I've also got a ton of other obscure indie-era memorabilia
including:

Zia McCabe's (The Dandy Warhols) dog ends. (I met the band after the gig, showed my newly-claimed dog end to the band, Courtney said "that's...weird." You can talk mate.)

I also got the guitar wire from Nicky Wire's guitar at the Millennium gig the Manic Street Preachers did in Cardiff. Nicky had smashed up his bass and chucked it into the audience. I grabbed the wire. I was so happy I set up a website about it: go.to/wirewire

beware it was early 2000 so it's probably hideous, and I'm crap at doing websites anyway
( krang, Fri 5 Nov 2004, 23:44, Reply)

Ghost World
The comic Ghost World was made into a movie by the same title. I met the author of the comic several times and he gave me his personal copy of the DVD, signed and addressed to me. Whenever i meet someone new and they come to my house, I drag out the DVD and tell them a long story about how I got it. I've accidentally told some of my friends the story several times...
(aDanger, Fri 5 Nov 2004, 23:39, Reply)

80s matchbox b-line shoe disaster
This was the latest in a long line of really obscure memorabilia I picked up.

Being a lanky git, I became quite accustomed to being smacked in the head by the DMs of passing crowd surfers in the mosh pits of various gigs, because the difference in height to other gig-goers makes you a highly susceptible to this form of attack. After a while, I worked out ways of plotting my revenge against those naive folk who attempt to crowd surf, revenge consisting of removing their shoes lobbing them back in the direction from which they came. After a few years I became adept at the art of redistributing the crowd-surfers' footwear.

So, imagine my surprise when, at an 80s Matchbox B-Line Disaster gig at the Louisiana in Bristol, the lead singer had a go a crowd surfing. He cruises past me, giving me just enough time to remove one of his Adidas. Shoe in hand, I had to get a train back to Cheltenham cos I had a lecture the next day, so I left the gig.

But I couldn't find the train station. So, I found myself wondering around Bristol, very lost and slightly drunk, clinging on to The Lead Singer from 80s Matchbox B-Line Disasters' shoe.

I managed to make my way back to the gig, only to find the now single-shoed and highly dissatisfied Lead Singer of 80s Matchbox B-Line Disaster hanging round in the bar. It turned out it was his only pair of shoes for the entire tour, and I gave myself up and reunited him with said footwear. He was quite grateful, if not a little suspicious.

Probably the single best bit of obscure memorabilia I've ever had, even if I couldn't keep it.
( krang, Fri 5 Nov 2004, 23:35, Reply)

Them Hazzard Boys
I have a 'General Lee' t-shirt. Autographed. *




* by the guy who played Cooter. You know, the mechanic.
( weirdbeard, Fri 5 Nov 2004, 23:34, Reply)

I have a sock tie-up,
that once held up the sock of now semi-famous, Premiership footballer Kevin Davis!
During a friendly game between Chesterfield and Matlock Town, I ran on the pitch picked it up and ran straight off again, the stewards just sat and watched me!
(acme01, Fri 5 Nov 2004, 23:03, Reply)

autographed menu
I also have Uri Gellers auntograph on a piece of menu from when I worked at a motorway services, and yes the spacka chav who i worked with did actually tell uri to be careful, because I'm watching the spoons!!
(Lord Monkey of Yorkshire,OBE killed a gipsy on...., Fri 5 Nov 2004, 23:01, Reply)

F1 stuff
I have lots of model F1 cars and I have a copy of the race winning Jordan EJ13 that Giancarlo Fisichella won the brazzilian Grand Prix in, in the base there is a small piece of wood which is cut from the barge board of a genuine EJ13. I also have a Polyphonic Spree tambourine and set of robes!
(Lord Monkey of Yorkshire,OBE killed a gipsy on...., Fri 5 Nov 2004, 22:57, Reply)

Kool Kiss Kowboy Hat
I was at the derry street party thingy this Hallow's (largest in Yurp apparently), a ginormous festival of loads of people standing around getting drunk, vomitting and smashing bottles, so great for a first street party on my part...

Anyways, my friend was a little... err... nonconcious, and I sat with him while he quietly chundered down the hill. And in the middle of the throng, a rather fine girl dressed as a cowgirl stumbled over to me, asking if I'd "be her cowboy"...

Obviously elated at the prospect, I cooly said "sure thing" with a lassez-faire nod... she then gave me her hat, in exchange for a kiss, and stumbled off into the night...

