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Hey All,
I made it to the William Gibson thing in plenty of time. There wasn't actually lines around the block, but then again, it was 1300 on a Wednesday, so most people would probably be working.
I bought a copy of his new book and stood in line to sign it. As for the man himself: not quite what I expected, but not badly so. And I would swear that none of the stuff I've read about him (and I have tried to read as many articles as I could) have mentioned that he is left handed.
After the signing I wandered down to Charing Cross Road, where I ran into Chris Cheney from the Living End. I've met him before (a couple of years back, in Brisbane, at a Tremors show at the Zoo), but it seemed silly to mention that somewhere a few years ago I spoke to him for five minutes. That and I think I had already used up my quota of stupid stuff to say with 'I missed you when you played in Camden the other week, but I'm glad to see that you are still playing around.' (which is only a shade better than 'Wow, I didn't know you were still going!' - especially silly since they sold out the Electric Ballroom (cap 1000) before I even knew the show was on).
In any case, my brief conversation on the corner of Charing Cross Road and Shaftesbury Avenue did no harm to my impression of him as an incredibly down to earth bloke.
Anyways, enough name-dropping from me.
Over and out.
-J
I made it to the William Gibson thing in plenty of time. There wasn't actually lines around the block, but then again, it was 1300 on a Wednesday, so most people would probably be working.
I bought a copy of his new book and stood in line to sign it. As for the man himself: not quite what I expected, but not badly so. And I would swear that none of the stuff I've read about him (and I have tried to read as many articles as I could) have mentioned that he is left handed.
After the signing I wandered down to Charing Cross Road, where I ran into Chris Cheney from the Living End. I've met him before (a couple of years back, in Brisbane, at a Tremors show at the Zoo), but it seemed silly to mention that somewhere a few years ago I spoke to him for five minutes. That and I think I had already used up my quota of stupid stuff to say with 'I missed you when you played in Camden the other week, but I'm glad to see that you are still playing around.' (which is only a shade better than 'Wow, I didn't know you were still going!' - especially silly since they sold out the Electric Ballroom (cap 1000) before I even knew the show was on).
In any case, my brief conversation on the corner of Charing Cross Road and Shaftesbury Avenue did no harm to my impression of him as an incredibly down to earth bloke.
Anyways, enough name-dropping from me.
Over and out.
-J
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