WristSTRONG Sighting – Jeff Tweedy from WILCO
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Colboarder Anne Skubis (aka askubis) shared this story about passing on her WristSTRONG bracelet to someone more famous than her:
I met Jeff Tweedy last night! For those of you who don’t know him, he is the lead singer of my favorite band WILCO. I am also a die-hard Stephen Colbert fan. Recently, I purchased a WristStrong bracelet from Colbert Nation, the proceeds of which go entirely to troops and the impetus of which was Stephen’s broken wrist he suffered when taping the show. Colbert wants to get these bracelets up to the most rich and famous in America, therefore, when you meet someone more famous than you, you must surrender the bracelet.
Knowing this, I made a poster for the concert (Deanna got us awesome seats in the 5th row), and held it up about three songs in. It read, “Will you wear my WRISTSTRONG bracelet?” You could tell Tweedy was reading it, and when he finished he said, “Of course I will wear your WRISTSTRONG bracelet!” I ran up to the stage and handed it to him. He obviously knew the routine, b/c he said, “You are supposed to give it to someone you meet more famous than you, right?” He played the entire show with the bracelet on, which I could show you if I hadn’t lost Ryan’s camera in all the crazy hubbub that ensued.
A tour manager found me after the show and told me that Jeff wanted to take a picture with “the Colbert lady.” She took me to the buses and after a bit of wait, he came out and thanked me for the bracelet, snapped this photo, and signed Matt’s ticket and my poster. It was so great!
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10 Comments
September 22nd, 2007 at 3:59 pm
That is an amazing story. :)
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September 22nd, 2007 at 4:07 pm
I’m going to go have a delight-based implosion now.
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September 22nd, 2007 at 4:36 pm
OK, Nation. Askubis is showing us how it’s done. Let’s get out there and do it!
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September 22nd, 2007 at 4:54 pm
That’s awesome.
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September 22nd, 2007 at 9:43 pm
That’s a great story and a great photo. I hope there are several instances like this and Stephen does a segment on the progression of famous people who have had one passed to them.
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September 22nd, 2007 at 10:43 pm
soooo awesome, i love wilco.
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September 23rd, 2007 at 12:23 am
why, that’s an excellent picture if i must say so. Isn’t that the dude from Lincoln and the Lost Prayers in the background?
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September 23rd, 2007 at 2:49 am
That is so cool.
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September 25th, 2007 at 11:10 am
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March 5th, 2008 at 7:51 am
Anne, I’m so jealous of your brush with
alt-country hunkiness.
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