After mid September I would go for Craig Newmark. Who is that you may ask? Literally the Craig in Craigslist. After all the sex I got because of craigslist it was good to finally meet the creator and founder of craigslist. He took a photo and signed for me.
Next up, start my day with an early morning Jessica Alba flight. Most would argue not the wisest of moves. But I saw her, she had a cap on but no mask and no shades, she took a photo op, and she signed 2 things for me. I have been going for Jessica Alba in a span of 10-15 years, and never in my life have I ever seen her this nice. Sadly I can never seem to get a "great" photo op with her. But this is better than the others I have. I'll take it.
I would try for two more flights that day. Second would be actress Emily Procter. When I asked for a photo op she completely shot me down. Wouldn't even sign. Completely nasty. Who would have imagined that Jessica Alba would be nice in an early morning flight but Emily Procter would be so nasty on a flight later in the day. Truly goes to show you how unpredictable combo hunting can be.
Final flight for the day was Mavis Staples. She would not do ops but signed 1 per.
Next day I try to look for the West Wing cast. Try the spot where they are doing a screening but they were already in. Didn't know where they would come out but finally the hotel was figured out. Go to the hotel and wait. We were almost getting ready to give up, then a bus pulls up, right on the sidewalk, and the holy grail motherload is there! Most of the cast!
I got director Thomas Schlamme (fresh) and Christine Lahti (update). Then I got actress Janel Moloney (fresh) and actress Emily Procter (fresh). Contrast to the airport the prior day, she was super nice with a huge smile happily stopping. She was such a different person to a point where I wondered if I made an error spotting her and it was actually someone else. Dule Hill was on the bus but I didn't bother him since I have enough ops with him. Martin Sheen was also in town but we didn't see him. No big deal as I've seen him enough times.
What was basically hours of running around and what seemed like a complete bust, in a span of 5 minutes turned into an epic success. Again, shows you how unpredictable these things can be.
Later that evening I tried Mavis Staples at her hotel, but sadly her handler remembered me from the airport and didn't stop for me.
On my way back from Baltimore Comic Con I would go for Gordon Gano, the lead singer of Violent Femmes, at his flight out. He was super cool even removing the mask for the photo op. Also got an autograph.
I would try for Scott Bakula at a show he was doing to get some autographs and hoping his wife Chelsea Field would show up. But never saw his wife and when I mooched into the venue I got caught and kicked out. Never saw him leave either. I would attempt this again soon.
Next night to a venue for original member of Judas Priest, KK Downing. During the show I get the original lead guitarist of Accept Wolf Hoffmann, a pretty solid name. During the span of the show I also get other barely valids. Unfortunately KK himself does a run off after the show and I never saw him.
Next day I went for a Jo Jo Levesque book signing. I had someone to help with gas and buy me the book. So I did it. I got a huge upgrade over my past shots. Outside the bookstore she wouldn't sign only did selfies.
Next evening to a venue for singer Suzanne Vega. She is not only a good name in her own right but a good historical name as one of her songs was used in the creation of the MP3 format. When she came out she was nice, signed, and did ops.
Next night is back to the Scott Bakula show. This time I was almost sure his wife Chelsea Field (Teela in the Masters of the Universe movie) would show up. And indeed I could see from the outside she did show up. I mooched inside the venue was about to ask. I caught her attention but the same security guard kicked me out again. I had to try at the next spot which would be a party spot. Sadly the same security guard was accompanying them. He tried to stop me but she agreed and I got the op! Thankfully didn't need to ask Scott.
Drove to a venue to try for Till Lindemannm, the lead singer of the legendary German band Rammstein. I had failed on at the airport. At the venue he signed but still refused ops. Sadly someone handed him a crappy tattoo marker to sign their arm and he used that. Thus all the autographs were garbage. I grabbed some barely valids while waiting for him. Evening was a bust. I then went to NYC.
Horrid Till Lindemann autograph
On the way back from NYC I would try for more music names, this time the band Counting Crows. First up, the airport. I would get
Jim Bogios (long time drummer)
Dan Vickrey (guitarist in all but the first album)
David Bryson (original guitarist)
Charlie Gillingham (original keyboard player)
Then it was off to the train station where I would get
David Immergluck (played on the early albums as a session musician turned into a full member)
And last but certainly not least, the original lead singer and main man himself, Adam Duritz!
Overall a nice clean sweep, only missing longtime bassist Millard Powers as far as the current lineup goes.
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