[2010-03-29] Alizée autograph signing at Virgin Champs-Elysées

[FanDeAliFee]

<center><big><u>AMBASSADOR</u> SCRUFFYDOG, IF YOU PLEASE!</big></center>
Earlier today, on nobody's authority at all, I sent a note to the Virgin Megastore on the Champs-Élysées, reporting that 10% of the hits on Alizée's official Website now come from the USA, and that Alizée America is sending an "ambassador" to the autograph session at their store, to purchase multiple copies of her album for the Corsican girl to sign. I further inquired about a quantity limit and referred them to this thread in case they are dubious. Naturally, I will report on any reply I receive. Tie, tails and sash for you, Scruff?

<center><big>IS IT LIVE, OR IS IT <s>MEMOREX</s> NAPSTER?</big></center>

Originally Posted by lefty12357

Yeah, you don't want to push your luck. My guess is 10 would be the high limit. I wouldn't doubt there are people who would try to get a bunch of CD's signed so they could turn around and sell them on ebay...

Damned if I know why either Virgin or Alizée would be against multi-level marketing of the type you suggest! <a href="http://alizeeamerica.com/forums/showpost.php?p=152308&postcount=93">A sale is a sale.</a> Is the labor of signing so arduous that Alizée would object to keeping at it before her hand got tired?

BTW, it is not so hard now to replicate a signature and even make it appear to non-experts to be a pen-written original. I never have committed, nor will I commit fraud by misrepresenting things in commercial transactions, but in doing historical recreations for cities celebrating an anniversary, I have fabricated replicas of copyright-free historic documents and artworks which are now missing (or may even have never existed), for the purpose of honest fictional spectacle. (P.S. Alizée is not really Juliette.)

So you might imagine that I would be reluctant to pay a premium for an autographed good whose provenance I could not reliably authenticate, i.e. including stuff on eBay, too.

<center><big>YOU'RE IN GOOD HANDS WITH <s>ALLSTATE</s> ALIZÉE!</big></center>

Originally Posted by Scruffydog777

Thanks! I'm going to try and do a good job of it, but I'll be more nervous than a gold fish in a toilet bowl.

Don't worry at all!!!

About a year ago now, I published a <a href="http://bellsouthpwp.net/d/o/docdtv/Alizee/2009May.htm">fan page</a> in which I detailed a suggestion that Alizée make a revised version of the Joan Osborne <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbAeTywPiP4#t-1m22s">music video</a> for <i>Saint Teresa</i>.

A key scene consists of rescuing a goldfish from a toilet bowl and tossing it into a filled tub. If my dreams have come true, the Corsican girl has been practicing this for a whole year now, so you are quite safe!

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[pepelepew]

Enjoy yourself Scruffy and keep it simple. You may never get a chance like this again, although I hope there are countless new album signings in the future. It is really nice of you to think of AA fans the way you do. You might even think of giving her a dvd of your favorite fan video that you have produced. You do a great job and I think she would get a kick out of it. She has probably seen some or all of them before, but receiving a copy from the video creator would mean something I would think. Just a thought.

[Scruffydog777]

Originally Posted by lefty12357

I wouldn't doubt there are people who would try to get a bunch of CD's signed so they could turn around and sell them on ebay. The people running the autograph signing may be watching out for that. Ben or others that have been to these things may have a better feel for how much you can get away with by observing how things went last time.

That's a good point. Last time, I bought 5 and gave her a list of names I wanted them personalized to. I was thinking this time, where I'm buying 11, I was thinking maybe I would just give them to her and just have her write, what ever she wanted, such as Merci Alizée or like last time kisses from Alizée, but if I did that, they might think I'm trying to get them for E-Bay like you say. So I guess I will give her a list. I did hear from Ben, he thought 10 would be okay, anything more would be pushing it so that's the limit until I find out something more. Hopefully they'll be a little more understanding where I'm representing a forum.

Originally Posted by docdtv

<center><big><u>AMBASSADOR</u> SCRUFFYDOG, IF YOU PLEASE!</big></center>
Earlier today, on nobody's authority at all, I sent a note to the Virgin Megastore on the Champs-Élysées, reporting that 10% of the hits on Alizée's official Website now come from the USA, and that Alizée America is sending an "ambassador" to the autograph session at their store, to purchase multiple copies of her album for the Corsican girl to sign. I further inquired about a quantity limit and referred them to this thread in case they are dubious. Naturally, I will report on any reply I receive. Tie, tails and sash for you, Scruff?

