Re: (TV) Met Patti Smith Tues. Nite / Meeting Music-Gods / Foot-in-mouth Disease?

[Russ <russvr@gmail.com>]

f, g, and maybe a little h. I feel your pain, man. I get star struck around
celebrities especially ones I respect greatly. My ego wants some sort of
acknowledgment, too, from them, that I "coulda been a contender" or some
such bs. It's best just for me  to stay out of the way of famous people.
Usually it's a let down. I once met Harvey Pekar, got his autograph. Same
with Country Joe McDonald. Signed my copy of 'Electric Music for the Mind
and Body'. Nice fellas. Yours' is a great story, btw.
- Russ


On 2/22/07, Leo Casey <LeoCasey@comcast.net> wrote:
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> This post is on-topic as it touches on an individual by the
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> name of Fred Smith.
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> Does anyone have any stories about meeting a musical
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> hero (or other type of celebrity)---whether it was a good
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> or bad experience---which they would share?


....

.  As I was driving home I
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> started to feel a lot better as I came up with several
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> hypotheses:
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> a) Her intuition immediately sensed something 'strange'
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> about me---bad strange;
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> b) I had started off on the wrong foot by not saying 'Hi' or
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> addressing her by name;
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> c) I had intruded upon her privacy;
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> d) I had mentioned her dead [died in 1994] husband---an
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> intrusive and no-no topic for a perfect stranger;
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> e) I should have started off with mentioning her fantastic
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> early 1990s' Boston concert at the Orpheum Theater when
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> she opened for Dylan and later sang a duet with him, and
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> Verlaine played spooky guitar while sitting half-hidden in
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> shadows way, way in the back of the stage, and Alan
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> Ginsberg and his entourage were sitting just two rows
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> in front of me in the 4th row orchestra section,
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> dead-center, and .... and .. .
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> f) It had nothing at all to do with me; she was very
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> disappointed that so few people were buying/bidding-on
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> anything, and so her appearance to help the artists was
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> turning out to be a bust;
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> g) She was distracted, or/and daydreaming of eating
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> a nice bowl of Brazilian black bean soup afterwards on
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> Centre St.
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> h) Leo's expectations were too high and he's just too
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> darn sensitive!  :>)
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> Or:
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> http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/diseases/articles/2007/02/21/grief_stu
> dy_says_yearning_is_felt_more_strongly_than_depression/
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