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Post by TM on Aug 4, 2009 18:54:21 GMT
 I think this is the pic Jeff was speaking about. Now listen folks, just chill out and go with it. I think these puppets are pretty important! I don't remember Ian using any machine. But then again, my seats weren't that good. I do remember going to the show one night with a buddy who was taping it on a camcorder. The dude was so paranoid! His expression just read "Frisk me, I'm guilty!" ;D 1991....how big must the camcorders have been at that time? I might've been a little paranoid, too. ;D Interesting puppets.....to say the least..... Ah! Great observation Blue. They weren't exactly this large...  ...but I am exercising my prerogative to embellish a bit since this is Jeff's thread.  |
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Post by steelmonkey on Aug 4, 2009 18:55:15 GMT
What am i T-...chopped liver?do I have to start accusing you of stuff again to get back on your respected $h1t list? damn, i try so hard ...
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Post by fatman on Aug 5, 2009 0:32:59 GMT
So who is with me? There have been three chapters so far, the last ending with our happy encounter with Heather Perry at the end of the second Paramount show. I'll have another installment for you tomorrow morning. Can't do it tonight because the print-out is in my office. I think that from now on, whenever I add a chapter I will do it as a response to the last one, so that it will be easier for people to follow.
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Post by TM on Aug 5, 2009 1:17:09 GMT
So who is with me? There have been three chapters so far, the last ending with our happy encounter with Heather Perry at the end of the second Paramount show. I'll have another installment for you tomorrow morning. Can't do it tonight because the print-out is in my office. I think that from now on, whenever I add a chapter I will do it as a response to the last one, so that it will be easier for people to follow. Jeff I'm digging it Jeff. And it's also interesting to know that both Heather and Doane cannot stop talking! |
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Post by tommie on Aug 5, 2009 3:51:29 GMT
Fat, we are true bothers-in-tull. I was at both those Beacon shows. Your 5th row story is hilarious! Speaking of the Beacon, Ian played there one nite on his DIVINITIES tour Spring 1995) and said it was so weird to see HIS name on the marque instead of the usual JT. Then, he returned to the Beacon in the Fall w/ Tull for the "Roots....." shows.
I know I'm in the minority on this board (in a lotta obnoxious way! ha!) but I think "Roots To Branches" is an exquisite album thruout. Did you see those shows? Remember how Ian had the microphone/mouthpiece thing and was able to move around all nite and sing @ the same time? Really dug that.
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Post by tommie on Aug 5, 2009 3:51:50 GMT
Fat, we are true bothers-in-tull. I was at both those Beacon shows. Your 5th row story is hilarious! Speaking of the Beacon, Ian played there one nite on his DIVINITIES tour Spring 1995) and said it was so weird to see HIS name on the marque instead of the usual JT. Then, he returned to the Beacon in the Fall w/ Tull for the "Roots....." shows.
I know I'm in the minority on this board (in a lotta obnoxious way! ha!) but I think "Roots To Branches" is an exquisite album thruout. Did you see those shows? Remember how Ian had the microphone/mouthpiece thing and was able to move around all nite and sing @ the same time? Really dug that.
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Post by fatman on Aug 5, 2009 4:56:02 GMT
Fat, we are true bothers-in-tull. I was at both those Beacon shows. Your 5th row story is hilarious! Speaking of the Beacon, Ian played there one nite on his DIVINITIES tour Spring 1995) and said it was so weird to see HIS name on the marque instead of the usual JT. Then, he returned to the Beacon in the Fall w/ Tull for the "Roots....." shows. I know I'm in the minority on this board (in a lotta obnoxious way! ha!) but I think "Roots To Branches" is an exquisite album thruout. Did you see those shows? Remember how Ian had the microphone/mouthpiece thing and was able to move around all nite and sing @ the same time? Really dug that. If you think that little story was hilarious, just wait until you see how the other story plays out! Anyway, I was at all of the Beacon shows you mentioned, Divinities and the two Roots shows. My personal feelings about Roots when it first came out was that there were four or five songs that were absolutely killer, especially Dangerous Veils (Tull's hardest rock song ever), a couple of flawed but still okay songs, like Beside Myself, and then some songs that I didn't care for very much like Wounded Old & Treacherous, Harry's Bar and At Last Forever, mainly because they were overlong and had a lot of filler. However, I absolutely LOVED that tour. The songs sounded much better live than on the record, and I thought his vocals were strong. (The opposite was true of Catfish....those songs didn't really come across very well in concert.) And I loved that there was no supporting act, just two sets of Tull, new and old, with the first half consisting of eight of the eleven songs from the new album. That was the last time we saw anything like that. Plus, I loved the re-worked versions of A-lung and LocoBreath. And yes, I do remember the roving microphone thing, but again, only because you mentioned it. Recently, I was listening to Roots and liking it better than I ever had before, perhaps because it had been awhile since I had heard it or maybe because the album has just grown on me over the years. Jeff |
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Post by fatman on Aug 5, 2009 5:03:18 GMT
So who is with me? There have been three chapters so far, the last ending with our happy encounter with Heather Perry at the end of the second Paramount show. I'll have another installment for you tomorrow morning. Can't do it tonight because the print-out is in my office. I think that from now on, whenever I add a chapter I will do it as a response to the last one, so that it will be easier for people to follow. Jeff I'm digging it Jeff. And it's also interesting to know that both Heather and Doane cannot stop talking! You're right, they both love to talk, and they're both very nice to the fans. Glad you're enjoying the story so far...it's just starting to get off the ground! Jeff |
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Post by maddogfagin on Aug 5, 2009 7:56:08 GMT
Jeff - just get on with it please.
