Re: NYC premiere, I don't know where to begin....

["Les Sutton" <slooby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Man we still have two days to go for the DVD and five for the audio!!
Plus there is diddly squat on the promo for this downunder, if I were a Zep
fans sans mailing list savvy I would not know that anything was coming out.
You guys get all the fun of radio play and pre-launch screening , with the
boys present in some cases.
I s'pose watching Seattle Kingdome will suffice.
Ok then stir me up by saying the DVD looks and sounds better that the best
'77 Seattle boot DVD.

BTW is this list still up for the odd Tree?

Dinner's on!

Cheers,

Les. :)

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- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Nech" <tytlane@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <zeppelin@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 4:57 PM
Subject: NYC premiere, I don't know where to begin....


> As promised folks I am here @ 02:30 EST to tel you about what transpired
tonite. I honestly do not know where to begin. It was.... It was....  It was
....
>
> Oh hell, It was probably one of the coolest and I mean coolest nights of
my life. So many many many things happened tonight both emotionally,
physically, surrealistically and again emotionally that it might be too much
to dump on you all in one sitting.
>
> OK first off, before I even begin here's a disclaimer:
>
>  Some folks have asked to be kept anonymous and I respest that and will
honor that to the best of my abilities in my emotionally impaired state.
> They have their reasons, I do not question them, but as I am a man of my
word, I will keep my integrity no matter how much I wanna blab.
>
> You must pardon my pselling and gramattical errors as I am pounding this
out as it comes to me, the way I always do folks...that's my style and
always has been.
>
> OK...enough techno talk...
>
> So as you know I was invited to the premiere of the DVD tonite at NYC's
Loew's Cineplex on 34th St. From reading this wonderful list I also found
out that that Jeremy, Cindy Wilke (SP? I hope I got it right!)+hubby,
Tango-Man, Kat and possibly others might/will be there. In a flurry of
emails we exchanged numbers,locations, and if all went well would see ya
there!!!
>
>  I picked up the DVD and cds first thing this am. I debated as to wether I
should open them up , deflower my 5.1 or should I keep the adrenaline going.
I chose the following. I was just dying to see parts of the DVD I had never
seen in any way before. I'm glad I made the choice I did.
>
>  We were in the City by 3:00 and first stop was to the theater. What a
scene!!! There were already a bunch of tie-dyed people cordoned off on one
side nad on the other the press flanks. And alot of them I must say. Across
the street, another crowd of flower children were lining up for the Trey
Anastasios concert at the Hammerstein. I was just feeling so groovy thinking
how much this reminded me of the feelings I had back in '77. My wife thought
I was on drugs, but folks....stone cold sober. I was just so thrilled to be
part of this monumental event.
>
>  As we strolled unabashed into the theater I was glad I was dressed to the
nines with the wifey. I mean , the papparrazzi were taking pictures of US!
As if we're someone in the least bit important!! I was just so digging the
moment. Finally I said, let's get the tix. Expecting nothing more than the
theater tix, you could imagine my shear jubilant surprise to see a blue stub
saying Private Party .......first coronary.
>
> Nah, this could not be. Hmmm only one..... We'll see.
>
>  After a nasty snack of mozzarella stick at the TGIF's we decided to go
back and get in to the theater. Theater #13 to be exact. We came to the door
of the theater and just as we were about to enter, security came about and
pulled us out along with several other folks. They let us in before the
start they decided after the fact. Oh well...we were going to be 4th in line
to get back in. I decided to call Cindy. Immediately I hear the person's
phone ahead of me start ringing. She answers... Hello ? Helloo? me: Can you
hear me ? she: where are you ??? me: right behind you ?!! What? Cindy's
husband saw me start cracking up and turns his wifey around by the shoulders
and lo and behold ! ! ! ! Yes it's ME. I knew right there this was going to
be a fun evening no matter what transpired. So Cindy, hubby, me & wife were
now together and who's that with them?!?!?! Why it's Jeremy and Kat. 6
FBO'ers first on line to get in!!!! Folks...it dosen't get any better than
this. Sonn after the!
> y let us back in..But wait...wife's getting call waiting tones whils
checking on daughter and it's it's TANGERINE MAN!!!! I fire off quick
directions guiding him in from the GWB while we're in the theater.
> Frank Melfi to the left of me, Kevin Shirley in front of me, FBOers to the
right. BIG ASSED SCREEN ahead of me and we're in the perfecto viewing
position!!! I tell you I was having trouble breathing, and not because I'm
finally getting over my pnuemonia...I was just so excited. I mean I'm just
surrounded by Atlantic VIP's , Warner VIP's, Jimena just came by to say
hello to Cindy and oh my Jones, Plant and Jimmy have been escorted in!!!
>
>  They all give a quick intro to the DVD preview ...Jimmy says that this is
important because it encompases the growth and developement of Zeppelin,
Plant dittos that and adds a "for John Bonham" onto it, finally Jones brings
it on home with a simple " This DVD is important because I finally get to
see a Led Zeppelin Concert" They get a standing O and the show begins....
>
>  You all have the DVD by now so no need to review that... but some awesome
moments in the theater watching the 2 hr. preview. The audience, albeit a
good amount of, well, more elder than me, and more deeply involved in the
music industry, was ..holy tamolies...applauding like mad after every
number!!!!! It was really like being at a Zeppelin concert. The sound was
great and any time there seemed to be anything not quite right Kevin Shirley
was up and out of his seat and within seconds things were brilliant!!!  It
was so great to see unseen clips for me, and most of all... to see Earls
Court in friggin great clarity. Those "flashbacks" inserted here and there I
guess as filler where the original film/video was damaged kept reminding me
" This is what you had to watch for years and now here is the balls again!!!
OK, years after the fact, I have to admit, and I think it's ok by now.... I
had clips of Earls court for many years. Integrity folks...  But to see it
as good as it ge!
> ts , on a large screen to boot. Oh mama!!! I guess the best way to
summarize it up till now was when the "quiet" part hits in IMTOD before the
"Oh my JEsus" and someone in the theater yells out , and I mean this guy had
some lungs..." HOLY SHIT!!!" It's that good. The audience agreed and
heartily laughed and then applauded. Damn, there were some guys down in
front that lit up lighters during Stairway and again the audience loved it
and applauded. The shear power, glory, magical mystery requested
commtraderie of mayhem was upon us. And it was GOOD!!!!!
>
> I gotta get some sleep...part 2 tomorrow. But before I got a quick run
down of the folks I met in no particilar order...
> Frank Melfi
> annonymous
> Jimmena
> Jimmy
> John Paul
> Maureen
> Zoe
> Kevin Shirley
> was in extremely close proximity to Robert but alas too late ...
>
> And all the super cool FBOers Cindy, Dave, Pascal, Mike, Jeremy, Kat and
mostly my wife. She know's for sure I'm looney, but
> agrees , in a good way. It's a good thing. Good things do happen to the
little people.
> till tomorrow morning,....
>
> NEch