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A story about Devendra Banhart

by paperfaerie — 1 year ago

So close, so bleeding close.
My boy had a backstage pass, and aside from the evil security dudes and the fact I’d purposely left my jacket there, I coulda got in, but there was something about a party…. I dunno, it never happened. But at least D got to meet him and shake his hand (which I later told him never to wash) They said words like “Far Out” and “Trippy” and compared eachothers facial hair. Livin the dream baby livin the dream.

Oh I might add another friend was backstage and sat in a different room the whole time…like hello???

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Absnasm
Gateshead

Ohhh, that's better than mine. My story is so pathetic.

I declined. What a complete spanner I am. I was at the Glasgow gig with Headapollo and Todd Gehman, and I bumped into John and Jess. After the gig, Jess asked if we were coming backstage to hang out, but Todd was already outside, having had to go and collect his enormous camera, and we didn’t want to just abandon the poor lad like a couple of starfuckers – he’s a Robot, an American in a foreign land, for god’s sake – so I declined and we… went home.

Sep 07, 02:49AM | Respond to this

headapollo
Gateshead

I thought I said

...never to mention this to anyone? Chuh. The shame.

Sep 09, 12:03PM | 3 cheers | Respond to this

Absnasm
Gateshead

Sorry.

Please don’t be cross. I had to parade my idiocy in front of everyone.

Sep 09, 05:51PM | Respond to this

lucyann2
Newcastle

Actually....

Paperfaerie had already heard this story from me, in a “Can you belieeeeeeeeve it!” conversation that I think we probably had whilst standing outside the stagedoor last Tuesday which PaperF had hobbled all the way to just to try and catch a glimpse of the sainted beard of Devendra. We should have just hopped onto the tour bus and bided our time, that’s how I got to meet Space….

The worst thing about your story Absnasm is that of all of us you are the most capable of making friends and influencing people, I feel sure, had you gone to meet them I would be preparing the spare room for Devendra, his band and Vetiver to come and stay and you would be making a very large pan of dahl to feed them with. Don’t worry though, I have a feeling Paperfaerie and I will meet them all eventually, tis our destiny and it’s all the more motivation for me to get my finger out my bum (is that a real expression or did I just make it up?) and get on with the music so I can meet them all legitimately as a contemporary musicain.

Sep 10, 10:56AM | Respond to this

dakotalane

this is mystical but expected

hey, how strange, i was about to cheer you for i don’t know what and then saw your devendra thing!!!!
i wrote to him once asking if he could write a comment for my book cover (THE ORPHEUS OBSESSION, about a girl stalking a rock star)—and he said YES! (he wrote something magical and i am forever indebted.)
i had a certain scene in the book which actually almost came to pass in real life, about a month later, when devendra was in my town (i didn’t know it) and i was in our post office parking lot listening to japanese music and felt suddenly aware and embarrased that it was loud, just when this van pulled up and out came a guy carrying boxes and he had these strange tattoos and i don’t know how i knew it was him….
i followed him out, we gave each othr a hug, and he said how did ou know me, i just shaved my beard???

it was such a beautiful freak thing. well thanks 4 listening. and i know you’ll meet him…he is quite like a prophet, all glimmery and divine…

Feb 22, 10:09AM | Respond to this

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