You dream about days like this and then they happen! Jello - Freaking - Biafra at our shop getting Dr. Martens! He Lives in Boulder, so not too far from FashioNation. He made his way to Denver for a promotional visit at Wax Trax Records (best record store on the planet) he stopped in after his gig. (with store kids Doug,Tina & me)
Did I mention Jello just can't make up his mind... seriously.. can't do it.. . I suppose if you have a customer who's in the shop forever deciding on what to get, it's pretty cool for it to be a living legend. I think brought him every size 10 black DM we had in stock. all in all a great day! - (side note, did you ever see Tapeheads with John Cusack? Jellos in that too .. fun flick!)
Nazi Punks Fuck Off - Jello tell'n ya - we got a pure DK punk soul for boot collection!
What! Peter Hook in our shop?? YES! The Super Bad Ass bass player from Joy Division & New Order, ya, that's the one. Peter was in Denver playing with his band The Light, covering classic albums from J-D and N-O. We sent them a note asking them to stop by the shop back in 2011 but didn't hear back, then 2 years later out of the blue we got an email asking if the offer was still open as they were returning to Denver. We met them at the airport and took them straight to FashioNation. We traded boots for tickets to the show! just another day at the shop?.. not even close
On stage that night at the Gothic, Peter IS rock'n our FashioNation logo shirt on stage! He asked me if i would like to introduce the band on stage, i declined, it was more than enough just to have them in the store.
... No Big Deal... Just Daniel FREAKING Ash at the shop!!! He was spinning a dj gig at the Beauty Bar across the street from our old shop. He came over in the afternoon for a Pair of Doc's, then came back late night after his show and we hung out till the wee hours. Daniel had his lovely girlfriend Regan with him (very sweet). This might have been the funnest time out of all the days with the bandz!
Don't get a 'Kick in the Eye' with these babies! A beat to shit 10 eye black Bec steel toe Dr. Marten boot. Most of the boys are on it, just missing Peter, but that's ok! David J. Daniel Ash, Kevin Haskins. It's a cool 'Dark Entry' to our boot collection
The Furs come to Denver often and we were finally lucky enough to get them in the shop after years of trying! Tim Butler, Paul Garisto, Mars Williams, Rich Good & Amanda Kramer all stopped in before their show at the Gothic
This was insanely huge! When the Furs came to the shop they pulled up in their tour bus! When the driver was going to try to park it i told him to hold on, there was a Comcast truck on the street and we took the traffic cones off the truck and put them around the bus. It looked like they were supposed to be there. We blocked traffic during rush hour and know one was the wiser!
Tim Butler & Paul Garisto signed up all our vinyl records
