The guy from Yo La Tengo, made him laugh a little when he was signing my copy of Fade.
Derivative thread I know but still.
The guy from Yo La Tengo, made him laugh a little when he was signing my copy of Fade.
Derivative thread I know but still.
Balonzās sister pleased Shaka Hislop
I once served Timothy Dalton a club sandwich, which he said was āvery niceā. Similarly, I served James Dean Bradfield some whitebait, which he also enjoyed.
Anyone said Olā Ma Saps yet?
I made Stewart Lee laugh once, and Thom Yorke liked my set.
Genuinely my two proudest moments. I also have a son.
British Sea Power really liked my write-up of their Sea of Brass show! They printed it in the liner notes of the studio release!
They spelled my name wrong and got the publication wrong. But still. VERY proud moment.
barry mcguigan came into a store I used to work at and a few people got his autograph. think he mustāve heard me explaining to the other staff who he was because I was the only one who got the bonus message of ākeep punchināā on my autograph
Dev blood orange/test icicle guy shared some sweets with me and my brother
Steven Malkmus. Was really excited to talk about No Age (I was wearing a No Age t shirt at the time).
Probably the greatest 10 minutes of my life.
I had a strange interaction with Patrick Stickles of Titus Andronicus. He seemed happy that i had bought his CD. When I said I had missed most of the set he said not to worry and that theyād be back to Belfast soon. 20 people tops were at the gigā¦
Let barry do the fightinā!!!
what did you say to him to make him laugh?
When buying DVD from Stewart Lee post-gigā¦
Me: āHello Stewart Leeā
Stewart Lee: āHello. Whatās your name?ā
Me: āSteveā
Stewart Lee: āHello Steve. What would you like me to write on your DVD?ā
Me: āHello Steveā
He laughed twice. Absolute gold.
Adam and Joe read out one of my stories once and they chuckled whilst doing do.
Deets.
Didnāt realise it offered that sort of service, to be honest.
Oh!
You PROMISED!
It was a Text The Nation about jobsworths. I emailed in about the time my wife (aged 33 at the time) got IDād in Morrisons for trying to buy one of those pizza cutting wheels. I managed to find the episode to download, but they edited our names out
Pleased national treasure and all round good egg jessica ennis hill by turfing* couple of lads out who were following her and her mates around sheffield
*asking them politely to leave
havenāt managed this but he was impressed at my Birthday Party t-shirt