Actually this might be lamest brag I've ever pulledBoogieMan wrote:Fen, you gotta tell us more about how Stipe & Co. bought you beers!
As some of you might now, REM held two special concerts in Europe in 2003; one in Madrid, and one in Oslo. I was at the Oslo concert. And basically I met up at a record store (this was all very hush-hush, you couldn't buy tickets, and nobody knew where the concert was going to be, well some newspapers guessed right (probably had to do with the amount of gorillaz and sound equipement seen in that area, it was in an old engine shed) and when I got my pass, I also recieved five coupons and asked what they were for - free beers the man said. So there you go, pretty lame right? hehe, but during the concert Mr Stipe mentioned something about the beer and how it was from the band. He said it in a real cool way though, but I was drunk at this point, so I can't remember. Cool concert though, but I was stuck with celebs and music journalists who apparantly all knew eachother, so I was basically just walking around trying to find anything of interest to look at. Boring. But I finally ended up with some actual REM fans, the leader of the fan club in Norway & co, and that was good until I had to take a leak, and pushed away a few celebs who instead of moving where too busy with the: "Look at me, I'm a celebrety!" thing. It was funny how the "new and up-comming" celebs where all located by the bar, close to the enterance, while the more known and "experienced" ones placed themselves neatly all over the place. I heard one good story about Michael Stipe at the concert though. This dude was on a flight from Stockholm to Oslo, and was reading a book. The suddenly he realised he was sitting next to Michael Stipe! So focusing on reading was kinda difficault. Michael said hello when he noticed the curious reader next to him staring, and the dude said hello. Now instead of reading, he was thinking about the fact that Michael Stipe was sitting next to him, so he was on the same page as an hour before when Michael asked him: You find that book interesting do you? the dude replied: YES! Of course all the "comedians" around the dude who told the story all laughed and stuff. I was under the belief that I was standing at a celebrety free zone right then, and one of the guys was seriously pushing me, almost kicking my legs. I think they were trying to say I was eavesdropping on them and standing too close (Trust me, if I could've found a less crowded area, I would've been there
) So the next time I'm standing next to one of these guys after a show or something, I'm gonna use my age, smack 'em down with the fist of rage, fart in their face, and be a total disgrace 
BTW. I don't believe a word of that Michael Stipe story, I mean I've heard this story before somewhere, different flight, different person.
PS: ALL newbies have the right to be controversial in their posts (except those poor confused souls, whom you obviously aren't one of
)PSII: And the BoogieWoogieMeister has an excellent taste in music (for a swede
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