LordTyphus: hello, I was just looking at your profile and wanted to say hello to another No Doubt fan
Gwenfiend: Oh cool =)
LordTyphus: hehe, nice name
Gwenfiend: Thanks , I got it so long ago too !
LordTyphus: and man, your birthday is only 2 days away from mine
Gwenfiend: I just noticed that , cool !
Gwenfiend: Did you ever see my tattoo on the web ?
LordTyphus: nope
LordTyphus: you have a web page?
Gwenfiend: Well no but I have a picture of my tattoo on the Doghouse web page...
LordTyphus: coolness
Gwenfiend: I got it as part of my 18th birthday present
LordTyphus: I've heard of the site, but last time I went there, it was down....what's the address again?
Gwenfiend: Um to see my tattoo : http://www.voicenet.com/~effigy/doghouse/pictures/ * It was down for a while but it is back up now =)
LordTyphus: ok, gonna check it out now
Gwenfiend: cool =)
LordTyphus: whoa...coolness
LordTyphus: I guess I don't have to question how big of a fan you are :)
Gwenfiend: Really ? Most of my friends think I am an idiot for getting it !
Gwenfiend: I love it I have had it about three months now and I have absolutely no regrets about it
LordTyphus: hehe, it's a bit crazy, but it's awesome
Gwenfiend: you wanna know something funny about it ?
LordTyphus: ?
Gwenfiend: Well you notice how I got her Docs filled in red right?
LordTyphus: yep
Gwenfiend: Well when I was getting it done the guy wanted to make them yellow
Gwenfiend: he said cuz if i got them red i could not get the tattoo taken off by laser surgery if i ever wanted to
LordTyphus: wow
Gwenfiend: and i was like i want them red and he was like i guess you really wanted this tattoo huh ? and i was like 100% yes
LordTyphus: that is awesome
LordTyphus: so how many concerts have you been to?
Gwenfiend: Thanks man , glad you like it
Gwenfiend: I've seen them twice : April 15 and May 30 1997 You ?
LordTyphus: awesome!
LordTyphus: so you were at the one at the Pond where they taped Live in the Tragic Kingdom???
Gwenfiend: Um well on the video it says that the shows were from the Pond only right ?
LordTyphus: I believe so
Gwenfiend: But if you watch closely there are a few parts where the stage looks different have you noticed that? Less glossy and with less of those helium filled oranges?
LordTyphus: whoa...nope, didn't notice that yet
LordTyphus: I've only had it for about 2 weeks
Gwenfiend: Well I mean I am almost 100% sure and there were about 5 cameras around the stage when I saw them on the 30
LordTyphus: yeah, so you were there
Gwenfiend: I'm almost 100% sure I was =0)
LordTyphus: yeah, cause the only time they were at the pond in May was on the 30th, and at the end of the video it says that it was taped May, 1997, at the Pond
LordTyphus: that's frickin awesome!
Gwenfiend: No no , they were at the Pond on June 1 and 2 but the video says in may
LordTyphus: yeah, exactly
LordTyphus: you were there at least for part of the taping
Gwenfiend: Yeah and I also got to see the first ever Tragic Kingdom show on April 15 , it was the first show of the tour =)
LordTyphus: damn, you are lucky!
LordTyphus: how close were you, on the 30th?
Gwenfiend: Um I was like in the 10th row...
LordTyphus: oh man, I am envious!!!!!!
LordTyphus: I have seen them once, July 3rd, and I was like 100 ft. back
Gwenfiend: Thanks...
Gwenfiend: so you saw them at Tinley Park, IL New World Music Theatre
LordTyphus: yes sir
LordTyphus: one of the best experiences of my life
Gwenfiend: I bet , the sad thing is I only had to go look up where they played I knew it was in IL !
LordTyphus: hehehe, amazing
Gwenfiend: Thanks =0)
LordTyphus: so...you got any really cool stuff?
Gwenfiend: Name it and I probably got it... Bootlegs , posters , shirts , signed stuff =) You ?
LordTyphus: geez...nope, don't have much yet, just getting started
LordTyphus: once again...I envy you
Gwenfiend: Hey "Getting Started" you forgot to put the quotes around it , a cool No Doubt song , have you heard it before?
