i love ken christensen

so, this was a myspace bulletin i posted.
but i wanted to post it as a blog for my own memory,.

so we are watching a documentary on the Who on tv. (one of his favorite bands)
and he was telling me a story:
he said that at one of their concerts the promoters had everyone wait outside and anticipate the show, and then at the last minute they only opened one door to the concert, and it was a mad stampede and 11 kids got trampled and died. However, the Who didn't know this happened so they played the whole concert through. The media was saying "death stadium", and was blaming the who and said that they were associated with violence, and they showed pictures of them smashing their instruments at a monterey festival like 4 or 5 years previous. My dad said that he was so pissed off about it that he wrote the TV network a letter saying how horribly they were distorting the situation and they were making The Who look bad when they weren't involved. so, the TV network called up my dad and asked him to go on TV. So the TV network drove out to Ohio and interviewed him at his parent's house. He was on national television and was sticking up for The Who and saying how the media was distorting the story and fucking everything up. so hes basically really amazing and yeah

and years later when he was living in london he met Pete Townsend. (THE MAIN GUY FROM THE WHO!)
HE IS SO SWEET
i love him

PART II

so, my dad just told me the story of how he met Pete Townsend (the lead man of THE WHO).
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He lived in London and a lot of times in London when there was going to be a concert they wouldn't announce it, they would just put up posters around the city a day or two before. My dad heard rumors of The Who going to London to play, so he kept an eye out for posters, and sure enough he saw HUGE amounts of posters everywhere. They were going to be playing at the Rainbow Theater. My dad says that its size is inbetween the size of the fremont and the arlington theater (in SB), so its really small. The problem was that my dad didn't have any money for the concert. The whole day before the concert he went around London doing sketches of restaurants (he is an artist) and when they were done he would go in and sell it to the restaurant. He made 30$ and did 3 sketches each for 10$. so then he went over to the rainbow theater and sure enough they were sold out. He looked around for someone he could buy a ticket from, and he got a ticket from someone for 20$. (they were originally 10$). while he was looking he heard someone yell "hey look! there goes the who!" and when he looked up there were people running by on a different street. he thought it was just random people so after he bought the ticket he had time and he decided to go see what it was. He decided that since they were english they would probably be going to the nearest pub. So my dad walked to the nearest pub and it was really quiet, only 10 or so people there. and at a table was PETE townsend and a group of 3 or 4 people. My dad didn't want to rush up and be such an eager fan, so he went up to the bar and asked for a beer, at most pubs in london its a standard one brand of beer, but occasionally there are free bars where you can pick any brand. since he used to be a bartender he knew all the brands and stopped to think of a good brand. so finally he said "ill have a bass beer" and two seconds after he said that, pete townsend was right next to him at the bar and he shouted "GIVE HIM A BASS!" and then he looked at him and was like oh so you like bass? and they started talking and my dad sat with him and his friends for thirty or more minutes before the concert drinking and talking.My dad asked him about the latest Who review in the Times and what he thought about it and how they mentioned bruce springstein. Pete said "the times? and he said that when he met bruce springstein in person he was incoherent and didnt sound very intelligent. so then they started talking about bruce's new album and just about a bunch of stuff. and then my dad went to the concert and saw them in the very front.
i love my dad.
this is AMAZING

well, story time much.