Luke Carbis It’s more complicated than 42.

I Met Bernard

Something happened to me today that has been burnt into my memory for good. That doesn’t happen very often.

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So here’s how it goes:

 

I’m talking to Talia this morning. She mentions that Powderfinger hinted at doing a secret gig at the Zoo tonight at 8! I’m surprised, excited, and decide to check it out with Mike since she can’t make it.

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We get there at 7. There’s a line from the Zoo, all the way to Brunswick street, and around the corner as far as I could see.

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At the very least there were 600 people wanting to get in.

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The Zoo only holds half that.

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Disappointed, we shrug our shoulders. Then I have an idea! I say to Mike:

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Luke: “Hey, I’ve played at the Zoo before, you know?”

Mike: “So?”

Luke: “I know how to get backstage, it’s just around the corner.”

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So we head backstage, expected to be stopped by security guards.

Not one.

But there was the Powderfinger manager, just about to ask us to leave, before Bernard tells us to wait a little way away till they finish their meeting.

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We did.

And then, a few minutes later, Bernard comes and chats with us!

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We talked about how long the line was, what they’ll be playing that night (4 or 5 songs off their new album), how viral their myspace blog post was (it got onto two radio stations), what it was like recording in LA, and general chit chat.

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We smiled, shook hands, he was completely normal, and not stuck up in the slightest. A very very nice guy.

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Then he said he had to get back to it, and we departed.

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Mike and I agree that meeting Bernard was even better than seeing them live, not to mention better than lining up for 2 hours and not even getting in.

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I’m still buzzing.