LordTyphus: not yet, but I'm sure I will
Gwenfiend: Yeah you will =0)
LordTyphus: don't tell me that you have met them personally
Gwenfiend: No I got scammed by a scam artist trying to do that
LordTyphus: oh, that sucks
Gwenfiend: I am the one that got the warning put up on the offical page about not trying to buy backstage passes to meet them some ass took me and a friend for 200 bucks
LordTyphus: ouch!
Gwenfiend: I know it sucked so bad that a guy can sleep at night after taking such a die hard fan as me for 100 bucks
LordTyphus: we live in a messed-up world :(
Gwenfiend: I know man , tell me about it and I hate to say it but I think I more than anyone deserved to meet them
LordTyphus: I hear you....I would like to say that as well
Gwenfiend: =) My dream is to show Gwen my tattoo
LordTyphus: oh yeah, that would be a dream come true
Gwenfiend: It'll happen I can't die until it does
LordTyphus: hey, do you ever check out the web page, No Doubt Anytime?
LordTyphus: hehe, I'm sure she would love it man!
Gwenfiend: Yeah all the time ! It rocks
LordTyphus: yeah, I post on the message board a lot
Gwenfiend: I want her to like touch it and be like you did this for me ?
LordTyphus: that would rule!!
Gwenfiend: Yeah and then have her start crying on my shoulder
LordTyphus: where did you get that tattoo on your body?
Gwenfiend: Oh it's on my left shoulder balde so I can show it or hide it
LordTyphus: coolness
LordTyphus: you are awesome, I was just hoping to talk to another fan of No Doubt, but you are the man!
Gwenfiend: Thanks man =) I'm flattered
LordTyphus: hehehehe
LordTyphus: yeah anyway, I always visit ND Anytime, and I post a ton of messages there
Gwenfiend: Most people are scared cuz I know so much about them from where Gwen went to High school to where Adrian buys his drums
LordTyphus: If I lived in California, I would be very similar
Gwenfiend: Yeah ?
LordTyphus: I almost wish I had lived there...but I do love it here in Chicago
Gwenfiend: Yeah I wanna go there and see a taping of the Jerry Springer show
Gwenfiend: among other things
LordTyphus: it's an awesome place, my favorite area out of the 15-20 states that I've been to so far
Gwenfiend: Yeah ? cool
LordTyphus: man, I just wish I could go into the past...you know?
LordTyphus: they came here in Dec. 96 for a special Christmas event and I could have met them...but one of my friends didn't want to go....arrrrrrrrgh!!!!!!!1
Gwenfiend: Heh let him rot in hell ! j/k
LordTyphus: oooooooh, it hurts just to think of it!
Gwenfiend: Yeah wanna hear my worst story about them besides getting taken for 200 bucks trying to meet them ?
LordTyphus: sure
Gwenfiend: Well when I was 11 No Doubt was playing at this club called Berkeley Square right? This was in 1990
Gwenfiend: And my friend who now hates No Doubt was like lets see them it's only 1 dollar they sound cool and I was like no way I am not seeing ANYONE named No Doubt !
Gwenfiend: Then 2 years later I heard Trapped In A Box and ever since have been a true "Fiend"
LordTyphus: ouch! that hurts as much as my story
Gwenfiend: YEAH
LordTyphus: you have the advantage of being a local and hearing them much sooner than I did
Gwenfiend: Yeah true , they loved to play here when they got started
LordTyphus: you don't think they still do?
Gwenfiend: Oh no not any small clubs no..
LordTyphus: yeah, I get you
LordTyphus: so how could your friend now hate No Doubt???
Gwenfiend: I dunno she thinks that Gwen's voice is annoying
LordTyphus: doh
Gwenfiend: I know , she has to admit that some of their songs are cool though she likes Sunday Morning and Don't Speak
LordTyphus: I hear you...most of my friends just respect No Doubt...I wish I knew someone that loved them as much as I do
Gwenfiend: { Ah hem }
Gwenfiend: you can talk to me about them 24 7 man !
LordTyphus: hehehe, you know what I mean...personally
LordTyphus: and believe me, this will probably not be the last time you hear from me, if you don't mind
Gwenfiend: Oh I know , same here all the morons at my school like is (C)Rap
Gwenfiend: No that's cool you can email me anytime you want man !
LordTyphus: excellent
Gwenfiend: And I'll always write you back
LordTyphus: that's a good thing :Þ
Gwenfiend: thanks... And if you need any dobs of anything by them I'm the man
LordTyphus: hmm...I do!
