Report from Thursday: Terrific show! We passed off our precious cargo to the band's manager. It was a success! Thanks for all your heartfelt and enthusiastic well wishes. We are so thrilled! Details below.
The box - found at Marshalls. (Bought myself the matching smaller version, of course!) I was first attractecd to it by the colors and handsome brass details. There were a few like this one that were slightly different in pattern - but I liked how this one had a cross-like emblem...but the clincher: do you see "V"s? Me too.
Here's how the bottles looked in the box. I made a journal to chronicle the tales, past and present, of the gathering and gifting of the dirt. It was a rush job....wish I had 24 more hours. I typed out a quick summary of how the grave dirt gift evolved and all who were involved with as many pictures and extra details I could pull together in one day. (Chris you'll see yourself in the journal....I wrote about how you gathered the California dirt for me!! And Maj, you're in there too!)
So here's how it went down: After the opening band played Fallon and I were standing near the other Street Teamers....and it didn't look like there was going to be any kind of meet and greet....when all of a sudden I see the band's manager, Seppo. He was just walking right past us in the club. (He's a recognizable dude...come on, you know we're fangirls and we should know these things!) So I grab his arm and pull him over. I explained that I had this gift and he was aware that something like this was coming as our leader had emailed him to try to arrange a hand-off. I pass off a black messenger bag for Ville, filled with some books and The Box. He says he'll go deliver right away and said they would be leaving directly after the show as they were really tired. Fair enough, and mission accomplished! If I wasn't able to give the bag of goodies to Ville, Seppo was the man! He was kind enough to hang for another minute so I could get a snapshot of Fallon with him. It was a Rock Star Moment for Fallon to stand with Seppo.
So maybe like less than thirty minuted later HE COMES BACK. He was all glowing and smiling and purposely came to tell us that the gift was well received. Ville loved the gifts and was impressed with additions to the collection. I could tell by the way Seppo was talking to us that he was sincere. How cool was that to have him come back out into the crowd to share that news? We were giddy. Of course we had hoped to present the gifts ourselves but this was a terrific experience too! Because he returned I was able to get an additional photo of myself with him.
The concert was fantastic! Great to her some of new Venus Doom tracks live for the first time. Starland Ballroom is a great place to see your favorite band. It's general admission but there isn't a bad place to stand....feels like you're up close anywhere in the venue. Ville was very animated and laughing and you could tell it was a perfect nght kicking off the new tour. Looking forward to seeing them again in December when they wind it up in New York City. We did stalk the bus after the show but security made us leave before we spied anyone from the band coming out. (Did you notice I forgot to lean forward and my chin got caught on film?)
EDIT: these just in from another teamer......Suukko4 (aka Sue from the PA Street Team)
One more EDIT: Gossip from London:
MetalHammer announces: The people who sort out the James Bond music have apparently approached Ville Valo from HIM to record the theme for the next Bond film. Might this end the speculation that Amy Winehouse would be asked to record the next Bond theme?
Reportedly, the Bond soundtrack writers David Arnold and Don Black approached Valo at the BMI Awards last Tuesday here in London sounding him out about working on the title song for the next film. One of those sources told the tab: "David Arnold and Don Black were in deep conversation with Ville on the night. They love the song that won him an award (Wings of a Butterfly). They think he has just the right ear to write a classic Bond hit with them". {Swooooooooon - the right voice too.}
