The Official Win Stefinitely Maybe's Old Ghostbusters Cap Thread

[Stefinitely Maybe]

In this thread you will have the opportunity to win the above baseball cap. This cap will be shipped at no cost to the victor. There are no rules. There is no time limit. When I have decided that someone has won I will announce that the contest has concluded. I do not know how someone will win. It is possible but unlikely that nobody will win.

This cap was purchased almost 4 years ago in the week prior to Coachella 2004 at a shop in Los Angeles, California called "Pop Killer". It was a vintage clothes slash fucked up shoes slash punk memorabilia slash hipster store, run by a couple of Asians. Elliott Smith bought the T-shirt which he wears on one of his album covers there, several years ago, thus cementing the store's popularity with the indie elite. This cap holds a great deal of emotional significance for me. It was also not cheap for a cap.

It is a black and white trucker cap in the traditional style, with the logo from the Ghostbusters films screen-printed onto the front. The size is adjustable at the back and the cap will fit heads of most sizes. The cap is a custom made one-time deal which to my knowledge has never been reproduced and is not available elsewhere. I have been back to the store several times in the years since I purchased the cap in the hope of finding another one to either replace the original or give to friends, but never with any success. The owners explained to me that all of their caps are unique pieces, and my subsequent searches on eBay have proved equally fruitless. Even if you did manage to find a similar cap, it would not be steeped with the legendary status of this cap. By winning this cap, you will be winning a little piece of history. It is also practically guaranteed to make you popular in crowds and get you laid; I cannot even begin to tell you how many hot girls have approached me because they liked the cap and wanted to know where I bought it - I literally would not be able to count them on the fingers of my left hand.

For years this was my cap of choice and the pride of my wardrobe, and I wore it to many special events; some of them the most important of my life. I wore it throughout Coachella 2004, and every Coachella since (don't worry, the sweat has now faded) - so I am sure there is evidence of it in numerous Coachella photographs around the world - and I wore it when I met Regina Spektor a couple of years ago, as seen below:



I also wore it when I met Dave Grohl, Juliette Lewis, Neve Campbell, and numerous other celebrities. I did not wear it when I met Noel Gallagher or Courtney Love, but you can be sure I was thinking about it at the time. I wore it during several gigs, whilst playing with my own band, and whilst watching others. So as you can tell, it is something I hold very close to my heart, but I feel it is now time to let go, and to send it out into the world to continue a life of its own without me. This was not an easy decision to come to and I have tears in my eyes as I write this, but it seems like the right thing for me to do. The cap has become a little worn and tattered around the edges, plus I feel this is the best way to rid myself of the "guy with the Ghostbusters cap" tag, so I am letting you, the Coachella board, decide its destiny. All I ask is that the winner treats it right, and I hope that someday the cap could perhaps meet with Pot's shoes and the proud wearer could use them together as a "Coachella board" costume to a Halloween party.

Also, as a secondary theme to this thread, the loss of this cap is not only going to leave a hole in my heart, but also in my wardrobe. I therefore leave it up to you fine people to find me a worthy replacement. I need The Most Awesome Cap In The World. Once this has been found, I will buy it, and then wear it to Coachella 2008, and all subsequent Coachellas, and any celebrity encounters for the foreseeable future.

Commence winning.

[sonofhal]

[JelloPuddingChat]

First off I just want to say that I can never get over how stacked regina is. Secondly this should be given to john if only to get him one step closer to voltron like power in the form of coachella board member's ex waredrobe.

[Stefinitely Maybe]

I don't think those are really my style, Chris. The kind of awesome I had in mind would be something like the cap which Patrick Fugit wears in the movie "Spun", where he plays a character named Frisbee. Near the start of the film there's a scene where he's cycling down a street, and he's wearing a baseball cap which has wings sewn onto the sides. That cap was totally sweet. I have tried to find it, but failed. If anybody knows where I could get it, they would surely be one step closer to winning the fabled Ghostbusters cap.

[TomAz]

what's next? win bug's dirty underwear thread?

