by AxlSlash » Thu Jan 28, 2010 4:22 am
I'm with James on this one. Did I expect to have a convo? Yes. I didn't expect him to walk me through the process of recording Blizzard of Ozz piece by piece, but I expected to have at least a one sentence per person dialogue. Major book signings I have been to before:
Michael Crichton - told him that I was a big fan, that I had been reading his books since the 5th grade (true), and that I was about to write a paper on The Andromeda Strain. He asked me what I was writing about, talked with me about it a bit, then wrote a personal message in my book. Signed it "To Seth - It was an absolute pleasure to meet you! Best, Michael Crichton). I was like 14, and it made a huge impression on me.
Sen. Al Franken - The signing was just after the Jewish New Year. I wished him a happy new year, and we chitchatted a bit while he signed my book and a little bit after. Not a huge or meaningful convo, but certainly not just going through the motions.
George Carlin - Easily the most caring star I have had the good fortune to meet. I wear the yarmalke (Jewish ritual head covering), which Mr. Carlin's new book references at a point. As I approached the table, before I could say anything, he said "Hey, man, how ya doin? Have you gotten to the part of the book yet about the hip-hop Jew who wears his Yarmalke sideways?" We then proceeded to have a pretty decent length convo about one of his older comedy bits which continued well past the actual signing of the book, meaning that we actually made a bunch of eye contact. Felt like he was an old buddy. Just an awesome, awesome man. He is missed.
I've also met Howard Dean, Sec. Madeline Albright, and many others at signings like this one where I had real convos. I've also had full convos with very busy, very prominent people far more influential than Ozzy even (one of whom addressed our nation tonight) and had very full, meaningful conversations. I don't think it was so unreasonable to, for waiting in line for 2 hr this morning to buy my book and another half hour for the signing, to expect at least a "Thanks for being a fan" or "I appreciate that" after I told the man he was a hero of mine. I don't blame Oz, 'cause it was definitely his handlers rushing it along, but it definitely left a bad taste the way his handlers were treating the fans.
I'm with James on this one. Did I expect to have a convo? Yes. I didn't expect him to walk me through the process of recording Blizzard of Ozz piece by piece, but I expected to have at least a one sentence per person dialogue. Major book signings I have been to before:
Michael Crichton - told him that I was a big fan, that I had been reading his books since the 5th grade (true), and that I was about to write a paper on The Andromeda Strain. He asked me what I was writing about, talked with me about it a bit, then wrote a personal message in my book. Signed it "To Seth - It was an absolute pleasure to meet you! Best, Michael Crichton). I was like 14, and it made a huge impression on me.
Sen. Al Franken - The signing was just after the Jewish New Year. I wished him a happy new year, and we chitchatted a bit while he signed my book and a little bit after. Not a huge or meaningful convo, but certainly not just going through the motions.
George Carlin - Easily the most caring star I have had the good fortune to meet. I wear the yarmalke (Jewish ritual head covering), which Mr. Carlin's new book references at a point. As I approached the table, before I could say anything, he said "Hey, man, how ya doin? Have you gotten to the part of the book yet about the hip-hop Jew who wears his Yarmalke sideways?" We then proceeded to have a pretty decent length convo about one of his older comedy bits which continued well past the actual signing of the book, meaning that we actually made a bunch of eye contact. Felt like he was an old buddy. Just an awesome, awesome man. He is missed.
I've also met Howard Dean, Sec. Madeline Albright, and many others at signings like this one where I had real convos. I've also had full convos with very busy, very prominent people far more influential than Ozzy even (one of whom addressed our nation tonight) and had very full, meaningful conversations. I don't think it was so unreasonable to, for waiting in line for 2 hr this morning to buy my book and another half hour for the signing, to expect at least a "Thanks for being a fan" or "I appreciate that" after I told the man he was a hero of mine. I don't blame Oz, 'cause it was definitely his handlers rushing it along, but it definitely left a bad taste the way his handlers were treating the fans.