I really was...   [laugh]

have met jeff goldblum at the laemmle theatres at sunset 5 on crescent heights/sunset blvd.

anthony hopkins and his wife at a starbucks in the valley.

whoopi goldberg in the cereal aisle at gelsons in pacific palisades.

 ;D

Ate spagetti with Nastassja Kinski back in the 80's
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