The last time I saw purploony
Kicking Ass for the Lord with her band-mates. She was ripping through a wicked +/- cover, I believe.
(Details sketchy—it was quite a while back. Absolutely rocked, though.)
Paolo Jose Cruz
meeting 11 people,doing 12 things,
going 17 places
What Paolo Jose Cruz has done in 2008
Recent stories by and about Paolo Jose Cruz
Why I want to meet Rachel
She has the most awesome taste in books and film. She appears to have the same kind of critical appreciation for teen culture that I do.
How I met Brian May
Summer, 1993. Kensington High Street, London. What is it with me, and unexpected encounters with classic rock icons? Ran into him by total chance. He was buying flowers from a little Aremenian grocer. He was in a hurry, and refused a photograph. But he shook my hand, thanked me for the support, and rushed off. (Apparently, he lives in the neighborhood.)
How I met Robert Plant
June, 1997. Hong Kong. Weeks before the hand-over of sovereignty from Britain to China. He was backstage at concert/rave where my friend’s band, Kid Zero, played. He was apparently a business associate of one of the organizers—he was interested in buying property or real estate in Mainland China.
Plant was friendly and accomodating, but not particularly warm. He was a lot more reserved and mellow than I expected him to be, though.
How I met Steve Shelley
January, 1996. Hong Kong. Nothing particularly signifcant. I waited outside a Chinese restaurant, near the hotel where the bands from the Alternative Nation tour were staying. We didn’t get to have any extensive conversation, because he was in a rush, but he stopped for a picture and signed my copy of Daydream Nation, so that was cool.
(This is also how I met King Ad-Rock and Mike D.)
