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share the time you met SY story
Thurston is actually the only one ive met before.
it was about eight years ago in Austin during sxsw at the first Daniel Johnston show in over five years. He was extremely nervous and it was a little uncomfortable to watch. so, i was walking out for a quick smoke when i notice Thurston is right behind me. He was waiting for someone outside so I had his ear for a few minutes. I asked him why he was also outside and he said he felt a little uncomfortable too because Daniel was so nervous. I was quite nervous myself now talking to Thurston so i felt I really blew it. All too quickly I steered the conversation to asking him if he liked Man Or Astro-Man. *slaps forehead* A little funny in retrospect but thats probably not gonna make it into my top ten questions to ask him these days. not the greatest story in the world. so, lets hear yours! :) |
I ran into Lee outside of the Orange Peel at the Asheville show earlier this year. I chatted with him for a minute and got a picture. He was very cool, but I was so nervous all I said was that I was looking forward to the show.
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I met Lee just two days ago. He was very nice. Had a little chat. He signed my copy of rather ripped. He had his camera with him and took pic of a few people including me. Ill post the pic......again.
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Thurston was walking away from behind the be your own pet stage at lollapalooza. I kept yelling his name and I finally stopped once he was walking my way (its a good thing i dont think he heard me, thatd be kinda lame). However I still lost my cool. He was walking and I was kind of shocked that he was there in the flesh. So I asked if he would take a picture with me and he did. He didn't really have trime to chat becuase he was going somewhere and i knew that taking a picture was already pushing it. He was really nice.
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It was a rainy day on october 2003.I had just finished work and decided to have a drink in a pub nearby where i work.As i'm not really fond of noisy pubs i tend to sit on one of the stools by the window so i can observe the world go by .I was sipping off my pint while looking at an old tramp picking up his nose while singing some drunken song and all of a sudden i felt a hand on my shoulder from my back.I turned around and and Steve Shelley started snogging me passionately to the extent that his glasses fell onto the floor and people in the pub stared aghast.I was shaking with feverish passion and let myself go without resisting him.After a good 10 minutes and having extensively fumbled with each other's body he made some exuses and left me there,semi-naked and wanting more of the same.i haven't seen him ever since.
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But it happened, i swear!
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Does anyone remember the thread on the old board where the starter said he was raped (?) by Thurston?
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lmfao
not really too funny considering the context but still |
shared mine tonnes of times meeting steve at dublin gig 12 months ago. he walked by, i stuck my hand out. he stayed and chatted for about 30 mins or so he signed my syr4, he promised to keep in touch which he has to his credit. unbelievably nice guy, genuine and polite and totally unassuming. i came away thinking my god, hes one of the guys ive worshipped for half my life and he recognized my username from the forum. made the day, even better than the gig itself!!!
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Sooooo does Thurston like Man Or Astro-Man?
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i said hi to lee and he said hi back.
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@ the Filter gig i was chillin with Steve talkin about music and the upcoming Kimmel gig, when Lee passed by. Steve and I were chattin about the Dead and he told me Lee was the resident sonic youth deadhead, so I began to chat with Lee about the Dead, too which He confessed he was in fact a sometime if not most of the time dead head. I gave him a hug for that one. I didn't have time begin to go on about our favorite years for the dead (after all, dead tours are like fine wine, they have differing tastes in different years) and favorite tunes etc, but I had ten minutes to run to the lightrail so... alas.
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ahaha rad um, it was a long time ago so its pretty hard to remember what really sticks out was how incredibly friendly and nice he was when he showed genuine interest in asking, "oh you like those guys huh?" seriously, he was very accomodating with my inane chit chat. i do recall him not endulging me though when i asked where the rest of the band was. |
i saw thurston walking down the street once. closest i've got. i'm pretty positive it was him.
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You didn't meet them at Little Radio?
I talked to Lee and Steve there and got a picture with Steve. I got crappy autographs because of a crappy pen...  Yeah...it was hot at little radio... |
Aww....
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lucky, lucky bitches!
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I already posted this in another section, but and some other guys hung round out the back of the enmore in sydney a couple weeks ago and met them all. Got a ticket stub signed, got a hug from Lee and a photo taken with Lee, but the tour manager (?) took the photo so I don't have copy. i would die for a copy of that photo...
