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LET'S SEE WHAT DO I REMEMBER ABOUT MEETING THE KNACK...WELL FIRST THING WE WENT TO SEE THEIR CONCERT. WE HAD TICKETS IN THE BALCONY SOMEWHERE BUT WE SNUCK DOWN TO THE MAIN FLOOR AND KEPT FINDING EMPTY SEATS AND STAYING THERE TIL THE PEOPLE SHOWED UP FOR THEIR SEATS...HA HA...WE MOVED AROUND A LOT DOWN THERE...THEN I DON'T REMEMBER WHO TOLD US WHAT HOTEL THEY WERE STAYING AT BUT WE DECIDED TO HEAD OVER THERE TO TRY TO MEET THEM. WHEN WE GOT TO THE WHITEHALL HOTEL WE SAW A GUY OUT FRONT WITH A CLIPBOARD. WE ASKED HIM IF HE KNEW  WHAT FLOOR THE KNACK WAS STAYING ON AND HE DID KNOW AND TOLD US....WE ASKED IF HE SAW THEM COME IN YET AND HE DID NOT KNOW IF THEY WERE THERE YET OR NOT...HE HADN'T SEEN THEM...SO WE WAITED AROUND IN THE LOBBY FOR AWHILE...THEY HAD FREE PEANUTS ON THE TABLE AND WE GOT SOME WATER CUZ WE WERE TOO YOUNG TO ORDER ANY DRINKS....WE WERE JUST OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL...WE DECIDED TO SNEAK OVER TO THE ELEVATOR AND GO UP TO THEIR FLOOR BUT FOR SOME REASON WE THOUGHT WE SHOULD GET OFF ON THE FLOOR BELOW LIKE IT WOULD BE SAFER TO SNEAK UP THE STAIRWELL OR SOMETHING...NOT SURE WHERE WE GOT THAT IDEA FROM...SO WHEN WE WERE COMING UP THE STAIRS WE COULD HEAR ONE OF THE GUYS PLAYING THAT FAMILIAR RIFF FROM MY SHARONA...SO WE KNEW WE WERE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND THEY WERE ALREADY UP THERE....WHEN WE GOT IN THE HALL AND WERE LOOKING AROUND A FRIENDLY GUY NAMED JEFF CAME OVER TO US...HE WAS THEIR  TOUR MANAGER OR PROMO GUY OR SOMETHING.. HE GAVE US EACH A KNACK PIN AND  TRIED TO GIVE US A FREE ALBUM BUT I TOLD HIM I ALREADY BOUGHT ONE OF THOSE SO  SAVE IT FOR SOMEONE WHO DIDN'T HAVE IT YET...HE HAD A FORTY FIVE THAT I DIDN'T HAVE SO GLADLY ACCEPTED THAT. WE ASKED IF WE COULD MEET THE KNACK AND HE WALKED US OVER AND INTRODUCED US. THEY HAD THEIR ROOM DOORS OPEN. I REMEMBER AT ONE POINT THE PHONE RANG AND IT WAS SHARONA. WE THOUGHT THAT WAS COOL...HA HA....I REMEMBER DOUG TOLD US WE HAD TO HEAR THIS FUNNY SONG SOME GUY NAMED WEIRD AL SENT THEM THAT WAS A TAKE OFF ON MY SHARONA CALLED MY BOLOGNA. HE PLAYED IT ON A CASSETTE PLAYER FOR US AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY. DOUG REALLY LIKED IT TOO. I REMEMBER HEARING IT ON DR DEMENTO ON THE RADIO A MONTH OR SO LATER AND HE WAS SAYING IT WAS BRAND NEW AD I WAS THINKING WOW...WE GOT A SNEAK PREVIEW OF IT ALREADY...HA HA...I REMEMBER I WAS SURPRISED HOW TALL THEY ALL WERE CUZ USUALLY WHEN I MET FAMOUS PEOPLE THEY WERE SHORTER THAN ME BUT THESE GUYS WERE ALL TALLER....THEY WERE ALL VERY NICE AND WE STOOD AROUND CHATTING WITH THEM FOR  AWHILE. THEY HAD TO GET READY TO GET  ON THE BUS TO GO TO DETROIT AND AT SOME POINT JEFF ASKED US IF WE WANTED TO GO WITH THEM. I WAS THINKING WOW THAT WOULD BE COOL TO RIDE THE TOUR BUS WITH THEM AND GO TO SEE THEIR DETROIT SHOW...BUT I WAS TOO PRACTICAL AND WAS THINKING  HOW WOULD I GET BACK...AND...I HAD TO WORK AT THE BAKERY IN THE MORNING. HOW COULD I CALL IN SICK FOR THAT...THAT WAS BEFORE CELL PHONES OR ANYTHING...ALTHO I  NEVER DID GET A CELL PHONE. THEY ARE TOO SMALL FOR ME TO SEE WHAT IT SAYS AND I NEVER WANTED TO BE THAT ACCESSIBLE. I HAVE AN ANSWERING MACHINE AT HOME. THAT IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME..... IT WAS THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHEN WE LEFT THE HOTEL SO WE WERE GONNA STAY AT OAK ST BEACH TIL WATER TOWER OPENED BUT IT WAS KINDA COLD THERE SO WE WALKED OVER TO WATER TOWER PLACE AND  TOLD ONE OF THE SECURITY GUARDS WE WORKED THERE AND IT WAS TOO LATE TO GO ALL THE WAY BACK HOME WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO TURN RIGHT AROUND AND GO BACK TO WORK AND IT WAS TOO COLD TO STAY BY THE BEACH....HE SAID WE COULD USE THE LOBBY COUCHES TO LAY DOWN AND TRY TO TAKE A NAP TIL WE HAD TO START WORK. WHEN IT WAS TIME TO START AT THE BAKERY I TOLD MY MANAGER WHAT HAPPENED AND THAT  WE MET THE KNACK AND WERE INVITED TO GO ON THE TOUR BUS WITH THEM TO DETROIT BUT I TOLD THEM I HAD TO WORK IN THE MORNING. MY MANAGER WAS LIKE ARE YOU CRAZY...YOU SHOULD HAVE GONE WITH THEM....HA HA... NOT LONG AFTER THAT THERE WAS A RECEPTIONIST FROM A RADIO STATION I KNEW NEXT DOOR AT THE HANCOCK BLDTG AND SHE STOPPED BY THE BAKERY AND TOLD ME SHE MET THE KNACK AND WENT ON THEIR TOUR BUS WITH THEM TO DETROIT....I WAS LIKE...WHERE WERE YOU...WE DIDN'T SEE YOU...AND TOLD HER WE GOT THE SAME OFFER BUT I TOLD THEM I HAD TO WORK IN THE MORNING...I THOUGHT THAT WAS FUNNY...WHAT WERE THE ODDS OF THAT....THAT'S ABOUT ALL I REMEMBER ABOUT THAT TIME...I'M NOT SURE WHAT MADE ME THINK ABOUT THAT...I DID JUST WATCH A MAKING OF THE NIGHT AT THE OPERA ABOUT QUEEN AND THEN PINK FLOYD DARK SIDE OF THE MOON...SO MAYBE I WAS THINKING ABOUT BANDS AND THAT MEMORY POPPED UP...