The queue was moving fast and next thing I know I'm up standing in front of Mike Patton, who had a friendly and happy demeanor about him (which I believe was genuine too, which is surprising, because you'd think people would be bored or annoyed signing shit for over an hour). I apologised that I was unprepared having come straight from work, blah blah and gave him the small piece of paper to sign. I noticed he had silver and gold pens as well as the black permanent marker he was using, so I asked him to sign my t-shirt too, which he complied with, we looked each other in the eye and I said "Cheers" and then it was the next person's turn. A brief encounter, but pretty cool. I'm quite envious of his perfect slick back black hair!
Stood around for a little bit, before JB Hi-Fi security told us hoverers that we couldn't just stand in the thoroughfare, so I considered going into the store, but decided against it wearing a back pack and not knowing if my money's entered my account yet for this week. Left up the escalators and came here to the library.
Now... what do I do about my t-shirt? Now that it's signed, I can't really wash it, can I? And it might fade anyway... not sure what to do about that. Not sure what I should do with the scrap of paper either.
BJN wrote:I'm not that big on having someone scribble all over my CDs anyway, regardless of whether that person signing had anything to do with the album or not.
And considering how great the artwork is with Patton releases (at least with Ipecac) and the amount of thought and effort he puts into them, having the man himself scribble PATTON on it takes something away, rather than adding something. Though, I guess if you want to sell it on e-bay or show people, it'd be useful. I guess, if one can afford it, having two copies of the same thing, one signed and the other pure or for practical use. Yeah...
But anyways... Wow! I met Patton, so now we've not only exchanged glances at concerts, but we've exchanged words and items up close.
