And now a story...

I'm a story teller. I love to share stories no matter what the subject: work, music, how I proposed...etc For the next few posts, I'm going to share some great stories on how I got the pictured autographs. Today's story is the day I met Chicago punk rockers Alkaline Trio. My brother Andy, sister Cheryl and I belong to their Blood Pact, a fan club that allows fans to get first dibs of tickets and a possible chance to meet the group at their sound check. So driving to Milwaukee's Eagles Club with Hell Yes EP and drum stick in hand, I headed to meet them. We got into the sound check as "Back to Hell" was playing. After a few more songs, they came out to talk. I got Derek Grant to sign my drum stick and had Dan and Matt sign my Hell Yes vinyl EP. While I was talking to Derek, I asked if he'd like to do an interview. He said if he had time after the show he would. I decided to ask Matt Skiba. He said he'd be happy to. Good thing I had my tape recorder with me. So after the show, I waited for Matt to talk to his avid fans. He spotted me and we got to do a 25 minute interview. After the interview I walked to my car behind The Rave, and found police tape around it. I dropped my jaw. The policeman told me my car was involved in a hit and run. I was thinking "whattt?" then he said "oh I'm just kidding. Apparently a taxi was hijacked up the road and crashed into The Rave (the backside). What a way to end a day.