{"id":658,"date":"2011-10-16T21:02:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-16T21:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/10\/janes-addiction-pensacola-airport.html"},"modified":"2011-10-16T21:02:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-16T21:02:00","slug":"janes-addiction-pensacola-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/10\/janes-addiction-pensacola-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Jane’s Addiction @ Pensacola Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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Dave Navarro, me, Perry Farrell, Steve Perkins, & Chris Chaney.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

I’ve seen other friends do it — they post pictures on Facebook of celebrities they’ve seen at airports, or on their flights, or at a store.  The pictures are taken from afar, zoomed in, etc.  I have a couple of Michael Franti from this past summer. <\/p>\n

This time, I was waiting this morning for the Pensacola-to-Atlanta leg of my trip for my next AF Reserves trip.  The girl at the Delta counter checking me in said that I had just missed the members of Jane’s Addiction<\/a> checking in ahead of me, and that I’d be able to see them upstairs.  I was excited; I’ve always enjoyed their music, although I’m not like a super-fan or anything.  I have a few songs on my iTunes library, including a wonderful live version of “Jane Says” with extra steel drums \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Eventually they came in as a group into the gate waiting area, and I guess they looked incognito enough that only one other person walked up to them for pictures.  None of them were in makeup, which makes a BIG difference.  After that individual finished, I walked right up to them to say “Hello” and eventually ask for a picture.  I was in uniform<\/a>, and wondered if they were going to treat me funny because of it.<\/p>\n

I said “Hello” and Dave Navarro immediately picked on my camouflage uniform, claiming for about a minute that he heard a voice, but couldn’t see anything.  After a few minutes of dialogue about the De Luna Fest concert they played last night<\/a>, and some inquiries about what I did for the Air Force, we posed for this picture.  The band members (and their managers) were all VERY VERY nice and it was a pleasure talking to them.  They all thanked me for my service (which I always feel funny about hearing from folks<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Well, that was fun, and I’m now back in reality, sitting in the USO in Atlanta Airport among dozens of tired soldiers and Marines getting ready to head back to Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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