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thanks guys! merry xmas to all. if i can stay sober enough this week / not too drunk to still type, i'll try and add the rest of 'em that i've picked out.

Mary

happy happy day!!!

what better way to hit a 1000 posts

IN!!! i think all three.

Happy Birthday Cary!

To answer the "How" question -- every story is different ... for this show, a friend of mine used to tour with GNR and hooked me up.

happy bday scottieking -- hope you have a great one !!

d-rawk > nope, no pics w/ sebastian bach. i was scared he might break the camera. we did end up in his dressing room at one point w/ the TPBs and witnessed a photo shoot of his occuring... picture him in all leather (leather pants & vest, no shirt underneath, gut busting out, a mane of hair worse than an 80s teenaged female mallrat)... after every photo he would run over and check the results... let's just say i think they had to take a LOT of photos to get a good one.

it was an incredible evening -- VIP everything at the show and then partying with axl rose, sebastian bach (our generation's 'fat elvis') and the trailer park boys at an after party til 7am.

axl was smitten w/ the TPB's and kept coming over to give them props. i was so flustered at points partying with axl that i tried to buy us drinks from the OPEN bar.

the trippiest thing was hearing axl's voice in conversation. that and the fact that he was totally hot in person besides his CORNROWS. yuck. the show was amazing though -- i've seen 'em a ton and this one was up there as far as my favorites (besides gnr @ copps colliseum when i was in high school)

here's me and a TPB

waited more than a decade for this one!!!

Happy belated bday! Sounds like you had a great one!!!

Mary

Looking forward to this!!

Oh and Jeff, can you bring your camera /phone (?) -- I gotta see some of the roundhouse townhouse footage!

oh and more pics to come in the coming days...

incredible night! thanks to all involved for some night(s) to forever remember!!!

i have posted a few pics up on jer's myspace page: www.myspace.com/olmermusic

also- my sis shot that backstage footage of 'acadian driftwood' up on youtube... and my dad shot a bunch more that will be up shortly (i think he's got one song up now)

omg, i was just down in nyc for a few weeks and i remember meeting that girl at the slip shows there.... that is.... crazy!!!

Jeff - wow... memories... hopefully no footage from the afterparty!!! Whole floor of the hotel by the Denny's?!

Oh and I STILL can't believe the 18 year olds are 23!

thanks so much for all the tips guys! i'll be printing off this posting & bringing it w/ me... heading out tomorrow - will report back!

take care,

Mary

So, I'm heading to San Francisco next Tuesday for some fun... wanna see where hippies come from

:thumbup:

So far I've got planned: Haight Ashbury; Muir Woods; I'm doing a drive to I think it's Carmel & also Napa Valley winery tour. Music-wise I'm seeing the Stills w/ Land of Talk one night, and the Killers on another night.

Any tips / suggestions from folks that have been there on places to see / eat / drink?

the lady in red!!

chris de burgh

i was just in halifax visiting a buddy of mine...

he and matt mays have a reggae dj night at this bar tribeca on thursdays... and who was there?! BUBBLES!!! he was opening up his OWN bar the following night -- something like " bubble's palace"... i didn't recognize him til tim pointed him out (he wasn't wearing his glasses)

also, tim took me on a drive past the set for the TPB.. .apparently they filmed in real trailer parks, but ended up building their own, which is now a closed set b/c of all the delays that the hangers-on were causing (ie: having to move 100 onlookers in order to shoot the next scene)

2 TPB occurences in a week - what a treat!!!

thanks greg! see you in a few hours!

Mary

which go bus stop do i get off at to get to PJC? the site's giving me a few options -- do i just go to the downtown terminal?

much appreciated,

Mary

UPdate: the SLip won best live act @ the Boston Music awards!

zero -

yup, love 'em. they are effin witty guys to boot.

luke (from BR) also has some pretty cool solo stuff that he writes under the moniker "skeleton (me)"

kc - yeah i think they are doing a US tour w/ Hot Chip ... and just got a pretty sweet NME review this past summer

glad to hear you guys are safe & sound.

sorry that you're shaken up.

be well.

Mary