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ImSlower wrote:
When David Wells was DFA'd from the Padres following a loss to the Cardinals, he was staying at the hotel I worked. I served him a ton of beers, he asked/ordered me to go to the strip club with him and his buddy. It was as insane a night as any Boomer fan would expect. He's terrifying, and also drank more than literally almost anyone I've ever partied with, and that's an absurd amount.
bballfan1three3 wrote:ImSlower wrote:
When David Wells was DFA'd from the Padres following a loss to the Cardinals, he was staying at the hotel I worked. I served him a ton of beers, he asked/ordered me to go to the strip club with him and his buddy. It was as insane a night as any Boomer fan would expect. He's terrifying, and also drank more than literally almost anyone I've ever partied with, and that's an absurd amount.
How much to drink is that? Love hearing stories of legendary drinkers, do you have more
ImSlower wrote:bballfan1three3 wrote:ImSlower wrote:
When David Wells was DFA'd from the Padres following a loss to the Cardinals, he was staying at the hotel I worked. I served him a ton of beers, he asked/ordered me to go to the strip club with him and his buddy. It was as insane a night as any Boomer fan would expect. He's terrifying, and also drank more than literally almost anyone I've ever partied with, and that's an absurd amount.
How much to drink is that? Love hearing stories of legendary drinkers, do you have more
Heh well a public message board isn't the best place for specific stories, but he had enough to send any normal human into alcohol poisoning. He's a huge man and is a legendary drinker. I'll PM you some of the finer points for laughs. It's one of my five or so favorite ever drinking stories. He's an absolute madman.
ImSlower wrote:bballfan1three3 wrote:ImSlower wrote:
When David Wells was DFA'd from the Padres following a loss to the Cardinals, he was staying at the hotel I worked. I served him a ton of beers, he asked/ordered me to go to the strip club with him and his buddy. It was as insane a night as any Boomer fan would expect. He's terrifying, and also drank more than literally almost anyone I've ever partied with, and that's an absurd amount.
How much to drink is that? Love hearing stories of legendary drinkers, do you have more
Heh well a public message board isn't the best place for specific stories, but he had enough to send any normal human into alcohol poisoning. He's a huge man and is a legendary drinker. I'll PM you some of the finer points for laughs. It's one of my five or so favorite ever drinking stories. He's an absolute madman.
makeready wrote:Mike lorenzo wrote:In summer in Ibiza it is common to meet celebrities ... do not interact with them, normally ... do not write, some because surely they are unknown in the US ... some anecdotes, that I am remembering ..
A friend used to party with Valentino Rossi, he loved the DC10 disco, and he used to go on Mondays ... disguised as a clown, obviously nobody recognized him and no, he didn't drink water ..
I worked for ...Carl Cox (famous DJ) the guy would weigh like 250 pounds and in the height of summer, with the nightclub to overflowing and suffocating heat, I was dressed in a black Adidas tracksuit, long sleeves ... he seemed like a good guy, attentive with people etc ... and very healthy, he ate rice with chicken at break ... which was not the most usual, in that environment
carl cox is the nicest dj ive ever talked to, i always wondered what DJs who hit that age and are still famous actually get up to. did he party or all business?
KingWing wrote:I ran into Yi Jianlian back he when played for the Bucks at the Kuala Lumpur airport.
He was with his girlfriend/wife, and no else seemed to take notice of him. I approached him and told him I was an actual Bucks fan, and he seemed a bit surprised by that. He was very polite and didn't mind giving me his autograph.
Tomjas wrote:Many years ago, my parents were travelling through Europe and I caught up with them in Milan
My father and I were having a coffee when my reasonably elderly mother walks in with David Beckham
Long story short, she had no idea who he was and asked a young man in the lift for directions to the lounge
He ended up having breakfast with us and had a stack of AC Milan gear delivered to their room for my young son
You could not hope to meet a nicer or more professional person
Durango32 wrote:I saw Brian Scalabrine at a grocery store in Chicago once. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.
The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.
Mr_Mojo_Risin wrote:makeready wrote:Mike lorenzo wrote:In summer in Ibiza it is common to meet celebrities ... do not interact with them, normally ... do not write, some because surely they are unknown in the US ... some anecdotes, that I am remembering ..
A friend used to party with Valentino Rossi, he loved the DC10 disco, and he used to go on Mondays ... disguised as a clown, obviously nobody recognized him and no, he didn't drink water ..
I worked for ...Carl Cox (famous DJ) the guy would weigh like 250 pounds and in the height of summer, with the nightclub to overflowing and suffocating heat, I was dressed in a black Adidas tracksuit, long sleeves ... he seemed like a good guy, attentive with people etc ... and very healthy, he ate rice with chicken at break ... which was not the most usual, in that environment
carl cox is the nicest dj ive ever talked to, i always wondered what DJs who hit that age and are still famous actually get up to. did he party or all business?
Carl Cox is an awesome dude. A true gentleman and truly interested in music and people.
I live in Melbourne, Australia where he lives for half the year. Every year he runs a party at his winery (very small and really hard to get tickets) where people of all ages and their kids come and he plays disco. Kids are kicking soccer balls around while people of all ages (even up to around 70yo) are partying it up. Carl is super friendly with everyone. I used to do a similar line of work for years too so I've met or am friends with a number of relatively well known DJs/producers of the underground dance variety. There are some douchebags for sure but plenty of down to earth people.
I also got to have dinner with INXS (years after Hutchence passed) and they are just normal guys. They'd just joke around and talk about fishing, sport and be genuinely interested in my life too. I brought a 2xLP to dinner with me which was their live set at Wembley in the early 90s in the hopes I could get their signature. When I asked they said sure and I gave it to Jon (the drummer) and he looked at it weirdly. He asked me WTF was it and where did I get it, to which I told him from a second hand music store. Turns out it was a bootleg recording and they never knew it existed. Funnily enough they were still nice enough to sign it, but Jon joked and signed it then in brackets wrote "Fake Signature". So having a bootleg INXS recording signed by the band is pretty cool.
The most known sports person I've met was the same night (Layne Beachley - 7 x World Champion female surfer) as she is married to Kirk Pengilly of INXS and I was sat next to her at dinner. Super chill cool chick. Surfers though I imagine don't get hassled much.
I've met a number of Aussie rules football players, some super nice, some dickheads full of themselves.
Other than that, some people I haven't personally met but have stories:
Matthew Dellavedova - He's the son of my step mums close friend. My dad who I've personally never seen hold a basketball likes to tell me he taught Matthew everything he knows because he had a few shots with him when he was about 10yo in their front yard. Have only heard nice stories about him but given the source being via his mother I'm not surprised.
Keanu Reeves - Used to date my cousin. Nothing but wonderful words about him even after they split, just that they had their fun and it was time. He's not really money focused and would live quite normally and there would be non cashed cheques of large amounts in random spots about his place. He bought her an expensive motorcycle as she rode but couldn't afford the insurance to keep it after they split.
Deadmau5 - A good friend of mine who shall remain nameless is a well known music producer and DJ. He was telling me that Deadmau5 badly wanted him to do a remix for one of his tracks. My friend said he found Deadmau5 to be a really awkward and strange guy and never felt comfortable around him. He also didn't respect his music and so had to keep hiding from him on the music festival circuit. Said he was chased down for over 6 months about it.
Jay Kay from Jamiroquai - Another friend of mine did a remix for him/them and Jay was so happy with it he video called them drunk and dancing around the room to the remix. He reckons Jay is as loose as they come but super nice.
ibraheim718 wrote:Terrence Mathis tried to dunk on me. emphasis on the word 'tried'.
