and let me tell you, you do not need to leave the show to meet him.
the first time i saw him, i did his merch. his manager asked me to wait around after the show. turns out butch met every last person inside, talked to them, took pictures, gave his full attention to every soul who wanted anything from him. at first i was bored, then i started paying attention and it was amazing just to watch him interact. i have never, ever seen that before, before or after seeing him. i still babble about it to this day (obviously). i don't know how long i had to wait and i didn't even know i was waiting for him. he apologized, i praised him, and he kissed me on the cheeks and thanked me again and again, gave me his email, invited me to the bar he was going to (rocket bar, now closed, and i was too young, but he still told me to come and i did and he hung out in the parking lot a little at the bar b/c i couldnt get in). the man is the most sincere, beautiful soul. i think i've met him everytime, sometimes he's drunker than others, sometimes i am. but he's always been the best.
see, i don't think i'd want to see him at a hometown show. i think the smaller the city and farther away from the music industry, the better his shows are. & i don't like seeing my fav bands places where they know half the crowd. i saw him in nashville & chicago a few times and there was always big bands there who worked with him, love him, etc and it's just a different atmosphere. more glossy & plastic. it's interesting to see these bands you know from mtv go fangirl over him, but he seems to have another persona. the pink spyders, sugarcult, kill hannah, i have a vague recollection of fallout boy (or at elast talk of pete in chicago, i was wasted, don't know), etc all at the shows i went to.
so come to st louis and see him. but really, i'd see him ANYWHERE. i'm ready for him to re-announce those dates. & all the reasons i'm hearing now are such BS for him to cancel.
(the first time i met dc he was getting in my car and butch was playing. i realized his love, we bonded, i made him drive. next time i saw him was after all this craziness happened with butch in chicago & i made him look at all the pics and boy has a jealous streak. haha. those few weeks were the best ever)
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Date: 2008-08-10 05:47 am (UTC)and let me tell you, you do not need to leave the show to meet him.
the first time i saw him, i did his merch. his manager asked me to wait around after the show. turns out butch met every last person inside, talked to them, took pictures, gave his full attention to every soul who wanted anything from him. at first i was bored, then i started paying attention and it was amazing just to watch him interact. i have never, ever seen that before, before or after seeing him. i still babble about it to this day (obviously). i don't know how long i had to wait and i didn't even know i was waiting for him. he apologized, i praised him, and he kissed me on the cheeks and thanked me again and again, gave me his email, invited me to the bar he was going to (rocket bar, now closed, and i was too young, but he still told me to come and i did and he hung out in the parking lot a little at the bar b/c i couldnt get in). the man is the most sincere, beautiful soul. i think i've met him everytime, sometimes he's drunker than others, sometimes i am. but he's always been the best.
see, i don't think i'd want to see him at a hometown show. i think the smaller the city and farther away from the music industry, the better his shows are. & i don't like seeing my fav bands places where they know half the crowd. i saw him in nashville & chicago a few times and there was always big bands there who worked with him, love him, etc and it's just a different atmosphere. more glossy & plastic. it's interesting to see these bands you know from mtv go fangirl over him, but he seems to have another persona. the pink spyders, sugarcult, kill hannah, i have a vague recollection of fallout boy (or at elast talk of pete in chicago, i was wasted, don't know), etc all at the shows i went to.
so come to st louis and see him. but really, i'd see him ANYWHERE. i'm ready for him to re-announce those dates. & all the reasons i'm hearing now are such BS for him to cancel.
(the first time i met dc he was getting in my car and butch was playing. i realized his love, we bonded, i made him drive. next time i saw him was after all this craziness happened with butch in chicago & i made him look at all the pics and boy has a jealous streak. haha. those few weeks were the best ever)