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I went along, I was maybe 15th in the queue

I froze! i was rubbish. his girlfriend (lady with red hair, she is so lovely) tried to get a bit of chat out of me but i was useless. he tried too. you'd think i was 6.

still, i got 2 books signed, they were lovely, and I went off with a smile on my face



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I wasn't on the preference list but third in the non-preference queue... got there at 5:10, left at about 8:00 with two lovely signed copies.

Jarvis was pretty jaded by the time he got to us lot (who could blame him?), but it was good that he stayed on so much later than planned. Nice one!

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...I guess the hunt is on now for recordings of Set the Controls for the Heart of the Pelvis, First Man in Space, Stars on Sunday, B-Real, Mary, Sliding through Life on a Charm, The Operation, and Set Yourself on Fire, none of which at a glance I possess...

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Set the controls video is on YouTube, or at least it was a few weeks ago when I stumbled across it when looking for live footage of Pulp.



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superchob wrote:

I wasn't on the preference list but third in the non-preference queue... got there at 5:10, left at about 8:00 with two lovely signed copies.

Jarvis was pretty jaded by the time he got to us lot (who could blame him?), but it was good that he stayed on so much later than planned. Nice one!

 

That's nice of him. We went for a quick drink at the bar opposite after the signing and walked past Foyles at about 7.40pm. There was still loads of people waiting even then. God knows what time he finished. Would love to hear other people's stories.



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I arrived at about 6:00pm (quite late compared to everyone else) and joined the priority queue. By this point the queue had nearly reached the front doors (onto Charing Cross Road). It got a little shorter after quite a few people who hadn't emailed for priority were removed from the queue and sent to the other one.

All the staff were really nice...a guy came round with post-it notes to stick in the books...I've always found the whole thing of having a post-it note with a pre-written message to give to the person doing the signing a bit strange. Surely it means nothing if you have written it yourself?

Anyway, I got to Jarvis at about 7:30pm. I wonder how conscious he was of the fact that it was time to finish and there was a still a LONG queue in front of him?

I told him that I loved the Brixton shows, but that he almost got my hopes up for a second when he mentioned "Silence". He let out a little groan and said "Oh dear...that really wouldn't have been good. I'd have to do a special separate show just for all things like that.". I couldn't resist it. I had always wanted to mention that song to him! :)

He asked if I wanted him to write anything in particular and I said that I didn't know..."I don't want to put words in your mouth. Anything is great.".

He wrote "Leo...things go better with a little bit of razzmatazz. Love Jarvis.". I wonder how many people got that message? Was that his default quote to write down whenever he couldn't think of anything specific, or was he just picking some of his favourites at random maybe?

But anyway...was fun. Felt a bit greedy though. I got a copy of his last album signed in person too. Maybe I should retire gracefully now.

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Leo, never mind Silence, you should have mentioned your Going Back To Find Her cover! He likes signing names with things that rhyme with them when he can.

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Chob, you don't own Pickled Eggs and Sherbert, A Heavy Nite OR 5:55??

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weener, cannot wait for my copy of the book. So great....

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Who's going to the Sheffield signing tomorrow? I will be there.

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Good to see that there are some lyrics from Relaxed Muscle and even Charlotte Gainsbourg albums in it. I'm gonna get it.

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saw119 wrote:

Who's going to the Sheffield signing tomorrow? I will be there.

 I am, although don't know what time to go for...

I'm either going to miss Uni and go quite early to judge the queue, or go to my first lecture and go in the afternoon

 

What time are you thinking of going?



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Can someone at the Sheffield signing please ask if there will be any American shows next year?

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Not_Centaurs wrote:
saw119 wrote:

Who's going to the Sheffield signing tomorrow? I will be there.

 I am, although don't know what time to go for...

I'm either going to miss Uni and go quite early to judge the queue, or go to my first lecture and go in the afternoon

 

What time are you thinking of going?

 I'm gonna head down town earlyish to scope things out. I originally was gonna head over about 3 but I'm thinking I might get there earlier. I'll go to an art gallery if nothings happening.



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saw119 wrote:
Not_Centaurs wrote:
saw119 wrote:

Who's going to the Sheffield signing tomorrow? I will be there.

 I am, although don't know what time to go for...

I'm either going to miss Uni and go quite early to judge the queue, or go to my first lecture and go in the afternoon

 

What time are you thinking of going?

 I'm gonna head down town earlyish to scope things out. I originally was gonna head over about 3 but I'm thinking I might get there earlier. I'll go to an art gallery if nothings happening.

 Can you post to let us know your findings? :)



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It's probably gonna be unlikely but I may be able to. I will certainly try to post.

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saw119 wrote:
Not_Centaurs wrote:
saw119 wrote:

Who's going to the Sheffield signing tomorrow? I will be there.

 I am, although don't know what time to go for...

I'm either going to miss Uni and go quite early to judge the queue, or go to my first lecture and go in the afternoon

 

What time are you thinking of going?

 I'm gonna head down town earlyish to scope things out. I originally was gonna head over about 3 but I'm thinking I might get there earlier. I'll go to an art gallery if nothings happening.

 Probably the best idea, think I'll do this too



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Well, as of 2:15 there are about 10 or so people waiting outside Waterstones in the queue. One thing it does say is that you must buy your book before you start queuing so bear that in mind. I don't think I'd like to be at the front anyway, it's all over far too quickly. A little bit of queuing is good for the soul in situations like these. I won't be able to post again until I get back home so for anyone who turns up this afternoon good luck.



-- Edited by saw119 on Thursday 27th of October 2011 02:12:55 PM

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posting from the queue! I got here at 3 and I've just been given ticket number 20. Not too shabby!

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Live report from the queue - just arrived and got ticket number 248! We are in the outside bit of the queue, they're saying that there's no guarantee of meeting Jarv for us latecomers. Fingers crossed...

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In the time it took me to post that, another 20 people have joined the queue, and they're not handing out any more tickets...

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I hope you've brought a copy of Truth and Beauty for him to sign aswell ;)

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Just got back from the signing and, guess what, I couldn't think of anything to say. So he offered me a grape. The I didn't know whether to eat the grape of just hold it as we were still talking. Told him when I'd first seen them and he said 'What was I wearing? I wasn't wearing that stupid rabbit coat was I?' I told him he wasn't and then said how important Pulp had been to me. He signed my book, no special inscription :( I had ticket number 13 so I probably saw you blueowl. I was upstairs when he arrived with his girlfriend and their dog, a cute jack russell, and they looked soaked through, been pissing it down here today. It was all over in the blink of an eye but the time I spent in the queue was brilliant. Was queuing next to two young girls who had Jarvis setlist from Leeds, they were remarking on his handwritten notes on it. One of the notes was about the Heineken festival in 95 so I told them I ahd been at that show and one of the girls said 'I was two'. There were some moments when I felt very old in that queue!

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fredthe3rd wrote:

Chob, you don't own Pickled Eggs and Sherbert, A Heavy Nite OR 5:55??

Neither Pickled Eggs nor 5:55... Have to get this sorted



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Admittedly half the songs on Eggs are shit. But the ones written by the big man himself are good and a couple of others are alright... One with baby bird and one with a woman making innuendos about erectile dysfunction.

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