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Leesa (gallytrotter@mchsi.com) 12:02 am UTC 06/08/07 |
| In reply to: | re: Lurkers? Please say hello - Markus 09:00 pm UTC 06/07/07 |
> Thanks for that story, Markus--I remember reading it shortly after it happened and it always made me smile. It just made me so happy for you--what a very cool thing to have happened and thanks also for sharing your momentoes of the event--I'm so jealous! Cheers! Leesa > > 1) About you: > > Markus, turned 34 on June 1st. Living in a small village > "near" Heidelberg, between Frankfurt and Stuttgart. > > > 2) How you found Jim's music: > > It must have been at the age of 11 or 12 when I first saw > Meatīs video for Modern Girl at the TV and I really liked > it. At this time I found Bat & Dead Ringer in my mothers > Album collection. I started with Bat and was hooked from > the very first moment. I guess I was jimfected without > knowing it first within a few minutes when I was sitting > there in front of the stereo with an open mouth and even > wider opened ears. :) Thank you Jim! > > > 3) Have you ever met Jim (details): > > Yes, and Iīll never forget it. It was at the Tanz Der > Vampire - Preview in Stuttgart March 30th 2000. The day > before I emailed Jacqueline that Iīll go to this show and > I asked her if she knew if Jim was there too. She told me > heīll be there and wished me luck to meet him. > So when I was at the theater (which had a hotel connectet) > I saw a huge flower bouquet which defintely came from JD. > :) I thought about following them to the hotel room where > Jim was but decided not to be a stalker. > Later I looked through a window and coincidentally when I > turned around I saw Jim walking down the floor. I only saw > his back but I knew immediately that this was my dream > coming true. I reached him and tapped him on his shoulder > softly because I didnīt want to scare or terrify him. It > seemed nobody else recognized the musical genius instead > of me! So he turned around slowly and smiled and asked me > who I was. I still wonder how I managed to say ANYTHING! > Well, it wasnīt much and it wasnīt really intelligent > but... > I told him my name and that Iīm a huge fan of his music > and lyrics and when he said "Oh, Markus then I know who > you are, I read your message on the board" and "Jacqueline > told me that youīre coming today" I felt like in another > dimension. :) He signed a Bat II CD for me and my Dream > Engine CDīs and the back of BFG where I already had a > signature of Roman Polanski from the same day. ;) When he > looked at the BFG picture he was like "Oh,ohhh....... > thatīs long ago". Well, I told him something like he still > looks amazing and I think itīs true. He was so kind and > grateful and lovable... I saked him about a photo with him > and he said "Yeah, I like photos with me". We decided to > take them later after the show where Barry Keating was > too. > > So far this was the only time I met Jim in person and I > will treasure this moment in my heart forever as one of > the greatest moments in my live because it was my > possibility to thank him in person for every word and note > he ever wrote and which means so much to me. > > On a side note: The pictures were shot by a young man who > later disappeared with Jim and Barry. Years later in NY > after one of the DOTV shows we attended a young man spoke > to me just at the moment I was about to leave the theater. > I didnīt remember him but then he told me that he was the > one taking the photos in Stuttgart! He was German too and > told me that he was Jimīs driver back then. What a small > world we have! > > Oh, a funny little moment was this year in February when I > met Jacqueline and the other fans in Vienna after one of > the Tanz Concert Shows where she called Jim and we were > able to talk to him for a few moments on the batphone. :) > Jacqueline, youīre the best! > > > 4) Favorite song: > > As always, impossible for me to choose. Sorry. > > > 5) Your other interests: > > My girlfriend. ;) Wish me luck it will last forever this > time. Photography. Singing - it was a really great > pleasure and very emotional experience to get the chance > twice to perform What Part Of My Body Hurts The Most in > front of an audience that really seemed to like this song > and itīs interpretation. > > > 6) Book you're currently reading: > > Uhm, no book at the moment. But I highly recommend The > Suicide Treatment by Brian M. Van Hise, a great writer and > a really emotional and passionate piano playing Steinfan, > great guy and member of Rockman Record. > > Guess my alltime favourite book will be 1984. > > That was fun Jacqueline. :) > > Markus. | |
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