[ShyGuy75]

*Dough!*

[bug on your lip]

oh fukkall

Stuff, did yer new lame girly make you get rid of the holy grail of cranium accessories ?!?!? fuck, this makes me want to kick you in yer groin















HARD

[luckyface]

Wow, Regina Spektor is a lot... uh, bigger than I imagined. I wish I got to meet her. Perhaps if I win said hat I will be able to.

[Hannahrain]

[bug on your lip]

Holy Armenian Salesman,

that pacman hat is titillating

[mountmccabe]

If you think that this is the sort of thing that'll make me start telling anthropomorphic stories about hats... you've been paying attention.


That being said, denies the day is the one that is having ghost problems.

[JustSteve]

how about keeping with the movie theme, maverick...


or this...


here's one with wings...

[bug on your lip]

the ghost on the hat matches Stuff's skin tone
i think that was part of the magic

[fatbastard]

But who you gonna call?

[JustSteve]

maybe it's time for the sequel...

[PotVsKtl]

I am pleased by this development.

[RotationSlimWang]

Son of a bitch. I'd kill for that hat. Favorite movie ever. Alright, time to hit the drawing board...

[amyzzz]

So are the postal workers still on strike? Will it take a year for the victor to receive said baseball cap?

[RotationSlimWang]

Stef, if I bang J's sister will that help my chances? Or will that be encroaching on your territory?

[bug on your lip]

Stef, if I bang J's sister will that help my chances? Or will that be encroaching on your territory?

I think you will stand out more to the Hat Committee if you don't bang J's sister

[TomAz]

stef you're not getting any younger. this hat will help you continue to pull in the young babes

[J~$$$]

I think you will stand out more to the Hat Committee if you don't bang J's sister

Yeah it might be better to give bugs mom a go. It would probably please the "hat committee" to know she is like a communal hat, everybody that wants to gets to wear her out.

[RotationSlimWang]

Alright, can we get a list going of board member's family members who I should be slipping the LD in order to be in contention?

[shakermaker113]

if I were to wear that cap, it would either attract babes like Stef said it does, or just make me xtremely self conscious.

I don't usually wear caps. or hats at all, for that matter.

what did Regina think of it? I know -- I'll aim to meet Regina wearing that cap, and see if she remembers meeting Stef.

[Stefinitely Maybe]

I believe Regina liked it. If you look closely at her left breast (as if you hadn't already) you'll see that she just happened to be wearing a little white ghost pin on that day, which made the choice of cap even more awesome. It's almost like we planned it that way.

Also, a couple of the hat suggestions so far have been okay, but most of them look really warm. Please remember that a hat that's going to be worn to Coachella needs to be light and airy and keep the head well ventilated at all times.

[SojuGorae]

Hooray for big ass titties

[Stefinitely Maybe]

+500 for SojuGorae

[M Sparks]

I'd rather win that scarf.

[Stefinitely Maybe]

I'd rather win that scarf.

Dude I can't find that scarf ANYWHERE. I looked for it a few weeks ago but it's nowhere to be found.

[canexplain]

It’s obvious that a lot of people don’t place the value of your hat with the respect that it should have. Why should I get the hat? There are no great reasons, but maybe a couple of reasons. Even though most everyone is younger on the board then I am, you could be sure that the hat would be worn all over the US and maybe the world at many many concerts for years to come. I can see at least 15 more years of going to shows and I would assume that many here on the board will “grow up” and in the next few years, start raising families and either moving on with their lives, or just plain cant afford to go to concerts. I know you will say, hey that’s not me, but its funny how life takes twists and turns and you are never really sure what is going to happen. Perhaps another reason is in some ways, hush PF, I am the patriarch of the board. Some would say, yea we know, sorry that sucks so much. I don’t look at it that way. I have been so lucky to go to some of the places, concerts, festivals, and meet people from all over the world and of all ilk’s. If you want someone to carry on the tradition of the hat, I think I would do it justice. Now if I can just stuff my hair under the cap when I need to, vis a vis the song “Signs”, then we have a match. Naw, I always let my freak flag fly. And Stef, I didn’t even do stream of consciences but actually made sentences lol. Btw, you might even see it on the news during the DNC 2008 here in Denver when they are rounding us up. Peace and good karma to all. Canx**