s/o do you live in close proximity to anyone famou

[LauraMoser]

Feb 9, 2013 17:41:39 GMT -5 Heisenberg said:

lol, no one famous wants to live here. :-P

I could have sworn the boyfriend of a famous pop star lived up your way.

I live in the hometown of the band Live, but I'm not sure of any of them are still in the area.

And the band Halestorm comes from the same podunk town some of my extended family lives in.

[catbus]

Feb 11, 2013 14:50:33 GMT -5 LauraMoser said:

Feb 9, 2013 16:49:42 GMT -5 catbus said:

Yeah, something major happened on my block, but I can't say what because it would totally give away where I live (or narrow it down to ~20 houses, at least).

Hmm.....think I might know the event youre referring to....

It happened last year. Big news here, and I know it made national news, because I had relatives calling to ask if that was in my part of Seattle, and they were shocked when I said yeah, it was actually on my block.

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Feb 11, 2013 14:54:46 GMT -5 catbus said:

Feb 11, 2013 14:50:33 GMT -5 LauraMoser said:

Hmm.....think I might know the event youre referring to....

It happened last year. Big news here, and I know it made national news, because I had relatives calling to ask if that was in my part of Seattle, and they were shocked when I said yeah, it was actually on my block.

I will cross Kurt Cobain's suicide off my list, in that case.

[LauraMoser]

Feb 9, 2013 21:07:26 GMT -5 newhomeowner said:

Ummmm... do Kate & Jon Gosselin and their kids count? hahaha

haha.. I have googled the house they bought not long before the show ended

[catbus]

Feb 11, 2013 14:55:47 GMT -5 v said:

Feb 11, 2013 14:54:46 GMT -5 catbus said:

It happened last year. Big news here, and I know it made national news, because I had relatives calling to ask if that was in my part of Seattle, and they were shocked when I said yeah, it was actually on my block.

I will cross Kurt Cobain's suicide off my list, in that case.

LOL. My dad was renting a house right by Cobain's when that happened, though. We went by it on a walk a while afterward and there were still remnants of police tape on a bush.
Speaking of Nirvana, Krist Novoselic used to occasionally come in to the cupcake shop where I worked as a barista. The guy is crazy tall, but I totally didn't recognize him the first time he came in. A coworker had to tip me off.

[Velvetshady]

Feb 11, 2013 14:59:22 GMT -5 catbus said:

Feb 11, 2013 14:55:47 GMT -5 v said:

I will cross Kurt Cobain's suicide off my list, in that case.

LOL. My dad was renting a house right by Cobain's when that happened, though. We went by it on a walk a while afterward and there were still remnants of police tape on a bush.
Speaking of Nirvana, Krist Novoselic used to occasionally come in to the cupcake shop where I worked as a barista. The guy is crazy tall, but I totally didn't recognize him the first time he came in. A coworker had to tip me off.

Dave Grohl's mom worked at my high school (he went there for a year or two as well). He was hanging out in the hallway, waiting for his mom, one day right after Nevermind hit big. No one noticed him or who he was (including the kids wearing the Nirvana T-shirts).

[catbus]

Feb 11, 2013 15:51:12 GMT -5 Velvetshady said:

Feb 11, 2013 14:59:22 GMT -5 catbus said:

LOL. My dad was renting a house right by Cobain's when that happened, though. We went by it on a walk a while afterward and there were still remnants of police tape on a bush.
Speaking of Nirvana, Krist Novoselic used to occasionally come in to the cupcake shop where I worked as a barista. The guy is crazy tall, but I totally didn't recognize him the first time he came in. A coworker had to tip me off.

Dave Grohl's mom worked at my high school (he went there for a year or two as well). He was hanging out in the hallway, waiting for his mom, one day right after Nevermind hit big. No one noticed him or who he was (including the kids wearing the Nirvana T-shirts).

LOL. Awesome.
That reminds me that Kurt Cobain's aunt used to (not sure if she still does) tour the middle school health classes, playing her acoustic guitar and giving us anti-drug talks. She was a bit... off.
Also, my high school vice principal was Beck's aunt. Totally random, and I only knew because he was in a photo on her desk, and I asked how she met him.

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Yes, two houses away from a major international grammy winner.

[jerseyjaybird]

A local mayor was indicted on corruption charges, as was one of his close associates, who lives in my hood. I was out of town for the FBI raid.

One of my college friends (casual friends, not close friends) is now a nationally known country singer. I lived by several other Atlanta musicians, too.