Keith Allen and I
Glasto '98 I think it was.. Walking around minding my own business and who did I see awkwardly reading his Guardian newspaper? None other than Keith Allen, father of pop troll Lilly Allen. I say 'awkwardly' because The Guardian can be exceptionally hard to read outdoors on a windy day, turning the ridiculously large pages whilst being careful not to spill your coffee perched on an already slanting table in a field. We could see it all start to unfold as he wrestled with the paper and the wind, and after a tense few minutes a couple of pages blew from his grasp and rested a few metres or so down the field. Me, being a helpful sycophantic sort fetched it for him in exchange for a toothy grin and an embarrased 'thankyou my good man'.

Forward to later in the day and my pal Keith is giving a talk in a small gazebo nestled amongst all the hippy stalls. Me, in my bright yellow NOFX shirt, stood out a mile and upon seeing me again gave me the eye and a nod of posthumous thanks whilst in full flow.

Little did I know that this talk was being filmed and was shown on Telly the very next day. Cue then, friends at home watching the festival highlights half asleep when the Keith Allen talk comes on, the cameras, giving an over the shoulder shot, show me wandering into the crowd and Keith raising his hand and acknowledging me like an old friend. Absolutely priceless that bit of tape.
(BeardyMat, Sun 14 Jun 2009, 12:25, 4 replies)

Cue
You can even Ninja-edit if you want, I won'tt be offended.
( Ghoti Fingers, Sun 14 Jun 2009, 14:25, closed)

I was waiting
for you to say he was holding a cup of coffee too. He's an unbearably smug git who tries to be aggressively non-artily pretentious but fails miserably.
( SteamedCleaner, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 0:49, closed)

You have it on tape?
Youtube or it didn't happen!
(Helixdaunting, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 1:43, closed)

I have it on VHS tape...
...which won't fit in my laptop so I can't upload it. Just did a quick search on you tube and can't find it there.
(BeardyMat, Mon 15 Jun 2009, 14:14, closed)