It's OFFICIAL - Amoeba Instores Announced

[bella]

Larissa! Great pictures!!

here's pictures of him and someone with a miniflag!!
who is that??

More pics here: http://www.exposay.com/stewart-copeland ... 9/v/33522/

[63falcon]

Oh nice! Thank you for book store pics!
So glad TOWOS that you got yer chance!

[Maud138]

What time is it in SF? How much longer do we have to wait? Is E already in the store? keep breathing lady!

[johnnybeane]

Ok im back!

Was i think 7th in line so am home already.

Stewart was very cool, here's video i took, will post what i got signed later.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai4gxQdQJYw

Me with Stewart,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BDt96zFvJo

Was great meeting fans that were there!

JB

[TheEqualizer]

*wondering if Lil T was able to maintain consciousness*

[Madgrad]

[quote="TheEqualizer"]*wondering if Lil T was able to maintain consciousness*[/quote]

Wondering the same thing!

[irishrose1969]

The suspense is killing me. Did anyone have to summon paramedics? Lol.
Was use of a defib necessary?
Lil T come on girl the world eagerly awaits news of you meeting the man. Please someone tell me we got video of this.
Super excited. Squeeeee.

[Rancid Date]

The suspense is killing me. Did anyone have to summon paramedics? Lol.
Was use of a defib necessary?
Lil T come on girl the world eagerly awaits news of you meeting the man. Please someone tell me we got video of this.
Super excited. Squeeeee.

She finally posted on Facebook. She made it. Now we have to wait for the story!

[TheEqualizer]

I can confirm that Lil T is indeed alive and EUPHORIC. I have implored her to post about her adventure. I suspect that she has to come down from Cloud 9 before being able to post about her experience. But I am sure it will be worth the wait.

[MariaH]

Oh Man. that lady was at the final Police week in NYC. She has been a fan for along time! I cant remember her name. Some of ladies who post here alot meet her Meg? NJD?

So glad that a lot of Nutters got to go to Amoeba today. It looked very relaxed there wasnt even a handler standing next to him.

Thanks for the pics everyone will await more video!

[TOWOS]

CLOUD 9 TO EARTH! CLOUD 9 TO EARTH!!!

(Thanks Johnny for the filming because I did **not** bring a camera, but Amy and Laurie were so kind to act like paparazzi and they will post the historical (for me) moment

Got to Amoeba half an hour before the event, parking impossible. Greeted by the luvlies Amy, Laurie, and Sandy with the news that only 2 items for person were allowed and I had four. So my long-suffering and immensely patient husband took the other 2 and apparently was a very convincing imitation of a Nutter, since he got Vickie's pumpkin stenciled page the longest dedications I have seen!

While in line, I met a very nice NY girl whose sister used to work for Frances Tomelty. Got a couple of indiscretions out of her, one on Sting-o and one on Andy-o, which I will not share here. Nothing that has not been rumored before, but this girl seems absolutely in.the.know.
Good omen: First song to be played in the huge, funky, hippy-age best-record store in Cali, was "Too cool to Kalypso" YAY!! Man comes into the store rushing into a back door, checkered shirt and a flash of blondegris hair, at which point my meds kicked in and I was mercifully floating at the sound of "Don't box me in", "Koteja", and The Equalizer's theme. Then the blondegris head came up again - ooooooohhhhh!!!! Yays all over the place.
As you have seen in JBeane's vid, you had to get up some stairs to get to the rickety table where the Maestro was. I'm next. A guy in a leather jacket, a cross between Quentin and David Byrne, asks me for my receipt. My shaky hands start leafing through the book, where's the Damn Thing? I'm NEXT! So I implored the guy "Look, don't do this to me, I have been waiting 30 years for this moment" So he gracefully let me out and..
I am in the presence of the Maestro, his hands and his glasses. Although extremely nice considered the drag that book signing must be, he was actually quite intimidating, because actually he's one of this person who looks at you straight in the eyes, a wonderful trait but...you know me. So I blathered something brief about being an SF nutter and gave my book to sign, and it came into my mind to say "Towos" instead of Elena. And while I was spelling it, the Maestro says "I.know.this.name!!!" and I blurted "I think you do. I am the anti-Sting" - then there was the other book I had him sign, I cannot tell this part because it's a surprise for the person who will receive it, but he kind of asked me which country it was. I shook his hand - if he had Purell I didn't notice it - and then I descended the stairs and shakily back into the arms of my trusted paparazzi girls - Laurie, who shot AMAZING pics - it will take her a while, but I have seen them on the camera and WOW - and Amy whose encouraging smile and wonderful support I will never forget.
We had a mini gathering among the 6 of us there and accompanying family in a typical Haight bohemian coffeehouse, exchanging rumors, news, and reminiscing. Three of us were in Concord last year - Sandy remembered how stoned I was. A cappuccino put me back in the Real World and now I am looking at these books and at the "Yo, towos!" in silver sharpie.
One piece of news which won't please you all much: Dallas won't be until 2011.
It was real. I made it without making too much of a fool of himself. Self-esteem on the rise. YAY!

[bret6262]

Here are some pics from today-

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/ ... 09/006.jpg the neighborhood

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/ ... 09/002.jpg the marquee

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/ ... 09/003.jpg SC poster in the window

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/ ... 09/004.jpg the rules

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/ ... 09/005.jpg the table

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/ ... 09/011.jpg the line

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/ ... 09/016.jpg proud parent

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/ ... 09/024.jpg fan meets the man

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/ ... 09/025.jpg the next victim

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/ ... 09/032.jpg another fan

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/ ... 09/037.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/ ... 09/041.jpg SC posed for pics

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/ ... 09/044.jpg SC signed drumheads, and just about anything else you put in front of him- regardless of the rules...he told one supporter to put EVERYTHING on the table if you want it signed...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/ ... 09/052.jpg signed stuff

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/ ... 09/051.jpg more signed stuff

I asked SC if he would be at NAMM- he said NO- he only goes every now and then...I asked if he flew here for the day- he said yes... I asked if he saw Cheech Marin (who oddly enough walked through the store with a female)...SC said no- but that he bough Cheech's old house in LA...

it was a fun time in (a seedy part of) SF with Mr. Copeland..!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/ ... 09/048.jpg this was the poster on the wall- the store was kind to let us have them at the end- and I got SC to sign it as he walked to his car

[TheEqualizer]

Yay, Lil T! Sounds like you were actually able to really enjoy the experience. I think you can now permanently retire the Burkah!!

[TOWOS]

Eh, the burkah is going to retire after all these years of service...
But not Prince V. Da Prince must still be at work...
Proof is that I wrote in my report that Stewart had a checkered shirt, and I was totally convinced he had until I watched the vids and saw the pics. It was a STRIPED shirt...

[conroy]

Wooooooooooooooooooo!!!! Definitely worth the wait and definitely glad there were no trips to the ER!!!!!!

So I guess there was no early release of the audiobook CD for the signing