Sinister: a possible celebrety convert

[LAWRENCE CHARLES MIKKELSEN]

Just thought I'd share a story. I went to see Martin Phillipps (ex-
The Chills, now solo-artist) at the Kings Arms tavern in Auckland 
on Wednesday night. At the end of the concert I spotted TV3 news 
anchorman John Campbell, a 36 year old who has recently taken 
over the anchor position on one of New Zealand's major TV network.

 Anyway, I knew from a radio interview he did last year that he was 
a really big Edwyn Collins fan, so I went up to him and introduced 
myself by saying 'Hi - I just had to tell you that you and I share the 
same favourite album'. He looked at me aghast and said 'what?' 
and I simply said 'You Can't Hide your Love Forever'. Anyway, he 
went beszerk, and there was much back slapping, hand shaking 
and 'wow, I can't believe someone else in New Zealand even knows 
who Orange juice are ... etc. etc. from him'. He then recanted how 
the happiest two hours of his life was seeing Edwyn play in 1987, 
about how the album changed his life etc. I'm 24, and he was 
pretty stunned that someone of 'my generation' (he's 36) knew 
anything about them. 

He's into pretty good music generally (Go-Betweens, Chills etc.) so 
i asked him if he'd heard of Belle and Sebastian. He said no, but 
then proceeded to tell me that he'd buy one of their albums the 
next day, and that I should call him in a week at the TV station and 
hassle if he hadn't. 

Thought that was pretty cool. Anyone else converted any famous 
people to 'our cause'?
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