That was an awesome idea and thanks for thinking of it. You would think they would want to sell as many copies as possible, that's the main purpose of it. But maybe they think the people who don't come, would probably buy it anyways, so they limit the quantity here, so other fans wont have to wait in line so long. One thing they dont realize here is several of these people have pre-ordered the limited edition one and would not be buying another copy.

Originally Posted by pepelepew

You might even think of giving her a dvd of your favorite fan video that you have produced. You do a great job and I think she would get a kick out of it. She has probably seen some or all of them before, but receiving a copy from the video creator would mean something I would think. Just a thought.

That's another interesting idea. I'm not sure about it though. There are a number of good fan videos out there. The only one that would really sets mine apart and is kind of a unique nature is the Alizée interview one. Kind of corny maybe, but it has a few funny points in which she might get a laugh out of it, but it does mention the cancelled concerts, something she might not want to be reminded of. I'll post it here so people here can see it. I had originally made it after the first cancelld concert, added to it after the second cancelled concert, then again added to it after she was being criticized a lot when we kept hearing rumors for an single release date back in September, but of course there wasn't one.

I'll post some of my other videos here so people who haven't seen it, can see it and offer an opinion.

So I the interview one is out but maybe,
A six pack of Alizée (2)
Alizée Moi Lolita From teenager to young woman 2
Alizée - A video history of her early years
Alizée - J'ai pas vingt ans / I'm not twenty - This is one where Roman told me about an audio file someone had created, where they combined J'ai pas vingt ans and I'm not twenty. I just added video to it. Combining the audio is the hard part. I tried to find out who created that file so I could give them credit in the video but never did.

Anothe one I made but which I don't think I should include is
Alizée Alex busted!

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[JEP]

Start A Poll And Get The AA Members To Vote. I Vote For A Video History Of Her Early Years.

[Scruffydog777]

Originally Posted by JEP

Start A Poll And Get The AA Members To Vote. I Vote For A Video History Of Her Early Years.

One thing we have to consider is Alizée has said she doesn't like watching herself if I'm not mistaken. I even had the thought, maybe her father would like a copy of the video history, he was at the last signing, but then again, she likes to keep her family from any type of contact with the public. He's just there to offer support at an important point in her career.

[Edcognito]

Let us know how you want to be paid, m8.

Who, what, where, when why (?) and how!


Thanks!


Ed

[VVVACCPLPNLY]

Umm, so, I think the last vid was funny as crap! You can't really blame the poor kid, he is stuck behind Alizee! Even Jessica looks bored, she has only her back to look at... Kinda sucks, if I was back behind her, I would be ecstatic to be near her at all, but less so than in front of her, because being near her and ot seeing her face would SUCK!!!!!!

[Criss_pl]

5 pages in just one night(here and as well as in Paris), you guys are awesome

Scruffy, it's great that you are going to Paris. I believe that bringing a letter with you is a good idea. Nice cover will be great addition to the letter.

I have doubts about adding a video. Scruffy made a good point about this issue. Maybe she doesn't like watching her performances, especially the older ones, perhaps she wants to cut the past off and leave it behind her? Don't know, but I suppose that the letter ought to suffice.

By announcing you as an ambassador docdtv make a great thing. They noticed your presence as fans.
You are lucky Scruffy
May the Force be with you.

[Scruffydog777]

Well things aren't exactly panning out the way I would like them to. I'm having trouble finding a nice presentation folder for the open letter. I tried a couple of local shops and didn't have any luck. If I have to resort to something planer, here's some ideas for what I'd like the cover to look like. Remember I don't have a whole lot of time to work with and this is the best I can do on short notice. I have to run out and do some more looking now.

[Edcognito]

Dude... Remember that this isn't Her Graces first cookout... Any of the three you posted are entirely presentable.

My favorite is #3...

Don't sweat the small stuff... I'm sure (as an artist) she would appreciate any effort performed on her behalf, by her fans, that wasn't totally creepy!


Don't worry.