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Bodhisattva in Recovery
It's a pretty straight forward question. I've had a mildly interesting career that granted me access to a range of people.
Celeb's you might know:
1. While managing a niche computer store in the 80's I met the drummer and bassist for Aerosmith while they were in Vancouver recording Permanent vacation at Little Mountain Sound with producer extraordinaire, Bob Rock. They only stuck around for about 15 minutes, bought a few minor items for their ATARI Mega ST computers and left. They were pretty low key and didn't seem or look like millionaires!
2. Doug Bennet (frontman for Doug and the Slugs). At the company above, Doug came into the store fairly regularly as, once again, his band used the Atari ST computers for their comparatively cheap but high quality sound capabilities.
3. Barry Beck when he was playing for the New York Rangers. I worked with his mom, who was about 5 ft tall and a sheer delight. One day she said, "Oh, my son is coming in. Will you tell him how to get to the lunchroom." Not being a hockey fan I assured her I would. A few minutes passed and a deep voice behind me asked, "Can you tell me where Mrs. Beck is?" I had been bent down doing something on a shelf when I turned around and was looking in the middle of his chest and it seemed to take forever to get up to his face, LOL. ( Timidly, I told him where to go... as it were...
*Drum roll*
4. William B. Davis. I met Bill well before he became a fixture on the X-Files as the smoking man (cancer man). His sinister role was so different from the Bill I knew and had delt with as a client for years that I didn't believe it when I saw him on the brand new (at the time) X-Files. The next time he came into the store (same as 1 & 2) I delt with his questions and requests and then asked him about the X-Files. He smiled and said, "Yes, I've been taken on to do a couple of shows." Little did either one of us know at the time how big a deal this would be for his career. When I first came into contact with him he told me he ran an acting school called "The William Davis Centre for Actors Study" which I thought was a bit grandiose at the time, as I'd never heard of him prior to meeting him. A super guy. Very witty and charming. The funniest part is that Bill is a staunch non-smoker. Now, that's acting, LOL.
Lesser known luminaries:
Art Phillips and his wife, Carole Taylor (Mr. Phillips was the former Mayor of Vancouver and his wife went on to hold several key posts in the provincial government years later. When I worked at a Eaton's of Canada, they strolled in one afternoon looking for a new brass floor lamp. Both of them were absolutely charming.
Rafe Mair... ugh.... I met Raif at the store in several of the ones above. He was a radio talk show host known for his blistering rants, at the time and incredibly, went on to become a Cabinet Minister in the Provincial government. In person, he was one of the meanest, condescending so and so's I have ever met. And foul mouthed too.... to put it mildly. He swore so much in person, it is amazing that he didn't let it slip during his shows on CKNW in Vancouver. (The show was cancelled in 2003 despite high ratings. My guess is they finally got tired of dealing with him).
Enough about me.... Regale us with your brushes with fame!!!
"If you've got it, honey, flaunt it!" as my dearly departed mom was given to say.
Celeb's you might know:
1. While managing a niche computer store in the 80's I met the drummer and bassist for Aerosmith while they were in Vancouver recording Permanent vacation at Little Mountain Sound with producer extraordinaire, Bob Rock. They only stuck around for about 15 minutes, bought a few minor items for their ATARI Mega ST computers and left. They were pretty low key and didn't seem or look like millionaires!
2. Doug Bennet (frontman for Doug and the Slugs). At the company above, Doug came into the store fairly regularly as, once again, his band used the Atari ST computers for their comparatively cheap but high quality sound capabilities.
3. Barry Beck when he was playing for the New York Rangers. I worked with his mom, who was about 5 ft tall and a sheer delight. One day she said, "Oh, my son is coming in. Will you tell him how to get to the lunchroom." Not being a hockey fan I assured her I would. A few minutes passed and a deep voice behind me asked, "Can you tell me where Mrs. Beck is?" I had been bent down doing something on a shelf when I turned around and was looking in the middle of his chest and it seemed to take forever to get up to his face, LOL. ( Timidly, I told him where to go... as it were...
*Drum roll*
4. William B. Davis. I met Bill well before he became a fixture on the X-Files as the smoking man (cancer man). His sinister role was so different from the Bill I knew and had delt with as a client for years that I didn't believe it when I saw him on the brand new (at the time) X-Files. The next time he came into the store (same as 1 & 2) I delt with his questions and requests and then asked him about the X-Files. He smiled and said, "Yes, I've been taken on to do a couple of shows." Little did either one of us know at the time how big a deal this would be for his career. When I first came into contact with him he told me he ran an acting school called "The William Davis Centre for Actors Study" which I thought was a bit grandiose at the time, as I'd never heard of him prior to meeting him. A super guy. Very witty and charming. The funniest part is that Bill is a staunch non-smoker. Now, that's acting, LOL.
Lesser known luminaries:
Art Phillips and his wife, Carole Taylor (Mr. Phillips was the former Mayor of Vancouver and his wife went on to hold several key posts in the provincial government years later. When I worked at a Eaton's of Canada, they strolled in one afternoon looking for a new brass floor lamp. Both of them were absolutely charming.
Rafe Mair... ugh.... I met Raif at the store in several of the ones above. He was a radio talk show host known for his blistering rants, at the time and incredibly, went on to become a Cabinet Minister in the Provincial government. In person, he was one of the meanest, condescending so and so's I have ever met. And foul mouthed too.... to put it mildly. He swore so much in person, it is amazing that he didn't let it slip during his shows on CKNW in Vancouver. (The show was cancelled in 2003 despite high ratings. My guess is they finally got tired of dealing with him).
Enough about me.... Regale us with your brushes with fame!!!
"If you've got it, honey, flaunt it!" as my dearly departed mom was given to say.
I was there with some other people and was getting bored and tired, so I needed to sit down.
