JB2 & NYC: Memoirs of a Flag Wookie

[Moeskido]

"... droids don't pull people's arms out of their sockets when they lose [a flag]. Wookiees have been known to do that."

It's not wise to upset a Wookiee.

[TheEqualizer]

Tamadude! Stop doing your tongue exercises and get on with your story!!!

[policerule]

[quote="Moeskido"]"... droids don't pull people's arms out of their sockets when they lose [a flag]. Wookiees have been known to do that."

It's not wise to upset a Wookiee.[/quote]


Happy to see that you venture over to the "other" side on occasion, Moe.



Does the wookie have a job that is more important that this story? He should reassess his priorities, imo.

[Madgrad]

If he were a stay-at-home parent he'd be on Chapter 53 by now!

[BongoBoy]

...maybe he's stuck inside a big trash compactor.

does anyone know the "stop doors closing" code ?


Oh Oh.




BB.

[Tamadude]

PT.21

The rest of the show went smoothly. I lost track of how many points there were, or when they were. At least 5 I think. It was such a rush, every single time he pointed at it. Each point it felt like he threw a bolt of fork lightning at me. I really need to see a video of this show, as proof to myself that the whole thing really happened. And if anyone has a picture of a point, I'd LOVE to see one, and I can paypal.

I couldn't even think about taking pics while I had possession of the Flag. Didn't feel it was a wise time to multi-task. That's why I'm really hoping that someone might have captured a point or two. There were so many different things going on at that show. The Elvii. The Cha. Sally. Krypton green pom-poms. Purple Haze. Nutters. The Flag (can I thank that Kel chick enough?). All I know is that I still can't believe that entire day transpired. It's tough to properly put it into words. I thought that the concert performance itself absolutely rocked, but it's been adequately covered by others on the forum already, so I won't get into that.

The show finished and it was time to give the Flag back, so I wandered over to front centre where a contingency of Nutters were. Emotions were abundant. Met Susan, Nancyrose, and others. All of whom were very nice people. Have I mentioned that Nutters are the absolute BEST?

When I approached Kellie to give the Flag back, she looked kind of exhausted, but a bit relieved at the same time. Far more relaxed than before the show. As if she'd just cleared one of the final hurdles in the Great Flag Marathon, but still had to get through the homestretch. Then she gave me another one of her trademark hugs, and thanked me profusely. How dare you thank me, woman. I'm supposed to thank you! What a gift she'd just given me. I can't stress this enough: Thank you DirtyMartini, I won't ever forget it. And thank you STEWART, for making this all possible.

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After the gig I said a few goodbyes, a few hellos, and mixed into the exiting masses. People were commenting on my shirt all night. Something that was kind of funny was this group of twemtysomething gals who were there waiting for the bus with me. They were your typical trendy poseur types, and they were trying to remember the names of the guys in the band. One them points to the back of my shirt and goes, "Oh look. He likes the drummer. Ask him. Um, excuse me, do you know what Sting's real name is?". It was kinda funny. I guess you had to be there.

The line up for the bus was a few bus loads worth people, but I made it onto the second one out. When I hopped on the bus, as fate would have it, who do you think ends up right beside me? It's Dietmar, of course. Man, I just can't seem to shake this guy. But I had the cooler shirt that night.

And that pretty much sums up the Jones Beach 2 section of the wookie memoirs. I'm working on some other stuff about the EC taping and MSG, but it won't be as voluminous as the JB2 experience, I promise.

Thanks for all the wonderful comments you've made, peeps. I'm not worthy.

If I met any of you in NYC then please keep checking in, because more than likely I'm gonna talk about you!

[Tamadude]

disregard. double post.

[samburusunset]

Thanks for your excellent recollection of your excellent day T'Dude!




It makes me really wish I could've been at that show! (Man work sucks!)

[bella]

thanks for the great story, tamawookiedudeman. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I don't think the flag could have asked for a better bearer the second to last night of it's journey. Good job.

[E]

I never knew Wookies could tell such great stories.

a fabulous storyteller, you are.

