further badassery...

most of you have heard my tales of world-wide sticker distribution, but if you haven't, here is the nutshell version:

last summer i made some bumper stickers to pass out to fans at my morning jacket shows as souveniers of the tour. for kicks. thought it would be a hoot. the stickers were printed with "RAMPANT BADASSERY" a saying i'd used to describe mmj's live shows.

i brought them to shows in several towns (and states *cough*) and passed them out to people i met there. i posted a thread on the mmj fan forum about the stickers and offered them to anyone who sent me a SASE (c'mon Zoom fans, i know you're out there!).

i gave a stack of them to the mmj road crew. one response in particular was, "fucking awesome!" glad to see they were well received. :)
as i sent the stickers out i kept a list of all the states that they went to. in detroit i gave one to a young guy who said, "i read about these!" ha!
a lot of people sent me cool stickers in return, or pix of their towns and friends. such a fun, cool thing to experience.

as i mailed the last sticker out (to a fan in New Mexico) the totals stood thusly: stickers went to fans in 26 states, canada, australia and japan!

last week i had my first unexpected "R.A." sticker sighting:

it was at the Decemberists show in l.a. i recognized two of the techs on stage as being part of the mmj road crew last year. after the show i got the attention of one of them to say hello. when he asked how i recognized him, i told him that i went to a lot of shows, then, "i made those "rampant badassery" stickers." he pointed to his roadcase which had one on the R.A. stickers on it. then he called over to the other tech i'd recognized and shouted, "hey, eric! it's the rampant badassery girl." which got a "no way!" and some gesturing toward the sticker on his roadcase. we had a short "hey those stickers went everywhere" conversation shouted across the security people sweeping out the crowd stragglers.

awesome.

in recounting this story enough people have asked me for stickers that i'm considering making a second batch. keep your eyes peeled for MACH II.