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csmooth24
08-23-2002, 03:11 PM
none other than the smoothster! /images/smile.gif here is a quick recap of a pretty cool night...

joe (my buddy) and i walked in the showbox around 8pm to a surprisingly empty venue...i figured this thing would surely sell out...but the mood and atmosphere were great! after walking in, there was a table with "goodies"...there was a guest book that everyone signed. it was to go to layne's mother...there were also memorial t-shirts and some raffle items. i don't really like black t-shirts so i didn't get one, but i wanted to donate so i bought a raffle ticket for one of two prints being given away. both first edition prints of staley's "self portrait" and "crown of thorns" (see below) i like "self portrait" so i entered for that one... /images/laugh.gif and i WON! WOO HOO!!! /images/smile.gif

and there was this artist who was "painting the show"...it was incredible...check out his website (and see below)...go to the gallery. http://www.gregkalamar.com whats cool is that my image is in the painting from last nite...i would LOVE to have this painting...its damn cool! if i see it on his site sometime, i will post it...

the bands that played didn't do a whole lot for me...but the last band, 'second coming' did a cool cover of 'love hate love'...it rocked! over all it was a cool night...even if i didn't win the print, i am glad i went to pay my respects to a man who gave us his soul with his music...

Rest In Peace Layne...
http://laynestaleytribute.com/images/selfportraita.jpg

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luv2rok
08-23-2002, 03:13 PM
congratulation's,me-boy!!!
csmooth24
08-23-2002, 03:13 PM
above is 'self portrait'...

here is an example of kalamar's artwork...this is an alice in chains show he did...

http://www.gregkalamar.com/images/Gallery/jpg/aic.jpg

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rockrighter
08-23-2002, 03:13 PM
That's totally cool. Congrats.

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Grow my hair / Long and strange / I'll be a walking mountain range
csmooth24
08-23-2002, 03:16 PM
here is the other print given away...'crown of thorns'

http://laynestaleytribute.com/images/crown.jpg

~wanna make out?
csmooth24
08-23-2002, 03:18 PM
thanks dan..thanks reena! i was pretty excited...i guess i still am! /images/tongue.gif

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rockrighter
08-23-2002, 03:20 PM
I'd be . . . now you have to find a suitable frame for it, and the right place for it in your apartment.

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Grow my hair / Long and strange / I'll be a walking mountain range
luv2rok
08-23-2002, 03:21 PM
That'll look pretty spiffy above the fireplace mantle,huh?
peacefulness
08-23-2002, 03:28 PM
well, I didn't know about this until yesterday when you posted about, so if that's any indication, that my be why it was relatively empty. I saw the tshirt on the website you posted. I'd like to have the shirt had I gone. Apparently, there were little things like that all over the world... the nearest one to here was in austin... 7 hrs. away. But, I thought of layne. I think about him often anyhow... don't really need a 'special day' to do so.

I'm glad you got to go. And congrats on your win there, smoothie.

~Melanie

"I'd get gills put on my sides.. Like fish gills.. Uh huh, that's what I'd want." ~M-Brains
mensane
08-23-2002, 07:46 PM
yeah really...i didnt know about it until 9pm last night when i read your post, smoothie....i would have gone had i known....congrats on the raffle, though...very cool.

Strength and courage overrides
the privileged and weary eyes
of river poet search naivete.