[DirtyMartini]

[quote="bella"]thanks for the great story, tamawookiedudeman. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I don't think the flag could have asked for a better bearer the second to last night of it's journey. Good job.[/quote]

What she said.^

Tama, thank you -- for the story, the photos, for barking at that grabby twit, and for showing the love and support of us all to Stewart. You've done us all proud, not least because you were so ready and willing to give up "your moment" both for Stewart and for the rest of Stewart's fans.

Thank you, Tama.

Thank you, Stewart.


Someone please make sure that I burn that kermit-colored JB2 shirt.

[TheEqualizer]

COME ON!!!! CONTINUE!!!

I'll help:

So I woke up the next morning still excited knowing that I had a ticket to see the Police/Costello tv taping. So I do my 500 tongue push ups like I do every morning . . .

[Tamadude]

[quote="TheEqualizer" So I woke up the next morning still excited knowing that I had a ticket to see the Police/Costello tv taping. So I do my 500 tongue push ups like I do every morning . . .

[/quote]



You slay me dude...

[Moeskido]

[quote="Tamadude"]We had an intense conversation about The Dark Knight at the Tic Toc. Surely we could call that a greeting of consequence, no? [/quote]

I'm a brain-dead moron with a mind like a sieve. Or just low-blood-sugar.

[Tamadude]

PT 22

I slept right until the noon checkout time, did my 500 tongue-ups and got onto the Long Island Rail train to Penn Station. The next hotel I had a reservation for didn't allow check-in until 3pm, but that's when I had to be at the Apollo! However, seeing as this was the luckiest 3 days of my life, (or was it wookie charm?) the kind lady at the front desk allowed me to check in 2 hours early. This meant I was able to do the 4 S's and make my way to Harlem for the EC taping.

On the way to the Harlem, I found out that timing is everything with the NYC subways. I went down too early, and had to wait for almost 20 minutes. It. Was. Hot. I had no idea how hot it was down there! Especially being dressed "upscale". PDXracer told me later on that the city put underground heating pipes throughout the subway system and that's why you can see steam rising from the manholes and drains sometimes. It was nice when the air conditioned subway train came.

Walking to the Apollo was interesting. The line up to get in was huge. There were 2 lineups, one fanclub and one not. I recognized a few familiar faces in the line; Madgrad, GSC, Bella, Jennym just to name a few. The historical aura and interior design of the building were awesome to behold, and my luck was still rolling as I picked up my ticket for the taping; ROW 2. Andy's side. Epic! Right beside the speaker stacks. The only thing was that part of STEWART's kit was blocked by that stage-prop archway thingy. It basically just cut out the octobans from view. It didn't matter though; I was there.

Again, the performance and interviews have been well documented on other threads, so I won't delve into that. I'll just say that I really enjoyed the interviews, as well as the songs. Elvis' rendition of ELTSDIM was itself magic. That song almost drives me to tears. One thing that was cool, was when STEWART came out for his interview, he received the loudest applause of them all. But right before he sat down, he saw me pointing at him, then he gave me a blatant double point, then he swung his arm over and pointed right at Jennym; both Flagless points! I must say that Jenny was completely beaming the entire time. Even when nothing was happening on stage, she still had this huge ear-to-ear smile on her face. When I met her after the show and told her STEWART pointed at her, she had no idea, and was super stoked to hear that. What a sweetie she is. Now we just have to hope that it makes the broadcast and doesn't end up on the cutting room floor!

After the show, I noticed a stagehand go up to STEWART's kit and grab the used sticks. Fitting nicely into my new role as opportunist, I approached the stage and asked her if she wouldn't mind tossing me a stick. She said, "Just a minute" and then she walked off and came back, grabbed a Vater out of the quiver of spares and handed it to me. Cool! Another memento to add to the Copeland shrine. But there was this one dumb-ass in the lobby who told me that because it wasn't actually used and dinged-up, it wasn't worth shit. Whatever, nimrod! It may not be a used stick, but still; it came off of STEWART's kit at the legendary Apollo, and that's well worth keeping, in my book.

On the way out I posted a comment about the show on one of the laptops they had set up in the theatre, then spent a few minutes mingling with the Nutters outside. DirtyMartini was still undergoing Flag-Jeff-stress, everyone was texting like mad, and MSG was clearly on peoples' minds.

TBC.......