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Great post Markus

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Jacqueline 06:13 am UTC 06/08/07
In reply to: re: Lurkers? Please say hello - Markus 09:00 pm UTC 06/07/07

Love, the Elder Jacqueline...that still feels like the younger Jacqueline LOL! :)

>
> > 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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