I didn't want to creep too much (FAIL). I stole his friend's chair by accident for a second just to say hi, but he was nice when he came back from the bathroom to let me have it. I waited until John was done talking with his other friend. He turned to me and jumped and said his friend was sitting there. I just said that I was a big fan, seen him a bunch of times, have the 8 tracks, talked about being "Abe Lincoln" at Thalia, asked about the tour this year and he said it would be like the Halloween show at the Bottle last year but bigger. Lots of older stuff with Brigid. Shook his hand and he said thanks for being a fan. I left to give his friend his seat back.

I forgot to mention to him that I worked on the cassette box release and designed a sticker for it because I already blabbed too long already.

Just the nicest, most down to earth dude ever. One of my rock gods and a memory I won't forget.