giovanni
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I love Connery, he was always one of my favorite actors. Glad to hear he was a nice guy.
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giovanni
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I have to admit I’m super jealous you met Nick Cave and Blixa Bargeld!! I never saw the Bad Seeds live “in their prime”, so to speak, that is before the 2000s, but they still put on an amazing show (even without Blixa). I did see Einsturzende Neubauten in the late 90s and they were phenomenal.I met Nick Cave and Blixa Bargeld once after a Bad Seeds gig. My wife and I sat around on milk crates while Blixa poured us Bollinger into plastic cups. He was really friendly if a little quiet. Nick Cave told me off for not seeing more of his shows. I don't blame him! This was around the Let Love In era and they were absolutely incredible. It was a great night for us.
And I met Björk and Einar of the Sugarcubes after a gig too. We stayed drinking backstage with Einar until the wee hours when we got kicked out of the club. Really lovely, funny guy. I think he does movie and TV music in Iceland now - I've seen his name on a few Icelandic shows.
My only negative "famous people meetings" were with John Galliano, who was main designer at Dior for a long time (he was a bit of a wally) and Emmanuelle Beart (once stunningly beautiful French actress who was in a Mission Impossible film) who wouldn't keep her photoshoot date with me. I was shooting for a magazine, met her at a news conference and was supposed to shoot her later that day but she went all prima donna. Oh well, her loss!
Then there was the time Michael Jackson wanted to buy my photos of children... (true story!)
SillyOctpuss
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Honestly I was really nervous and pretty quiet for about 10 mins the first time I met him but he was just really engaging and asked a shit ton of questions about how we knew Iain (our mutual friend). By the time we were on our second drink the nerves were all gone because I was laughing my ass off.
The second time I kind of assumed he wouldn't remember me but he just picked up our conversation pretty much where we had left off.
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jeffwhitfield
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I'm starting to see a trend where a lot of these well known boutique pedal makers are starting to close. Seems it's getting harder and harder to compete given that a lot of the components these company's use are getting harder and harder to find. Granted, Fulltone doesn't have that particular problem per se. More like they're facing stiff competition from other makers. And, unlike Analogman, it doesn't appear like Fulltone is collaborating with the big boys to create pedals that are highly accessible to the average guitarist. In other words, Fulltone isn't likely to be the next Way Huge.
I think it's fantastic how Einsturzende Neubauten have evolved. Strangely enough some of the more recent music sounds very Nick Cave influenced! I would love to have seen them perform. What a show that must have been! One of the things I remember most of that Bad Seeds gig was Lover Man. The wall of sound during the chorus was unbelievable. But you could still hear everything.
My wife met Nick again a few years later while taking our son to the dentist. He was sitting talking to a business man in the foyer of the building so Susy (my wife) went up to him and said "Excuse me but I'm a huge fan! I'm Susy". And do you know what he said back to her? "Hi Susy." She had to explain to our then young son that Nick Cave was a big hero to her. So our son said afterwards "Mum I don't want to disappoint you but I don't think that was the guy from National Treasure".
giovanni
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That’s hilarious. Kids are the best!
jeffwhitfield
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Yeah, there's that too. Guess it's time to move on for some of these folks.
fig
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cdwillis
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And the death of "mojo" parts. I think that's mostly over now, but every once in a while I still see someone talking about magic diodes or NOS transistors. I take every opportunity to give corksniffers blind audio tests and know that they can't tell their shit from Shinola lol
fig
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That's still better odds than a deaf audio test I suppose.
jeffwhitfield
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Yep. My thoughts exactly
Bricksnbeatles
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Anyone see mike’s last desperate hype bomb? Check out the melted box film cap 
Custom Shop Hi-Mu (CS-HM)
The Fulltone Custom Shop Hi-Mu brings sustain, touch sensitivity, and articulation to a new High. Made with full size components, a handful of matched JFETs, hand-soldered craftsmanship, and without opamps, diodes, or digital circuitry. 100% handmade in the USA with full-size components
store.fulltone.com
benny_profane
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Just now noticing that his super American rangemaster seemingly uses a Soviet transistor.Anyone see mike’s last desperate hype bomb? Check out the melted box film cap
Mentaltossflycoon
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Anyone see mike’s last desperate hype bomb? Check out the melted box film cap
Custom Shop Hi-Mu (CS-HM)
The Fulltone Custom Shop Hi-Mu brings sustain, touch sensitivity, and articulation to a new High. Made with full size components, a handful of matched JFETs, hand-soldered craftsmanship, and without opamps, diodes, or digital circuitry. 100% handmade in the USA with full-size componentsstore.fulltone.com
Robert
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Anyone see mike’s last desperate hype bomb? Check out the melted box film cap
Custom Shop Hi-Mu (CS-HM)
The Fulltone Custom Shop Hi-Mu brings sustain, touch sensitivity, and articulation to a new High. Made with full size components, a handful of matched JFETs, hand-soldered craftsmanship, and without opamps, diodes, or digital circuitry. 100% handmade in the USA with full-size componentsstore.fulltone.com
I really wanted one of these.... I got the email last night but they were gone within 7 minutes. (There was only 40 according to the email)
If anyone here managed to get one I'll pay handsomely.
carlinb17
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I can sell you a melted cap if you want… hahahaI really wanted one of these.... I got the email last night but they were gone within 7 minutes. (There was only 40 according to the email)
If anyone here managed to get one I'll pay handsomely.
