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This week has been pretty strange as far as networking goes. I've met some interesting people at work, as well as outside of work and have made some interesting new contacts because of that. But somehow, this week feels very different from previous weeks. It's probably because ALL of these new connects (or near connects) were completely unexpected.

Here are a few stories in chronological order. Also in potential order or significance.

(if you follow teetilldeath.com, feel free to skip to #2)

1. My wife and I have been hitting up the Acton-Boxborough Farmer's Market every Sunday. It's a nice little Sunday morning trip. We get a bunch of excellent, fresh vegetables, and sometimes we bring the dogs. It's a very dog friendly zone, and our favorite farmer seems to LOVE our big dog. Overall, it's just good times.
   
   This weekend while walking over to the market, we stopped at an intersection waiting for a car to turn left. As it pulled up, the man in the front seat rolled the passenger side window down. At this point, I was expecting to give out directions to some local establishment. Instead, the man said, "wow, I haven't seen a Bold shirt since 1988." And then drove off with his wife and baby in the back seat.
   
   I was so shocked, that I could only squeak out "yeah, man" while he drove off. For the next couple of days, I was haunted by this "missed connection." Hopefully, this weekend, I'll run into them again and get to chat about the core.
   
2. I've been selling a bunch of LPs on ebay lately (keep your eyes peeled for EPs soon). I've been making many, many, MANY trips to the post office, and despite spreading it over 3-4 offices, I think they are all starting to give me dirty looks when they see me.
   
   In the last round of LPs, I noticed one of the buyers was from the same city I work in. I emailed this fellow and said if he wanted to save $4 and time, that he could meet me for an in person hand off. He was game, and we planned to meet the next day outside my work.
   
   He called a few minutes before showing up, and I ran down to the street with LPs in hand. He had only purchased one LP, but since we were meeting in person, I threw in an extra LP that didn't sell. He pulled up, and we began to chat. He was psyched to get the LP BACK into his collection. Turns out he owned all these LPs when they were first released and sold them years back. Now he is trying to build his collection back up. I asked what else he was looking for. Again, there was some overlap with what I had and what he wanted. I told him I was more interested in shirts and that's where the connection was made.
   
   "Oh, I gave my wife most of my tees when I grew out of them. She may still have them in her closet. Maybe we can trade shirts for LPs."
   
   Yeap, that's my favorite conversation. It also turns out that this guy has been going to Boston shows for years (his first show was Youth Of Today and 7 Seconds at The Rat) and had played in a lot of great local bands. I'll leave his name out of this, but I am positive you've heard at least one of his bands before.
   
   After our great conversation, he walked away saying he would check his wife's closet for tees and get back to me. I consider that a great connect.
   
   After talking to a few friends about this great experience, one of them asked if it was "____ ______." And yes, yes it was. Turns out he was good friends with this guy and his wife. It's a small world, don't you know?
   
   
3. A few months ago, I bought a shirt on ebay from a seller who had a couple of great gems up. In my paypal payment to him, I sent along a note that asked if he had any other shirts he was planning to sell. I didn't receive a response, but the shirt came shortly. Great shirt, and I was quite happy with the whole thing.
   
   Fast forward to yesterday. Out of the blue, the seller emailed me saying money was tight, and he wanted to sell a few more tees. And that's all because I took a few extra seconds to fire off a note with my payment. I'm now talking to him and working on getting a couple AMAZING OG tees. We'll see how it goes.

There you have it. It's funny what 4 seconds of personal touch can add to any interaction. Going forward, life looks good. I'll let you know how it goes with shirts and trades as it goes down.

2 Comments:

 Anonymous said...

Today I went to the gym in marlboro with my friend. When I got their my friend told me Bane was playing the last HH show. I got super siked and jammed Bane the whole time at the gym. As we are leaving was an older dude rocking a Bane Give Blood Hoodie. At solomon pond in linens in things I saw another older guy rocking a Bane longsleeve. He had awesome side burns, I saw a few weeks later at DKM/Bane in boston.