Thanking you in advance.
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Post by fatman on Aug 5, 2009 12:16:02 GMT
Jeff - just get on with it please. Thanking you in advance. Maddog I will, but the story is long. It can't be told all at once. Even if I had the time to do it all at one time, the story would completely lose its comedic effect if told in that way. It would be this single massive block of gray, that would be difficult to read. On the old board, people were making funny remarks between each segment and became active participants in the story. Both TM and Bluehare have already done that here and have stated that they like the way the story is being paced. TM has even contributed visuals which have been very illustrative so far, and I will ask him to do some more of that later. Tommie and others, I believe, are or hopefully will be coming around to that view. I will post two further segments today. You will see, if you've been following, the way it plays out is really funny. It is about the first time my friend and I ever met Ian....in a most remarkable way. Jeff |
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Post by mix on Aug 5, 2009 12:39:58 GMT
Come on Jeff, at this rate it will be Christmas before we have an idea if this story is any good!
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Post by fatman on Aug 5, 2009 12:58:10 GMT
Come on Jeff, at this rate it will be Christmas before we have an idea if this story is any good! The story begins to take off soon, and the posts get longer....a lot of detail will be provided and I think you are going to like it. I am going to try to accelerate it now, so that in five or six days the entire yarn will be unspooled. Are you with me so far? Jeff |
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Post by bluehare on Aug 5, 2009 16:56:41 GMT
A moose puppet!
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Post by fatman on Aug 5, 2009 17:01:08 GMT
Congrats, Ms. Hare, you win first prize! But the more interesting question is why. We shall soon see.... Jeff |
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Post by maddogfagin on Aug 5, 2009 17:44:27 GMT
Congrats, Ms. Hare, you win first prize! But the more interesting question is why. We shall soon see.... Jeff I have a funny feeling I know where this story is going . . .  But do carry on |
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Post by TM on Aug 5, 2009 18:51:21 GMT
Congrats, Ms. Hare, you win first prize! But the more interesting question is why. We shall soon see.... Jeff I was thinking more along the lines of something like this:  |
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Post by TM on Aug 5, 2009 19:12:27 GMT
Come on Jeff, at this rate it will be Christmas before we have an idea if this story is any good! Well it's not like we have a new Tull album to discuss. |
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Post by fatman on Aug 5, 2009 20:55:03 GMT
Congrats, Ms. Hare, you win first prize! But the more interesting question is why. We shall soon see.... Jeff I have a funny feeling I know where this story is going . . . But do carry on Okay, I'm going to speed things up a bit. Jeff |
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Post by TM on Aug 5, 2009 21:22:19 GMT
CONTEST: What did Mike take out of his pocket??? PRIZE: A private meet and greet with Mike himself, a swarthy, rather brash and insistent, currently 46 year-old male, of Argentinian and Jewish heritage, who during the time period in question bore a striking resemblance to a young Antonio Banderas, although he has since put on about 30 pounds and now sports a long graying ponytail, so that the current version of him is more reminiscent of an aging Marlon Brando. Jeff Mike is a fan of British humor. He loves Monty Python and things like that. He had seen the Kissing Willie video, which can only be described as Pythonesque (with maybe a little bit of Benny Hill mixed in), so naturally he loved it. At the time, Kissing Willie was a relatively new song, having been released on the prior album, only two years earlier. So Mike, being in possession of a number of finger puppets from the aforesaid Marsha the Musical Moose, thought it would be funny to present one of the puppets, replete with antlers, to Ian as a gift, and suggest to Ian that he could utilize it as a "Willie Warmer" during the winter season which was almost upon us. Now he's telling me of his intentions for the first time while I'm on the Northern State Parkway heading toward the Coliseum. My reaction can best be described as a blend of shock, horror and amusement. I said, "Mike, if you do that I am going to have to kill you...if Ian doesn't kill you first." A humorous argument ensued, in which I explained to Mike that you can't be lucky enough to have a chance to meet your rock icon and then proceed to insult him by giving him a "gift" that implies he has a small one. Especially when he is known to have a volatile and, at times, temperamental disposition. I emphasized to Mike that it was a friggin' finger puppet, after all! I warned him repeatedly that if he ruined our first possible meeting with Ian I would, literally, kill him. To be continued.... Jeff You sure Mike is not really Tommie? He's the only one I can imagine doing that to Ian. |
