Thursday, December 2, 2010

The Adventures of Grinderbunny!

I AM SO SORRY THIS IS SO LONG. I have more stuff to share, but I'll wait a bit, haha.

I have lots of things to share about the November 27th Grinderman show, but I figured many of you would be wanting to know how the Grinderbunny/thank you's turned out, so I am starting with that.

The Adventures of Grinderbunny!

First of all, THANK YOU so much to everyone who submitted thank you's to be included in this fan project for Nick. I hope you will all be pleased with how things turned out, and let me assure you that Mr. Cave...well...just read on...
After only sleeping two hours the night before (I was WAY too excited), we went to get breakfast, but I really couldn’t eat.

ALL PHOTOS AND VIDEOS BY ME.

Since we brought my brand new camera, we had to take my bag into the restaurant with us. Grinderbunny (a stuffed bunny...The Death of Bunny Munro; get it?) had a mustache and bushy, Cave-like eyebrows. I had taken the thank you’s from fans, folded them into origami crows (of course!), put them into an envelope, and pinned it to Grinderbunny’s back to toss onstage. Anyway, he had to come in because he was in my bag and I did not want ANYTHING to happen to that thing.

Grinderbunny before we left that morning. He looks pissed.


Oh, and here are the fan thank you’s, folded into crows (the envelope said, “thank you, Nick. Open the birds” on it.


Grinderbunny is grumpy without his cup o’ joe.


He’s only fifteen inches tall, but he can drive pretty well, actually.


Grinderbunny mugshot? Or just worried about leaving us behind? Don’t be afraid, Bun-Bun. Nick Cave will take care of you.


My husband and I started making Grinderbunny say things in a Nick Cave accent, and this horridly annoying video is the result:


Grinderbunny's MUSTACHE FELL OFF TWICE, but we were able to get some more glue and some tape. Tape? Yes, tape...fail. But I could NOT give Nick the Grinderbunny without the 'stache. But yes, luckily there was a grocery store nearby. Phew.

I knew Nick didn’t play guitar on two of my favorites, which would be played back-to-back, “Honeybee” and “Kitchenette.” I figured I would time The Throw of Grinderbunny between those songs. I was going to try to record a video of The Throw to Nick’s feet as soon as “Honeybee” was over. Therefore, when “Honeybee” began, my heart IMMEDIATELY began pounding like I can’t even explain. I got super light-headed and panicky (I have anxiety anyway). This was when he would either give the Grinderbunny a “WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?!” look, or say, “I don’t have the mustache anymore; let it go!” or something. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT. So yes. Here is a video clip from “Honeybee”.

Just know that I felt so anxious and panicky during the duration of this song. It’s about my FAVORITE GM song, aaaand knowing The Moment was arriving…stressful:


I’d been trying to hide the bunny from EVERY FAN ALL DAY, by the way. I wanted it to be a surprise for everyone. After the freaking fiasco with the ‘stache falling off, the fact that I didn’t get The Throw recorded isn’t that surprising. My husband should have recorded it, but I told him, “No! I can do it.” Right. Um, NO, Andrea…FAIL.I WAS GOING TO RECORD THE THROW. That was ALWAYS my plan…HOWEVER…somehow, in the excitement…I bumped the “record” button again and recorded NOTHING involving The Throw.

BUT I can tell you what happened pretty exactly.

As soon as “Honeybee” ended, I stopped hiding Grinderbunny and got ready to toss him at Nick’s feet. BUT NICK ENDED THE SONG STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. I looked up at him and HANDED GRINDERBUNNY RIGHT TO HIM. He carried it as he stepped over the monitors, and then turned to face us and BEAMED A HUGE SMILE and LAUGHED. I was NOT expecting him to LAUGH. Then he looked right into my eyes, then back to the bunny, still amused as hell, and said, “THANK YOU! It’s GRINDERBUNNY!

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! HE TOTALLY DUBBED IT GRINDERBUNNY, JUST LIKE I HAD BEEN REFERRING TO IT ALL ALONG!!!!! OH MY GOD!!!!!!

The envelope our thank you’s were in survived and were still pinned to Grinderbunny, and Nick immediately walked over to Jim’s drums, put Grinderbunny on part of them, and then the band launched into “Kitchenette”.

KITCHENETTE VIDEO CLIP; WATCH FOR THE GRINDERBUNNY!!!


Note the bunny perched just-so on Jim’s drums. At some point the bunny loses a shoe, but not in these:




I just love that Nick is obviously thinking, “awww, they gave me a gift; it’d make them super stoked if I put this on the drums.” BECAUSE IT TOTALLY DID. I WAS FREAKING OUT. YOU HAVE NO IDEA. It was the coolest thing EVER, and I turned to Nick (my Nick) and said, “this almost makes up for not meeting him earlier,” AND IT IS SO TRUE. The Grinderbunny Experience was…AMAZING.

Grinderbunny started tipping precariously due to Jim’s INSANE, BADASS drumming:


The Grinderbunny hung out for awhile, but during "No Pussy Blues," he fell onto one of Jim’s drums 02:31 into the song. Jim tried to keep playing with the bunny there, as you can see. Then he got tossed off the drum and to the floor, where he hung out for the rest of the night.

At 03:20 or so, some girl yells out after Nick says, “she didn’t want to,” “I DO!” and another girl yells, “I DO, TOO!” and he laughs at it and says, “I do, too,” which amuses me to no end. Then he wanted the crowd to clap so the camera gets put down for a bit. Which is cool, cuz you can see how the camera’s jumping around due to the speakers.

