Then there are those that never quite get off the water. In the middle of a cruise with a lovely South African couple, a rowboat approached carrying members of the pop band Chester French. They circled us, declared their fame then jumped on the gondola, crying out, “This is a pirate takeover!” (only with an unprintable modifier starting with “f” between “pirate” and “takeover”). Apparently they were shooting a music video. The situation struck me as slightly uncomfortable, until a week later, when a YouTube search of “Central Park gondola” brought up a hit titled “Chester French Postpones My Marriage Proposal.”

   
signed Blink 182 poster

   
signed Blink 182 “Greatest Hits” CD

   
signed Rivers Cuomo lithograph

   
a “Pork and Beans” 7”

   
signed The All-American Rejects picture

   
The All-American Rejects “AAR” necklace

   
signed Chester French “Love The Future” Vinyl