Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Scattered meets throughout February Part 2

The day starts at political spots where I hope to see some actors. Saw football player Plaxico Burress go in but he denied. Sadly, the only entertainment name I got is director Eduardo Verastegui who I already have. The rest were names I didn't care for.

Final spot for the night is for a band lead by REM member Peter Buck. Already have Peter and one other member of the band but needed the other two. After the show tried to mooch in but got shut down. They were doing the merch table and we explained we wanted to buy merch but to no avail.

Wait a bit and the employees went home. Then tried to mooch inside again, this time successfully and we see the band members mingling. I got Peter Buck (update), Duke Garwood (fresh), and Barrett Martin (upgrade). Sadly, never saw Alain Johannes who I never met before. Overall, a subpar day. 

Full list of photo ops


Next day starts at a radio station for the band of musicians/actors The Runarounds. Sadly only 4 of the 5 members are there. I got Zende Murdock, William Lipton, Jeremy Yun, and Axel Ellis in a group op and singles with the two I wasn't next to, Axel Ellis and Zende Murdock. They also signed for me. No Jesse Golliher who was supposedly sick during the day but not at night. 

Go to the next spot hoping to see actor Andy Richter so I can get an upgrade. But only see some people from Dancing with the Stars. I get the ops. Go to another spot for actor Lamman Rucker. It seemed like he was never coming out till much later but at one point he went outside for a break. I managed to score the photo op and was able to leave.

Final spot for the evening is for bluegrass legend Sam Bush. Mooch inside the venue after the show and get the opener Lillian Hackett and also Sam Bush who was super nice greeting the crowd. Also got autographs from him.

Zende Murdock, William Lipton, Jeremy Yun, and Axel Ellis

Full list of photo ops

Autographs


This day starts off badly as I go to a venue to try and see Billy Gibbons for some autographs. But never see him and give up since he is presumably inside. Go to an event with Mark Cuban. Get an upgraded photo op and autographs. Go to a final spot for the band Skeleton Crewe who have a couple of decent names in the lineup but they were already inside and I didn't want to wait till late at night. So, I called it a day.

Mark Cuban

Autographs


Next event is a political event that Robert Deniro was attending. I missed him going in where he stopped but at the event as it was ending, I approached the stage and managed to get him to sign my Meet the Fockers DVD already signed by Ben Stiller and Jay Roach (and barely got that). I have two ops with him from before. I was always afraid to get him to sign it due to the chaos in Deniro spots as I didn't want it ruined. But this was the perfect setup for this. 

Autograph


Next evening I wait for Chris Hughes, the co-founder of facebook alongside Mark Zuckerberg. Didn't see him go in but after the event got him on stage and he was cool and had to learn how to sign 8x10s as no one had asked him before. 

Go to Baltimore for actress Lena Waithe (Ready Player One) who is doing a show. That evening she had a q&a discussion with Meagan Good (whom I already have). Wait after it lets out and while waiting get the barely valid actress Jacki Hydock. See Meagan Good leave and she was nice as I got a combo. The venue staff says "this is weird". Sadly never see Lena Waithe. They shut down the lights of the venue. Check out some people leaving a block away to see if she walked out a different door, but it wasn't her. Return to the venue and the last of the staff was walking out (as if they waited for us to leave to escort Lena out). 

Chris Hughes

Jacki Hydock

Meagan Good

Autographs


Next a subpar day. Stop by a spot and see a couple of Hockey names. Then go for actor London Brown after his show. Brown was super cool with everyone after his show. 

Full list of photo ops


Another evening and another attempt at actress Lena Waithe. Go back to Baltimore and first go to a signing for rapper Lil' Cease. I never heard of him, but I figured may as well get something in case Lena goes south. It was a signing at a pot store. He was super nice. 

Now to the show and wait till it lets out. See Cory Booker leave but don't bother asking him as I want to stay under the radar until it's go time (plus I have him and don't even care). We had someone watch the side and someone watch the front. Then I get the call that someone is leaving the side. Run there and Lena is already in the car. I call for her while she is in the passenger seat and she exits the car and takes care of two of us and goes back in. Success! Vic Mensa was part of the q&a discussion and also in the car, but he didn't come out. 





And on the last day of February, I wanted to get Jan6er and ring wing activist Jake Lang. He was coming to the Capitol to demonstrate, and I thought how cool it would be to get a photo op with a notable Jan6er in front of the Capitol. As he approached, I went to meet up with him and in front of my eyes he got arrested. He apparently had an outstanding warrant. This marks the first time someone I try to meet gets arrested as I was trying to get a photo op. 

At this point I am in drunk and salvage mode. I get photo ops with random Jan6ers in front of the capitol. And I go to a bottle signing for actor Jim Gaffigan. Sadly, I have him twice so this is really just an update. I get the photo op. 

The final meet of February was for a DJ named Tiesto. The last time he didn't do photo ops but signed. This time he did one combo per person. He told us "see you next time".



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