Video is high defintion if you click it and then make it full-screen. :)


Thank you all SO MUCH for taking part in this. I know he will love our thank you's and he was DEFINITELY amused by Grinderbunny. :D

WHAT THE HELL???!!! GRINDERBUNNY IS ON FACEBOOK! ;D

15 comments:

  1. 1. I want a Grinderbunny.
    2. THAT'S SO AWESOME HE CALLED IT THAT. IN ADDITION TO ALL HIS OTHER TALENTS, NICK CAVE IS A PSYCHIC.
    3.Why has nobody else commented on this yet?
    4. lol Bathtahwb
    5. I love the visual image of Nick sitting there unfolding little cranes and smiling to himself over our little thank you's.
    6. I also love the visual image of this bunny sitting somewhere in Nick's house.
    7. There's always that one (or 2, or 3) girl(s) that shout "I DO" during No Pussy Blues...Although, Nick stated that it was about NOT HAVING A PUSSY, not NOT GETTING ANY..
    sure Nick ;)
    8. I TOTALLY JUST RANDOMLY STARTED TALKING TO YOU ON FACEBOOK TODAY ON NICK CAVE'S DEARLY DEPARTED HAIR'S PAGE, THE INTERNET IS SO INCREDIBLY CREEPY.
    9.Ughhhhhh this was awesome !

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  2. Didn't I just post this? Haha...THANK YOU for reading this, haha...I find the entire freaking Grinderbunny saga AMAZING. Apparently, some people who didn't even know about it were amused. They were like, "YOU WERE THE GRINDERBUNNY CHICK! OMG! AWESOME!" Haha...I think, in addition to losing a shoe, the damned thing probably ended up losing an eyebrow or its stache again, but you know...the thank you's will mean more than the bunny to Mr. Cave. I just hope he actually got the thing and the roadies didn't just steal it. Cuz it's so cute and all; I'm sure they'd love to have it. :D

    Grinderbunny is totally going to creepily be lurking about Nick's house now...not gonna lie, that's amazing.

    I thought the Eulogy for a 'Stache book I put together a year ago was amazing (after he shaved the 'stache off, made a book of female fans with mustaches and sent it to him), but this I got to SEE. And I was thinking all along I'd toss it to him, and having him RIGHT THERE taking it from me was amazing. And I love that he obviously made sure to note who in the crowd he took it from, cuz when he turned and made eye contact with me and said thank you, it was freaking AMAZING.

    I do feel bad every time I see Grinderbunny bouncing around on that drum, though. I bet he got a headache.

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  3. Thank you so much for sharing this with us! You made my day :D

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  4. OMG, that is awesome :DDDD
    thanks for sharing :)

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  5. "I do too" LOL EPIC! I'm glad Grinderbunny was a success!

    I wish I could have been there, but my thank you note making it to him is the next best thing. Aside from Mr. Cave you are my new hero.

    ~Angie

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  6. yay Grinderbunny!! i can't stop smiling (:

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  7. I almost like the eyebrows more than the 'stache. It gives him personality! I hope he didn't lose them. So cute.

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  8. That was so awesome! I'm amazed, and a little envious.

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  9. Awwww, haha, I love you all. I am pretty sure he must have lost his 'stache and one or both eyebrows. He looked SO DUMB without the 'stache with his fur all matted down, but the point is - Nick LAUGHED in amusement, AND I'm sure, assuming the roadies picked up the bun-bun (I'm sure they did) he loved the notes.

    I'm envious of MYSELF, a week ago, experiencing it. I wanna live through that again!

    The 'stache book was amazing, but this was pretty freaking EPIC. It was BETTER by far, because I got to SEE his reaction. I do really wish I'd been smart enough to have my husband record a video, though. At least I got pictures, and video of Grinderbunny bouncing around on Jim's drums. XD

    Thank you, all, and to you, Angie! :D

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  10. Oh, and Jamie, I agree - the eyebrows are FANTASTIC. My own Grinderbun-bun has just a mustache, and I was thinking...this could look SO MUCH more like Cave somehow, and Laura (fellow Cave badass) mentioned the 'brows...the result was, well, you can see. AMAZING. Hahaha.

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  11. Oh that Grinderbunny looks so cute and also very smart :D

    Apart from you giving it to Nick and him knowing whats the name of the cute thing without you telling him about it - which is indeed fucking EPIC, I loooove the picture of Grinderbunny driving the car..the hottest driver ever! :D

    Thank you so much for sharing your story and the pics and the vids. I am amazed :D

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  12. *cracks up at "the hottest driver ever"*

    This thing was seriously fucking epic, I agree. Dear god. Look at his FACE. RIDICULOUS. God, I wish I'd gotten the video to record. But at least we have the video of him bouncing around on Jim's drums. Haha. Poor lil' fuzzbutt.

    Let's be honest...he'd never admit it, but Nick's totally snuggling that thing every night now.

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  13. I ESPECIALLY wish I had the video for Nick's laugh...it was FANTASTIC. It was like...a very amused chuckle. It was amazing and adorable and amusing in itself. :D

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  14. To the anonymous commenter I just deleted:

    It was SUPPOSED to be stupid, you ASS. And Mr. Cave LIKED it. You should try to laugh more.

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