MissVelvetDress_75
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um should I be?
IWasBored said:
uh.......mike mccolgan from the street dogs (*sigh* ex-dropkick murphys). and since that means nothing to 99% of the people on this site, i'll end here. anyone else i may mention would be from even more obscure punk bands, and arguably not technically famous.
digsy said:bono and larry
said hi to adam from across the road if that counts?
some of this is south african, some english so how much the americans willget i dont know....?
played pool with the cranberries, met brian may from queen, david seaman, skin from skunk anansie, paul mccartney, michael schumacher, kevin spacey, anthony minghella (director cold mountain), tim burton, couple of brit actors - daniel craig, steve coogan and stephen fry - and pretty much the entire england, new zealand and south african rugby teams as well as most of the south african cricket team, few of them were friends of mine.
maybe a few more but thats all i can think of right now.
unosdostres14 said:Scottie Pippen!
Cleasai said:I know that alot of these people will make you go "Who??" In any case here ya go...
Vanessa Atler (US Gymnast) - via email. Friend of mine was an aquaintance of hers. Sweet girl.
Kristen Maloney (US Gymnast) - Also via email. Another sweet girl.
Shannon Miller (US Gymnast)
joyfulgirl said:having known was Jeff Buckley who lived directly downstairs for me for a year.
MissVelvetDress_75 said:
Newt Gingrich (an infamous US Republican )
diamond said:^oh and i met ms joyful.
diamond said:oh and i met ms joyful.
BonoVoxSupastar said:
WOW!!!
May I kiss you? Or at least come visit your place?
joyfulgirl said:
Sure, anytime.
But I don’t live in that apartment anymore. This was in my previous life as a New Yorker.
joyfulgirl said:Silly me, the grossest oversight of all, I MET DIAMOND. The man can dress, even in a GA line.
coemgen said:HOLY CRAP — Jeff Buckley lived below you for a YEAR! Tell me what happened each day.
indra said:
Well, I'm glad you posted -- 'cause that means I can post too, since my famous people aren't all that famous to most people, but they are to me.
I never have really gone out of my way to meet famous people (too shy) and it's not likely that many would find themselves in my little out of the way area.
I've said at least hi to all of the members of The Church -- ok, so I just nodded at Peter Koppes, but he just kinda freaked me out...don't quite know why. Got an autograph from Marty Willson-Piper after a show in Minneapolis. He asked my name to sign and when I told him he mentioned that he almost named his daughter that, so I asked him what he chose instead (I've forgotten what he said now) and I told him that was a decent name too. He was sucking up the attention that night (he'd had a great show that night and was feeling great). Can be very charming when he wants to be.
Met Steve Kilbey a few times in person within several days, the longest one being after a show in Milwaukee last spring. MWP had been an absolute shit on stage and walked off -- and left the venue -- during the last song of the main set, so I was very surprised SK waved me backstage. Now I'd spoken to him a couple of days earlier for a minute or so, so he knew who I was and we'd also chatted online extensively in the months prior to the tour. But he was in a great mood and really quite chatty -- we mostly talked about is fledgling career in art (I'd purchased several paintings of his and given him lots of encouragement during the online chats). My favorite comment came when he was saying why he liked doing portraits so much, "It's like when you're watcing porno...you still want to see the faces." OK Steve. Overall, he was really kind and quite funny -- he likes to tell really bad jokes...they're funny, just bad.
Since then I've purchased several more of his paintings, including the cover artwork he did for the band's last two albums (they've been putting out a load of material), and kept up an email correspondence with SK. He even sent his condolances when my mom died which was incredibly sweet. And now I am working with/for him promoting his art to a wider audience (as opposed to just fans of his music).