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just because you're wearing that shirt, i think i'm going to have to change my mind in T&B's "murder" thread. |
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that was cool thanks for telling it again. worth it alone just to see Kim's autograph. i'm a huge Free Kitten fan so thats especially rad. Jim's drawing was very cool to see also of course. i dont understand the pathetic thing though. this forum is awesome. i mean, how in the world could it not be? official board for one of the top ten contenders for greatest band of all time! |
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Cool picture Alex. Nice one! |
Ive posted my story on the old board I think.
but I think it was 2002 or 2003 and I was hanging out at the podewil where text of light should perform later that day. the podewil is a nice little museum of modern art where an exhibition were going about sound and sculptres. nice installations and everything was really interesting. ToL were fitting pretty nice in the concept. while looking around I noticed lee and one of the podewil-guys walking by. I kinda was stunned. but he disappeared quickly. after going into the audition "room" which got space for 160 people I needed to pee before ToL were beginning, I walked out and there was lee sitting on a sofa and smoking. My heart was pumping like hell and I thought that if I wouldnt talk to him in any way I would bite my ass for the rest of my life. so I lighted up a cigarette and said hi, we talked for about 10 minutes or so about soundgear. especially about ring mods (where I was really interested these days) and he told that its pretty easy to build them by yourself but that if I can afford it that a moogerfooger would be ace. afterwards I asked him if he would paint me a picture (instead of an autograph), he was joking that painting a picture would be last too long but that he could draw me one, and he also signed it. the ToL gig was awesome too. after a few weeks I bought a moogerfooger ring mod and still loving it. one of these days Ill never forget. yes it rocks meeting your "idols" |
I was drinking gin and tonics, and saw T's head towering over the crowd... I ran thru the crowd, and went up to him and asked if I could give him a hug. He said "oh yeah, sure." He bent down and hugged me. It was awesome.
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Thurston seemed in good spirits, but there were a ton of people talking to him, so I didn't want to bother him too much and just said, "Great show" or something. Kim and Lee were talking to the same person and Kim seemed preoccupied with the conversation, but Lee was ridiculously nice. Steve left early, and I didn't get to meet him.
Lee is the only one I got to "meet" long enough to judge, and I came to the conclusion that he's a genuinely awesome person. Actually, this was all at the same show Alex's picture was taken. Weird. |
After being stranded outside a show that I could not get into, Lee came outside either after the show or to get something real fast, saw me and asked if I couldn't get into the show, I told him yeah and he apologized and while he felt bad for me he gave me a copy of their (at teh time) new album rather ripped and said he knew it couldn't make up for not being inside seeing them but "hey, its somethin" then he had to go back in.
What an awesome guy. |
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yep definately he is one of the nicest guys Ive ever met. expecially to absolutely unknown people |
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i was at that show too! |
Um, I met Thurston last week. At his book signing at Strand. I didn't actually say anything to him other then "Hi" "Can you sign this too, please?" and "Thank you", but it was AWESOME. And he wrote my name with an anarchy symbol as the last A. And I didn't start shaking until I walked away!
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was that the signing after the interviewing/speaking botu no wave which is on youtube? I listen to it for the last 3 days while sleeping away...think thurston would be a good fairy tail grandpa too |
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hahaha, I meant this in a positive way. its interesting, but if youve read goodbye, saw kill your idols recently its a lot lapping. so it gets boring pretty quick. but I like listening to thurstons calming voice |
i went up to visit my highschool friends who go to umas amherst. we were determined to run into thurston or kim, so we drove around all day. finally we ran into thurston at a record store. he was buying some derek bailey vinyl. i started talkin to him about bailey, he invited me and my buddy back to his house for a toke and a jam session. obviously, we accepted. we were at his house, and got stoned off some delicious indoor northeastern grass. we then pl;ayed a psychedelic jam out for the ages. he invited kim upstairs, and even mascis came over. they told me i had some serious chops. a fantastic day.
ok, that never happened.accept for the part that i visited my friends at amhers. |
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i nearly belived you aswell :rolleyes: |
Wish I had my own story to share.
Some of these are incredible. |
we should start a poll which ones the best...
but I think the "not-trues" would win... |
I saw SY in Toronto a few years back and I met Kim, Thurston and Lee... Steve ran away before I could say 'hello' to him. I was hanging around outside the venue and the band happened to pull up pretty close to me in a van. They were going in for their soundcheck. So I thought, 'what the hell? i'll probably never get another chance to talk to sonic youth!' and I went over and said 'hi' to Kim and Thurston.
Kim seemed kinda preoccupied and possibly annoyed that I was bugging her, but she did kindly sign my Daydream Nation cd jacket. Thurston was real cool, and friendly... and tall. I'm kinda short so the dude looked huge. Lee actually walked over to me when he saw me coming over. He was the most amiable of the bunch. He shook my hand and thanked me for coming to the show and stuff. Real nice guy. I saw Steve, but he slipped into the club before I could talk to him. After the show, I spoke to Lee for a little while again. So yeah, that was a pretty cool experience. And now I have a signed DDN. |
seems that 2 conclusion could be made from this thread:
- lee is ALWAYS nice - steve often runs away |
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