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Brent Spiner Simultaneously A Nice Guy/Asshole
14 years ago
So, what have I been doing today?
Oh, nothing much. Ate some chocolate. Walked around the city with
apocastasis having awesome snarky derptimes.
Oh, and met Brent Spiner.
Yes, that one.
This has been a VERY GODDAMN COOL day, and holy shit, Spiner is funny as a motherfucker. Does a spot-on Picard impression, and mocks the bogan Aussie accent wonderfully. He's a magnificent ham and plays the snarky old man to a tee. Took the more irritating neckbeards down several pegs while being very funny and rather gracious.
He signed my copy of Dreamlands, his latest album/musical soundtrack (which includes work by Mark Hamill), and insisted I listen to it all in one sitting. He remembered my name and face, and was an absolute pleasure to talk to.
Another guy I talked to today was Ethan Phillips, otherwise known for playing Neelix on Star Trek: Voyager. Now, I wasn't too fond of the character (as I wasn't fond of Voyager in general, TOS all the way baby) but as for the guy, I'm now convinced he is amazingly funny. He could have entertained us for hours with his stories from his work on Star Trek and his life through a thousand different auditions, they were glorious.
The last guy I talked to was not a guy, she was Hallie Todd. Best known as playing the mother on Lizzie McGuire, a very loud and exuberant woman from LA with family connections going just about everywhere in Hollywood. A lot of awesome stories again, and a brain-stalling moment when I realised who she was. She has been working on a movie penned and directed by herself and her husband, called The Mooring (it looks very cool, go Google the trailer, it appears to be a horror movie in the style of Wolf Creek meets Deliverance).
To top off the day, as I mentioned, had a few hours of prime rambling time with apocastasis , who will be accompanying me on tomorrow's great adventure...
The Big Day Out Music Festival in Melbourne.
Why is this a big deal, I hear no one say? Well, imaginary person, I'll tell you.
Amongst the lineup of bands are:
+ Iggy And The Stooges
+ Rammstein (who will also be signing things for a precious half hour)
+ Andrew W.K.
+ Grinderman (Nick Cave's sideproject/new band, not sure what's going on now)
And maybe Crystal Castles and Wolfmother if there's time.
I've never been before, and I'm absolutely stoked to a hideous degree about the lineup. Been anticipating this show for some time, tickets have been melting a hole in my desk for a long time too.
I better see at least one of you guys there, I will be very disappointed in you all if I don't.
Oh, nothing much. Ate some chocolate. Walked around the city with
apocastasis having awesome snarky derptimes.Oh, and met Brent Spiner.
Yes, that one.
This has been a VERY GODDAMN COOL day, and holy shit, Spiner is funny as a motherfucker. Does a spot-on Picard impression, and mocks the bogan Aussie accent wonderfully. He's a magnificent ham and plays the snarky old man to a tee. Took the more irritating neckbeards down several pegs while being very funny and rather gracious.
He signed my copy of Dreamlands, his latest album/musical soundtrack (which includes work by Mark Hamill), and insisted I listen to it all in one sitting. He remembered my name and face, and was an absolute pleasure to talk to.
Another guy I talked to today was Ethan Phillips, otherwise known for playing Neelix on Star Trek: Voyager. Now, I wasn't too fond of the character (as I wasn't fond of Voyager in general, TOS all the way baby) but as for the guy, I'm now convinced he is amazingly funny. He could have entertained us for hours with his stories from his work on Star Trek and his life through a thousand different auditions, they were glorious.
The last guy I talked to was not a guy, she was Hallie Todd. Best known as playing the mother on Lizzie McGuire, a very loud and exuberant woman from LA with family connections going just about everywhere in Hollywood. A lot of awesome stories again, and a brain-stalling moment when I realised who she was. She has been working on a movie penned and directed by herself and her husband, called The Mooring (it looks very cool, go Google the trailer, it appears to be a horror movie in the style of Wolf Creek meets Deliverance).
To top off the day, as I mentioned, had a few hours of prime rambling time with
apocastasis , who will be accompanying me on tomorrow's great adventure...The Big Day Out Music Festival in Melbourne.
Why is this a big deal, I hear no one say? Well, imaginary person, I'll tell you.
Amongst the lineup of bands are:
+ Iggy And The Stooges
+ Rammstein (who will also be signing things for a precious half hour)
+ Andrew W.K.
+ Grinderman (Nick Cave's sideproject/new band, not sure what's going on now)
And maybe Crystal Castles and Wolfmother if there's time.
I've never been before, and I'm absolutely stoked to a hideous degree about the lineup. Been anticipating this show for some time, tickets have been melting a hole in my desk for a long time too.
I better see at least one of you guys there, I will be very disappointed in you all if I don't.
tinderbones
Have fun!