Today's brush with the famous

So, it's not the best picture... it was taken with a camera phone, and we didn't realize until it was emailed back to me that it is blurrrry...
but, here it is...
me with John Corbett...



hmmm... he looks familiar, you say, but the name doesn't ring any bells.
Aidan from "Sex & The City"
the DJ from "Northern Exposure"
the guy from "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"
the hunky preacher from "Raising Helen"

and, now he is a country recording artist, who has his own band, the John Corbett Band. Who decided to drop by the radio studios for some impromptu interviews. Who was passing through Memphis, and booked a gig that is going on right now.

And, oddly enough, he was super-nice and down-to-earth. Really friendly, smiling, and outgoing. And the stuff he said off-air was even cooler. He's a really big Elvis fan, and a collector of Elvis memorabilia. And, when he left, he gave me the handshake-cheek kiss (on my right cheek). So, I walked around on a cloud a little bit today after that. :)

Even weirder, I got a little crush on his guitarist-producer, Tara Novick (who is a dude, despite the name). While John was talking to the radio hosts I work with, I was chatting with Tara about LA and the scene he used to be a part of. He was cute, and had that Frank Zappa-like dark intensity. And what girl hasn't had a bit of a rocker fantasy, at one point or another?!?

So, that was the surprising coolness of my workday. Rock on!