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My cousin Xander & I went to see Childish Gambino last night. Turns out: creeping out Donald Glover runs in the family. Seriously, what’s with that smile?

My cousin Xander & I went to see Childish Gambino last night.

Turns out: creeping out Donald Glover runs in the family.

Seriously, what’s with that smile?

Live-blogging from the line for Childish Gambino’s in-store appearance at Park Ave CDs

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Dunno which is worse/more desperate: the guy wearing the IAMDONALD shirt, or the guy wearing the UCB shirt

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iamdonald:

OCT 5th -  Memphis, TN - New Daisy Theatre - HERE

OCT 6th - Nashville, TN - Nashville Cannery - HERE

OCT 7th - Athens, GA - Georgia Theatre - HERE

OCT 8th - Orlando, FL - Orlando Plaza Theatre - HERE

On August 3rd, I was on day 5 of my cruise and day 4 of frugal internet-use. You see, the ship pulled a bait-and-switch. For the first day, internet access was billed at $0.11/minute. Once we were out in international waters, I guess maritime law took over which apparently makes rape legal, because they started charging $0.65/minute.

I digress.

On August 3rd, I received an email from an acquaintance who is well-aware of my fondness for all things Donald Glover. It was short and sweet: 

Heya.  
May be silly to ask.  You know of this?

http://www.plazaliveorlando.com/event/54785/

I figured I would wait until I got home before buying the tickets, but the idea of missing out on the show on the off chance that it sold out was too much to bear. So I stayed online, paying $0.65/min on the slowest connection, and forced to use Internet Explorer to slog through one of the more painful ticket-buying processes (get your shit together, TicketFly).

Worth it if it means another chance to be in His presence. 

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I guarantee you this is the most awkward photo I have ever taken. So we flew up to NYC with a couple of friends on Friday so that we could eat at amazing restaurants and I could go to the IAMDONALD show on Saturday. The show was incredible; easily the best show of my life. About 10 minutes after we got there, I ran into Dan Eckman and told him that I loved Derrick Comedy and I was hoping to get a pic with Donald Glover in the “b-boy stance.” “Oh, he’s a cool guy,” he assured me, “he’ll definitely get that. He’ll quote anything for you, too.” We found a great spot super close to the stage and just off to the side. I was actually standing right behind the guy shooting the video of the performance. The comedy portion seemed to go by quickly, but it was a quality set. The music part was uh-maze-ing. The live band was bursting with energy—they had to be just to keep up with Gambino. A little bit into the set, Joel McHale showed up and was standing right behind us. Surreal. After the show, Adam waited patiently with me so that I could meet Donald and maybe get my pic taken with him. While we were waiting, we saw Alison Brie and Kevin Corrigan duck into an elevator together. Finally, Donald came through with Alison and he made a bee-line to some guy at the bar. While the two of them spoke, Alison did her best to keep the groupies entertained. She complimented a few girls on their outfits and took a picture with one of them. After a bit, Donald turned around and started talking to the people that had lined up around him. I asked him for a picture and he said “Sure,” but his body-language was cagey and I could tell he just wanted to get out of there and hang out with friends. The first shot was blurry, so I had to ask him to pose for a second one. I felt like such an asshole forcing him to stay someplace he didn’t want to be, but for fuck’s sake I flew up from Florida just to see him perform. I overheard him tell the next person that asked him for a photo that it would be the last one for the night. I don’t really know what I was expecting. It’s not like I thought we were going to become best friends or anything, but shit, I definitely didn’t expect him to be so guarded. Granted, according to the picture, it looks like I had a vicious case of the crazy eyes going on. Looking at this pic three days later, I get a twinge of sadness. It was supposed to capture a happy moment in my life—getting to meet one of the people I most admire—but all I see is one of my idols totally skeeved out to be standing next to me.

I guarantee you this is the most awkward photo I have ever taken.

So we flew up to NYC with a couple of friends on Friday so that we could eat at amazing restaurants and I could go to the IAMDONALD show on Saturday.

The show was incredible; easily the best show of my life. About 10 minutes after we got there, I ran into Dan Eckman and told him that I loved Derrick Comedy and I was hoping to get a pic with Donald Glover in the “b-boy stance.”

“Oh, he’s a cool guy,” he assured me, “he’ll definitely get that. He’ll quote anything for you, too.”

We found a great spot super close to the stage and just off to the side. I was actually standing right behind the guy shooting the video of the performance. The comedy portion seemed to go by quickly, but it was a quality set. The music part was uh-maze-ing. The live band was bursting with energy—they had to be just to keep up with Gambino. A little bit into the set, Joel McHale showed up and was standing right behind us. Surreal.

After the show, Adam waited patiently with me so that I could meet Donald and maybe get my pic taken with him. While we were waiting, we saw Alison Brie and Kevin Corrigan duck into an elevator together. Finally, Donald came through with Alison and he made a bee-line to some guy at the bar. While the two of them spoke, Alison did her best to keep the groupies entertained. She complimented a few girls on their outfits and took a picture with one of them.

After a bit, Donald turned around and started talking to the people that had lined up around him. I asked him for a picture and he said “Sure,” but his body-language was cagey and I could tell he just wanted to get out of there and hang out with friends. The first shot was blurry, so I had to ask him to pose for a second one. I felt like such an asshole forcing him to stay someplace he didn’t want to be, but for fuck’s sake I flew up from Florida just to see him perform. I overheard him tell the next person that asked him for a photo that it would be the last one for the night.

I don’t really know what I was expecting. It’s not like I thought we were going to become best friends or anything, but shit, I definitely didn’t expect him to be so guarded. Granted, according to the picture, it looks like I had a vicious case of the crazy eyes going on.

Looking at this pic three days later, I get a twinge of sadness. It was supposed to capture a happy moment in my life—getting to meet one of the people I most admire—but all I see is one of my idols totally skeeved out to be standing next to me.