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Post by TM on Aug 6, 2009 16:00:22 GMT
Mike is a fan of British humor. He loves Monty Python and things like that. He had seen the Kissing Willie video, which can only be described as Pythonesque (with maybe a little bit of Benny Hill mixed in), so naturally he loved it. At the time, Kissing Willie was a relatively new song, having been released on the prior album, only two years earlier. So Mike, being in possession of a number of finger puppets from the aforesaid Marsha the Musical Moose, thought it would be funny to present one of the puppets, replete with antlers, to Ian as a gift, and suggest to Ian that he could utilize it as a "Willie Warmer" during the winter season which was almost upon us. Now he's telling me of his intentions for the first time while I'm on the Northern State Parkway heading toward the Coliseum. My reaction can best be described as a blend of shock, horror and amusement. I said, "Mike, if you do that I am going to have to kill you...if Ian doesn't kill you first." A humorous argument ensued, in which I explained to Mike that you can't be lucky enough to have a chance to meet your rock icon and then proceed to insult him by giving him a "gift" that implies he has a small one. Especially when he is known to have a volatile and, at times, temperamental disposition. I emphasized to Mike that it was a friggin' finger puppet, after all! I warned him repeatedly that if he ruined our first possible meeting with Ian I would, literally, kill him. To be continued.... Jeff Mike, being the swarthy, brash and rather insistent young Argentinean that he was, initially demurred. He thought that Ian would love the joke, because it was such a ridiculous thing for a fan to offer him, and because it would be, in a sense, paying homage to the song. But after some funny repartee, I was finally able to convince Mike of the wrongheadedness of his thinking, and to prevail upon him to abandon the very notion of giving Marsha's moose puppet "willie warmer" to Ian. And so he put it away, and we started getting into whatever album or song that I had on, and pretty soon I completely forgot about the willie warmer. (Actually I wasn't really too worried about it anyway, because I thought it would be moot; I did not seriously expect the backstage passes to be there, and even if they were, would we really meet Ian?) So, as soon as we got to the Coliseum, we rushed excitedly to the 'will call' window, and lo and behold, Praise Be Heather, there they were! Two gold backstage passes, actually stickers, with the Jethro Tull Catfish typeface and the intertwined JT logo and the word GUEST printed at the bottom. We felt like Charlie from the children's book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, unwrapping the candy bar and discovering the golden ducat inside, granting the lucky few a private tour of "Willie" Wonka's chocolate factory! Jeff Sweet! The ultimate Tull concert! I got backstage once with Holly, but I never got to meet Ian - only she did. Andy took her to meet him. He left me and Holly's husband in a room with some bruised fruit.  |
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Post by TM on Aug 8, 2009 23:24:05 GMT
Sweet! The ultimate Tull concert! I got backstage once with Holly, but I never got to meet Ian - only she did. Andy took her to meet him. He left me and Holly's husband in a room with some bruised fruit. Who is Holly? Name sounds familiar. Is that somebody from here? The old board? Not so easy to get backstage, much less meet Ian, even with a pass (as we shall soon see). But to be left in a room with another guy and some bruised fruit??? What a bummer. Jeff Holly stopped in here for a quick visit but was a regular for a while on the old board. |
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Post by TM on Aug 8, 2009 23:26:11 GMT
Mike, being the swarthy, brash and rather insistent young Argentinean that he was, initially demurred. He thought that Ian would love the joke, because it was such a ridiculous thing for a fan to offer him, and because it would be, in a sense, paying homage to the song. But after some funny repartee, I was finally able to convince Mike of the wrongheadedness of his thinking, and to prevail upon him to abandon the very notion of giving Marsha's moose puppet "willie warmer" to Ian. And so he put it away, and we started getting into whatever album or song that I had on, and pretty soon I completely forgot about the willie warmer. (Actually I wasn't really too worried about it anyway, because I thought it would be moot; I did not seriously expect the backstage passes to be there, and even if they