Gwenfiend: Like what kind of stuff ?
Gwenfiend: anything you know of or anything ?
LordTyphus: well...just about anything and everything, like I said, I'm just getting my collection started...I really don't have much...but it just so happens that I am trading with another fan in Florida this week, so I'm getting some new stuff!
Gwenfiend: Well let me know what you get from him and then I can see on getting you stuff that you don't have
LordTyphus: sounds good...but you'll probably already have it :) actually, I'm probably just getting copies of some of their non-LP songs, and a video tape with all their videos on it
Gwenfiend: Oh yeah got those...
LordTyphus: is there anything you don't have????
Gwenfiend: Not that I have found , just a few audios...
Gwenfiend: And two singles on vinyl
LordTyphus: wow, that is truly amazing
Gwenfiend: Thanks , yeah I even got all of their import singles including the Japanese ones
LordTyphus: ....I can barely even speak
Gwenfiend: Oh man don't say that !
LordTyphus: hehehe
LordTyphus: put yourself in my situation!
Gwenfiend: I am just a really obcessed fan that's all
Gwenfiend: I was in your shoes a while ago
LordTyphus: I know, I'm just kidding...but your collection is astounding
Gwenfiend: Thanks , I am touched =0)
Gwenfiend: No one else cares about it , well excpet for a few fans
Gwenfiend: So it's great for someone to actually like it =)
LordTyphus: ahh well, I'm gonna have to work hard and get some good stuff
Gwenfiend: Oh it's not hard just expensive
LordTyphus: really? I haven't been able to find anything around here lately! Nothing at all! But I have to keep looking
Gwenfiend: all the posters , and shirts , and cd's and records , and posters , and promo items , and tattoos
LordTyphus: very true
Gwenfiend: yeah !
LordTyphus: I can't wait for their new album, I hear they have begun working on it, or are about to very soon
Gwenfiend: Um well they have just started it
Gwenfiend: It should be out by August or so
LordTyphus: yeah, that's what I heard
LordTyphus: you listen to KROQ out there?
Gwenfiend: No we don't get it here , I am about 6 hours from anaheim where they play it
Gwenfiend: i wish !
LordTyphus: wow...so 6 hour drive to see them when you went to their concerts, huh?
Gwenfiend: No no , I saw them at Shorline which is about an hour from me
Gwenfiend: the day before they played at the pond
Gwenfiend: But I am going to go to Ohio to see them next tour
LordTyphus: oh yeah...
LordTyphus: I will be at any of their concerts near Illinois, probably multiple, hehe
Gwenfiend: Yeah cuz my friend Tracey has met them three times and is the cousin of Gwen's bodyguard
Gwenfiend: she is going to take me to meet them when they are in Ohio
LordTyphus: coolness!!!!!!
Gwenfiend: Yeah and worth the trip
LordTyphus: easily
LordTyphus: I'm sure that we would both shell out a lot of cash to meet them!
Gwenfiend: Yeah I'd get another tattoo to !
Gwenfiend: I think I'd do just about anything within reason to meet them
LordTyphus: We think alike :)
Gwenfiend: Yeah !
LordTyphus: well, I guess I should be off to sleep soon, it is almost 3 AM here...but it was well worth the time to talk to another No Doubt fan, especially one of such a high standard, hehe
Gwenfiend: Sure man , thanks
Gwenfiend: Keep me on your buddy list and feel free to email me whenever you want , you are really a great person to talk to and I would be more than happy to help you get your collection started
LordTyphus: sorry to praise you so much, but I think you would do the same if you were me :)
LordTyphus: sounds good man
Gwenfiend: Oh no man thanks I really appreciate it if I were with you in person I'd hug ya' =)
Gwenfiend: I love when people love to talk No Doubt
LordTyphus: hehehe, that's cool
Gwenfiend: Take care I'm gonna hit the hay too , keep me on your buddy list
LordTyphus: If I'm ever out in California, who knows? Hehehe, although I'd probably be looking for Gwen
Gwenfiend: Good Nite !
LordTyphus: talk to you later!
Gwenfiend: yeah I know where to find her man
Gwenfiend: got her address..
LordTyphus: cool, maybe one day....
Gwenfiend: hopefully ! nite !
LordTyphus: later