This Is The Time (maybe?)

That time I shook Vince Vaughn's hand....I think

For the life of me I can't figure out if the following story happened at this Hepcat show or the next one, which was a year later, but I really feel like it was this one. Regardless, this happened at a Hepcat show. I swear. 

 

First of all, my enjoyment of ska when I was younger has not really carried into adulthood.  That being said, I still really like both Hepcat and the Slackers, who opened for them at this show. 

While watching the Slackers (or if it turns out this did happen at the next Hepcat show then it was during Deals Gone Bad) my friends and I noticed a very tall man, basically hovering over everyone in the crowd. My friend was the first to notice that this giant man was Vince Vaughn. Swingers had come out not long before this and we were all HUGE fans. She basically ran over to him before I even knew what was happening and by the time I got over there she had shaken his hand, talked to him, something, and he was off to make his way back stage. I was not about to let my chance to meet him slip by so when I saw him standing at the side of the stage (with Joey Lauren Adams) I wormed my way up to the front of the stage by the speakers. I waved to get his attention and he waved back. I then shook my head no and put out my hand. He actually bent down and shook my hand. Satisfied, I found my way back to my friends.

I would never do that now. I guess I did force Eric Bachmann to shake my hand and talk to me a couple month ago when he played at my work but I felt like a complete jackass when I did it. Back then, this was a proud moment.