were, would we really meet Ian?) So, as soon as we got to the Coliseum, we rushed excitedly to the 'will call' window, and lo and behold, Praise Be Heather, there they were! Two gold backstage passes, actually stickers, with the Jethro Tull Catfish typeface and the intertwined JT logo and the word GUEST printed at the bottom. We felt like Charlie from the children's book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, unwrapping the candy bar and discovering the golden ducat inside, granting the lucky few a private tour of "Willie" Wonka's chocolate factory! Jeff When we last left off, Mike and I were like kids in a candy shop. We had the gold passes, courtesy of our goddess, Heather Perry! We had decent seats for the show, which had almost become an afterthought compared to what would follow later. We felt like such big, important men....oh look at us, we have backstage passes, we're going to meet the band. So the show starts, and after a song or two, Ian starts talking to the audience and, apropos of everything, he makes a penis joke! You see, apparently, Rod Stewart had played the Coliseum a few nights earlier, and during the course of his performance, a female admirer ran onto the stage and grabbed Rod's rod. So Ian, pretending to address the female fan of Rod's leather-clad member, said something along the lines of "If you're out there tonight, I'm all yours." (This, while spreading his legs apart.) You know, I hadn't realized this before, but now that I'm thinking about it, it was probably Ian's joke that started the wheels turning in Mike's head again! Jeff I vaguely remember hearing something about that....maybe from the old board? |
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Post by fatman on Aug 10, 2009 14:35:14 GMT
Who is Holly? Name sounds familiar. Is that somebody from here? The old board? Not so easy to get backstage, much less meet Ian, even with a pass (as we shall soon see). But to be left in a room with another guy and some bruised fruit??? What a bummer. Jeff Holly stopped in here for a quick visit but was a regular for a while on the old board. I knew I recognized her name. She was a regular on the old board I think. Was it she who went by the moniker Waitress on Skates? Jeff |
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Post by TM on Aug 10, 2009 14:52:31 GMT
I vaguely remember hearing something about that....maybe from the old board? It's possible you popped in while I was telling the story six years ago on the old board. But in general you must have been very busy, or perhaps on vacation or hiatus from the board. Otherwise, I'm sure you would have been posting comments, joining in with the likes of Ryan, Bluesmith, Carl Smoker, Rob Curtis, Pat Hatry, Peggy Harris and our very own Rebecca and Quizz Kid. Jeff Ah, Peggy Harris. A very nice person. I hope she is doing well. |
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Post by TM on Aug 10, 2009 14:55:31 GMT
Holly stopped in here for a quick visit but was a regular for a while on the old board. I knew I recognized her name. She was a regular on the old board I think. Was it she who went by the moniker Waitress on Skates? Jeff No not her. Originally she was Holly, but then I think she changed it to something one of the resident psycho's used to call her. I can't remember though... |
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Post by TM on Aug 10, 2009 14:59:51 GMT
When we last left off, Mike and I were like kids in a candy shop. We had the gold passes, courtesy of our goddess, Heather Perry! We had decent seats for the show, which had almost become an afterthought compared to what would follow later. We felt like such big, important men....oh look at us, we have backstage passes, we're going to meet the band. So the show starts, and after a song or two, Ian starts talking to the audience and, apropos of everything, he makes a penis joke! You see, apparently, Rod Stewart had played the Coliseum a few nights earlier, and during the course of his performance, a female admirer ran onto the stage and grabbed Rod's rod. So Ian, pretending to address the female fan of Rod's leather-clad member, said something along the lines of "If you're out there tonight, I'm all yours." (This, while spreading his legs apart.) You know, I hadn't realized this before, but now that I'm thinking about it, it was probably Ian's joke that started the wheels turning in Mike's head again! Jeff The show ends in all too typical fashion. Mike and I were hardly able to contain our excitement. We were going to meet the band! Not so fast, amigos. Having already rushed the stage for the finale, we were not far from the designated area where "guests" were instructed to gather before being escorted backstage. Because of our proximity, we were amongst the earliest to arrive there. It was then that we learned the first of three harsh lessons. Harsh Lesson #1 was "ALL BACKSTAGE PASSES ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL." In addition