Re: IMGL premiere in London last night (second attempt)

[Annie <pagesangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I got it!  I commented on it to, but as it was long, I duly made a
separate post to reply.  Has that post made it on the list?  Things
have bounced for me...

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 7:15 AM, Dawn
<dawn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Second attempt - it seems that my original email didn't get through
> for some reason.
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Dawn <dawn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2009/12/16
> Subject: IMGL premiere in London last night
> To: zeppelin <zeppelin@xxxxxxxx>
>
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> Hi All
>
> Wow - what a night!  I will try to write this as coherently as
> possible, but it's all swirling around in my head at the moment so It
> Might Get Garbled!
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> I drove down to London with my boyfriend yesterday morning, and we set
> off for the Apollo around 16:30, having checked into our hotel on the
> outskirts of London.  It was a bitterly cold night and unusually, it
> was colder in the south east of England that it had been in the north
> west where I come from.  We made our way to the Distillers pub, close
> to the Apollo, where we met up with Dave Lewis of TBL plus several
> other FBOers.  I also met another FBOer later on in the pub next door
> but by this time we had to get to the venue, so we hurried off as fast
> as my skyscraper heels would allow me to (don't groan please, guys -
> stick with me on this one, it is relevant, as you'll see in a minute!)
>
> We joined a fairly fast moving queue and were soon inside.  The lobby
> was very busy, but the first person I spotted was Richard Cole, with a
> lady I took to be his wife or girlfriend.  I recognised him
> immediately, not least because he was wearing the exact same brown
> overcoat he had on at the O2 gig, which I had seen in Nech's photos!
> I saw Richard again later, when his wife/partner was taking a photo of
> him standing in front of the theatre.
>
> At this point I went upstairs, to find somewhere to change out of my
> shoes which were by now making my feet really hurt.  Whilst I was
> doing that ... JIMMY ARRIVED AND I MISSED HIM!!!!!!  I could have
> kicked myself - which would have really hurt, in those shoes :D.
> Apparently he walked into the lobby, had a few words with Richard Cole
> and then disappeared again.  He did return a few minutes later (I
> caught a glimpse of the back of his head!) and then it was time to go
> into the theatre.
>
> The theatre was packed, the audience a real mixed bag, although I
> would say the majority of people there were in the Zeppelin camp.  I
> heard a few mobile phones going off in the time before the film
> started, and the ring tones were without exception, Zep tunes!  Then
> David 'Kid' Jensen walked onto the small stage area at the front (for
> those non-Brits who may note be familiar with his name, David Jensen,
> a Canadian, was a Radio 1 DJ back in the 1970s, and also a regular
> presenter of the only pop music programme on British TV back then, Top
> Of The Pops).  David introduced Jimmy and Davis Guggenheim, and then
> there they were (I think I stopped breathing at that point).  He asked
> them a few questions about the making of the film (I can't recall what
> they were, I was too star struck to take notes).  Jimmy seemed relaxed
> and happy to be there, dressed in his usual black with a silver-grey
> scarf around his neck - he looked great.  Then Jimmy & Davis took
> their seats in the main section of the auditorium (unfortunately on
> the opposite side to where I was) and the film started.  I suspect
> you'll all have seen the film already, so I won't go into any detail
> on that, suffice to say that I really enjoyed it.  The audience
> reaction was great - you could feel the affection and warmth for Jimmy
> in their reactions to the comedy moments in the film such as the
> "biological research" comment and the slightly panicked "I can't
> sing".  They also applauded at various points in the film!
>
> Afterwards we hung around for a while, this was when I saw Richard
> Cole for the second time, I also saw Ross Halfin, although he didn't
> appear to have any cameras with him.  There is an entry in Ross' diary
> about last night (I just had a look).  I should like to point out that
> I was not one of the "saddos carrying stuff to get signed", however!
>
> So there you have it - my first ever evening in the presence of Jimmy.
>  I sincerely hope that it won't be the last, and that there is a next
> time when it really will get loud courtesy of several of his guitars.
> I'll wear different shoes next time, too ;-)
>
> Dawn
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