My ego was swollen the rest of the night as all my friend's got was a bit of vom' on the shoes, my "guy with more fake beard than brains" costume transformed into a "seedy mexican"...

This elation lasted to the next day, when describing to a friend absent from derry-adventuring my proud tale, I learned that she was three years younger than me... which when you are 16, is not cool...

PS sorry for length/poor quality
(Fartmonger, Fri 5 Nov 2004, 22:01, Reply)

I've been working on the C5 series Boxing Academy
I have a radio microphone holder, an elasticated belt with velcro ends, whose fabric now contains about 1/2 a litre of the sweat of Amir Khan.

:/
( Pew Pew Pew! Lasers! wannabe Gong Farmer, Fri 5 Nov 2004, 21:47, Reply)

Sledgehammer - the shirt
I have a shirt. Not just any shirt, but one that I got from my ex-girlfriend's brother's "chucking out" pile back in the late 80's.

Three years (three years, mind you) after I half-inched it, I found out it belonged to prog-rock god and po-faced world music champion Peter Gabriel. Ex's brother was interviewing him at his home for some Hull University rag, and apparently (according to the story I was told) it started to piss it down as he left. So, man-who-once-dressed-as-a-marigold gave him the shirt.

I really treasure the shirt. Yet I have a near-total antipathy for P. Gabriel.

Christ on a bike: I'm easily bought, aren't I?
( sp3ccylad carries on breathing all the way up to, say, Fri 5 Nov 2004, 21:19, Reply)

I've got a piece of the Berlin Wall (and who doesn't?)
and also plectrums (picks) from various artistes (Rob Thomas -Matchbox 20, Shania Twain (?), Dixie Chicks) etc etc.. Oh and A Christmas card from Jimmy Krankie!!
( Flash_Bastard, Fri 5 Nov 2004, 21:07, Reply)

Oh and another
I still have the unused ticket to see Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (best blues ever*) in London a couple of weeks after he died.

*100% Fact
( Snollock Biffer I don't really sniff Bollocks, Fri 5 Nov 2004, 20:50, Reply)

Rather sad actually...
I used to be able to brag that

"This is the hand that shook the hand of Gary Glitter"

after he played at Hull town hall when I was in college. It was all cold and clammy (Gazza's hand that is).

I shudder to think where it went before it got to me...

I don't talk about it much nowadays.
(Marked Man, Fri 5 Nov 2004, 19:40, Reply)

dry boy band pedialite
My best friend has a water bottle.. now filled with dried up pedialite from back in the insync days that (supposedly) belonged to her celeb crush justin timberlake ....yeah it's kinda sad she nabbed it after an mtv show where sat a few rows from the aforementioned boy band. She still to this day maintains that is Justin's...she does not waiver
(roxandsand24, Fri 5 Nov 2004, 19:35, Reply)

Warriors, come out to pla-ee-yay!
I've never been a collector of such stuff, but an old friend of mine who lives in Texas just sent me a promo shot from The Warriors (awesome movie from 1979) autographed (to me!) by Michael Beck, Debra Van Valkenbourg and... the guy who played Cochise. It's framed and on the wall.
(revjtoad, Fri 5 Nov 2004, 19:34, Reply)

Nothing interesting really
But I have a plastic cup which once held beer, thrown at me by Phil Anselmo at a show - back in 1994 when Pantera were actually good...

I also had a cassette tape of the Wildhearts studio sessions given to me by one of them when we were dating - but I later gave it to a friend who was a rabid Wildhearts fan.
( pie, Fri 5 Nov 2004, 18:58, Reply)

A piece of Elvis' Bedsheet
It's a lovely bamboo pattern. Went all CSI on it and used a black light, but sadly it has none of Elvis' bodily fluids on it. Still an awesome momento though.
(Frezedriedelvis, Fri 5 Nov 2004, 18:55, Reply)

When the dome was still open,
I found one of those balls from the big "time-protectors" (or whatever the hell it was) play park with all the balls that one could fire from big air cannons at small children. heheh... anyway, I found it in the car park and took it home with me. It now sits in the study on the bookcase.

I'll just be off then.
(hexy 1.0, Fri 5 Nov 2004, 18:22, Reply)

The condom I didnt use
when I fucked your mum
(lifelikeandposeable, Fri 5 Nov 2004, 18:22, Reply)

ah i almost forgot
my lovely rammadan calender from 1997. Each day had a question, an answer and a delicious chocolately treat. One of the days' questions was 'Have you prayed today?' and the answer was 'VERY GOOD!'.