to the gold passes, there were also green and red ones. I'm not sure of the pecking order between the greens and reds, but they were obviously way more important than we were. They were like kings and knights, freely allowed to come and go from the dressing room as they pleased, whereas those of us with gold passes were mere vassals, ordered to cool our heels and sit in a roped-off section of seats adjacent to the ramp that led down to the Promised Land. Then, as time went by, and more and more 'gold passers' arrived (there were at least 100 of us), we learned Harsh Lesson #2: "THE MERE POSSESSION OF A GOLD PASS DOES NOT ENSURE ACCESS TO THE BACKSTAGE AREA." Mike, being a rather restless fellow, approached one of the security guys who explained that an inordinate number of gold passes had been issued by radio stations and friends of the band. He further explained that we would not all get to go in because of space and time limitations, so we would just have to wait. Needless to say, we were crushed, really bummed out, but we continued to wait and hope against hope, when suddenly, like a mirage........ Jeff I learned that the hard way as you now know. After drinking a cup of coffee along side the bruised fruit I talked with Andy and James Duncan a bit. Never got to meet Ian though... |
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Post by fatman on Aug 10, 2009 18:42:02 GMT
It's possible you popped in while I was telling the story six years ago on the old board. But in general you must have been very busy, or perhaps on vacation or hiatus from the board. Otherwise, I'm sure you would have been posting comments, joining in with the likes of Ryan, Bluesmith, Carl Smoker, Rob Curtis, Pat Hatry, Peggy Harris and our very own Rebecca and Quizz Kid. Jeff Ah, Peggy Harris. A very nice person. I hope she is doing well. Peggy is a personal trainer, if I remember correctly. She certainly seemed very friendly. Did you actually meet her? Jeff |
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Post by fatman on Aug 10, 2009 18:42:43 GMT
I knew I recognized her name. She was a regular on the old board I think. Was it she who went by the moniker Waitress on Skates? Jeff No not her. Originally she was Holly, but then I think she changed it to something one of the resident psycho's used to call her. I can't remember though... Now that you mention it I guess I do remember her posting as Holly. Jeff |
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Post by fatman on Aug 10, 2009 18:45:59 GMT
The show ends in all too typical fashion. Mike and I were hardly able to contain our excitement. We were going to meet the band! Not so fast, amigos. Having already rushed the stage for the finale, we were not far from the designated area where "guests" were instructed to gather before being escorted backstage. Because of our proximity, we were amongst the earliest to arrive there. It was then that we learned the first of three harsh lessons. Harsh Lesson #1 was "ALL BACKSTAGE PASSES ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL." In addition to the gold passes, there were also green and red ones. I'm not sure of the pecking order between the greens and reds, but they were obviously way more important than we were. They were like kings and knights, freely allowed to come and go from the dressing room as they pleased, whereas those of us with gold passes were mere vassals, ordered to cool our heels and sit in a roped-off section of seats adjacent to the ramp that led down to the Promised Land. Then, as time went by, and more and more 'gold passers' arrived (there were at least 100 of us), we learned Harsh Lesson #2: "THE MERE POSSESSION OF A GOLD PASS DOES NOT ENSURE ACCESS TO THE BACKSTAGE AREA." Mike, being a rather restless fellow, approached one of the security guys who explained that an inordinate number of gold passes had been issued by radio stations and friends of the band. He further explained that we would not all get to go in because of space and time limitations, so we would just have to wait. Needless to say, we were crushed, really bummed out, but we continued to wait and hope against hope, when suddenly, like a mirage........ Jeff I learned that the hard way as you now know. After drinking a cup of coffee along side the bruised fruit I talked with Andy and James Duncan a bit. Never got to meet Ian though... Oh, so then it wasn't a total loss. I thought it was just you and Holly's husband in the room with the bruised fruit. Always fun to talk to Andy and it must have been cool talking to Ian's son, whom I've never met. Jeff |
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Post by TM on Aug 10, 2009 20:57:38 GMT
Ah, Peggy Harris. A very nice person. I hope she is doing well. Peggy is a personal trainer, if I remember correctly. She certainly seemed very friendly. Did you actually meet her? Jeff Yes. I met her down in Washington at the Aqualung XM Live gig. |
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