10/12/2009 10:01 PM  

 xChrisx said...

I love connections like that. It's a great thing that music can bring together two total strangers.

Keep up the good blogging.

11/27/2009 1:09 AM  

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Summer 2009 is one for the record books. It was just a real good summer. In also seemed like it was all about Bane. In fact, it felt more exciting than Summer 1999 (as far as Bane goes).

1999:

June 7 1999 @ The Space Worcester Mass: Bane, Ten Yard Fight, The Swarm, Adamantium, Embrace Today ("The sooner more people get naked, the sooner we play again." Zach)

June 10 1999 @ Mcternan's Studio in DC: Bane backups for Give Blood

August 27 1999 @ Merrimack College North Andover Mass: Bane, Garrison, Errortype:11, Mid Carson July, Little Dipper

2009:

June 20, 2009 @ Blenders NYC: Sick Of It All, Bane, Capital, Inhuman

June 25, 2009 @ Some Studio Wakefield (fixed), Mass: Bane backups for the two new EPs

August 09, 2009 @ The Palladium downstairs Worcester, Mass: 10 For 10 Tour: Bane, Terror, This Is Hell, Poison The Well, ...

August 13, 2009 @ ICC Allston Mass: Bane, The Suicide File, Alpha & Omega, Foundation, Harms's Way, Convicted

August 15, 2009 @ Some Venue in Long Island, NY: Bane, This Is Hell

August 16, 2009 @ Starlight Ballroom, Philly PA: This Is Hardcore Fest: Bane, Blacklisted, Ceremony, Wisdom in Chains, Trapped Under Ice, Reach The Sky ...

Let me start with some pictures. Here are a few from the Blenders gig.

I know. You're thinking, WTF? Well, I was selling merch for most of the evening (except during Bane). That's ok, though. Blenders has the merch downstairs, and they very smartly have flatscreens all over the place showing the gig upstairs. That's good and bad. Good for merch dudes, partially bad for bands because people can chill downstairs while still "attending" the show. Good gig. Met Mario.

Ok, now here are some shots from the Bane merch table at This Is Hardcore. Noticing a trend here?

Quality merch. The kids ate it up. I felt bad for the kid I sold the XS longsleeve to with the hole in the shoulder. But his girl definitely wanted it, even after they returned it and re-bought it. That's a quality fan.

Big Bob taking a breather and Justin checking for that color vinyl. Good dudes.

Obviously the best hair cut of the weekend. Great look.

Get ready for some blurry pics of Reach The Sky and Bane now. Squint and shake your head while viewing them. That could clear them up some.

Brothers from different mothers?

And then it was over, and the crowds left. Quiet times. Of course, Bane was the last band out. Bedard and Co had to say goodbye to every single band and person in the venue, it seemed.

Finally, a good blackmail pic. So goofy.

Yeah, summer of 2009 was a good one. Hit up the beach a few times, did some camping, saw plenty of great shows, and an awesome time. No complaints here. It made me feel like a kid again (even on those weekends when I had to go to work).

Lets hope winter 2009/2010 can compete with winter 99/00.

5 Comments:

 hows yr edge said...

Holy crap, wakefield is nothing like norwood. Not even close geographically either. Fixed, thanks jim. What's the name of the studio? Redemption? Reverence?

9/11/2009 11:15 AM  

 Jeff J Jawk said...

Fuck I love Big Bob and Bane... XXX

9/11/2009 3:31 PM  

 jim c said...

getaway group in wakefield mass, home of the one and only jay maas.

9/11/2009 3:27 PM  

 jim c said...

the studio is in wakefield, not norwood.

9/11/2009 10:23 AM  

 hows yr edge said...

Thanks Jim

And I've gotta agree with Jawk. Both are stellar and hardcore staples.

9/11/2009 3:46 PM  

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