Ich finde Ham fantastich wiel es voller chemie ist....yes...what?
(iheartyourmum, Fri 5 Nov 2004, 17:29, Reply)

Obscure Memorabilia
I have two plectrums signed by the drummer of a defunct rock band called "SKIN".. However, they have been used frequently since and the the signatures have almost worn off.. No-one believes me or cares..
(billyporcupine, Fri 5 Nov 2004, 17:24, Reply)

Another one
My mate has a plec she caught after Melissa Auf Der Maur chucked it in the crowd. Happened to randomly come up on Winamp, only reason I remember... seem to recall a drummer friend having a signed drumstick, but can't for the life of me remember who by.

Edit: minister of heresy, I am very VERY jealous of your Paz pick :( *drools*
( useful_idiot, Fri 5 Nov 2004, 17:16, Reply)

why wouldnt anybody want
£3 worth of tiny knitted helmets as worn by one of the clangers. I know I do. AND i have 3 of them, thankyou blue peter. Thankyou, so very very much.
(iheartyourmum, Fri 5 Nov 2004, 17:15, Reply)

TEXAS RANGER
I used to work as a historical preservation architect in Texas. I was doing survey work in an old building in Dallas, Texas that had been vacant for some time to determine the feasibility of restoring it.
I noticed a small scrap of paper on the floor of the building and picked it up.
It was a very bug eaten page of an episode for CHUCK NORRIS, TEXAS RANGER That had been filmed in that building some years back..

on an aside.
A friend from Los Angeles also sent me the script for "Seriously Dude, Where's my Car".
the never to be made sequel of "Dude, Where's my Car". As well as the photo of David Hasselhoff the German team would salute before playing in the movie "Dodgeball"..

freaky stuff.
(Idyll23, Fri 5 Nov 2004, 17:14, Reply)

I have
Satgecoach Bus ticket. No, hear me out, the date printed on it is....04/04/04.
Go me.
( Laughing Boy, Fri 5 Nov 2004, 16:50, Reply)

Ainsley's Red Tomatos
Myself and my flatmate had a lovely trip to see Fantasy Football being filmed during Euro 2004. It's filmed in the same place as that fine piece of television Ready, Steady, Cook.
Having drunk all of our allocation of free beer, we trooped into the studio and spotted a top piece of memorabilia - one of those white squares of card bearing the fabled red tomato / green pepper combination. It was a bit dog eared - no doubt from being held aloft by millions of coffin dodgers, but is nonetheless a worthy addition to the decor in our flat. Cheers to the bloke in the studio who seemed please that we were ridding the place of an unwanted bit of tat.
(EnvelopeTelepathy, Fri 5 Nov 2004, 16:36, Reply)

Giant Haystacks
I have in my parents freezer somewhere a cotton bud with Giant Haystacks spit on it - I was watching him with my grandad, he spat in the ring, I ran up and wiped it up with my fingers (I was quite young) and kept it ever since. It's now next to the extremely rare bird that my Mum's cat killed and she didn't want anyone finding out!

Ooohhhh 1 I also have a signed photo of Daisy Duke in a bikini which I'd like to strum over one day (but don't want to risk washing the signature off! Eeeewww(?)!)

Ooohhhh 3 Jarvis Cocker wrote 'I am high' in my Glaso 95 programme - I was but a youngster so had to ask my Dad to decipher it!

Ooohhhh 2 and this PICCY but I don't want to wank over this one...
( pattwat, Fri 5 Nov 2004, 16:35, Reply)

I 've met Darth Vader
When I was a kid, Darth Vader(in full suit etc) came to our local supermarket. I got his autograph, he signed it Darth Vader. I asked him to do the Force Choke, but he refused

Looking back, I'm not so sure it really was him.....
(Cletus, Fri 5 Nov 2004, 16:14, Reply)

A toilet seat from Wembley stadium
Stolen when I was a ballboy there a few years back.

Just think of all those footballing greats who would have taken a dump on it. Magic.
(mister nice guy, Fri 5 Nov 2004, 16:07, Reply)

Bowling Anyone?
I have a bowling score card signed by Kerry King from Slayer. He got a 193.
(Sofanda Peters, Fri 5 Nov 2004, 16:04, Reply)