# I just got a dinner invite... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2017, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-dinner-invite/796851 "2017-09-21T02:02:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-dinner-invite/796851/1 "2017-09-21T02:02:38Z")
Jesus Christ! Peter Stampfel (of the Holy Modal Rounders) wants to HAVE DINNER WITH ME. The Ukulele Lady ran into him outside of work in Lower Manhattan and said “my husband is obsessed with you” and he thanked her and said he never got “fan stops.” ANd then her said “Let’s have dinner!” And then he FOLLOWED UP by email. > **[Peter Stampfel](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stampfel)** > > Peter Stampfel (born October 29, 1938, in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin) is an American fiddle player, old-time musician, and singer-songwriter. > Stampfel is best known as a member of the Holy Modal Rounders, a psychedelic folk band that he founded with Steve Weber in the early 1960s. He was also briefly a member of the Fugs and has been the leader of several musical projects, including the Bottlecaps, the Du-Tels, and the WORM All-Stars. He has performed with They Might Be Giants, the Roches, Richard B... > **[The Holy Modal Rounders](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holy_Modal_Rounders)** > > The Holy Modal Rounders was an American folk music group, originally the duo of Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber, who began performing together on the Lower East Side of New York City in the early 1960s. Their unique blend of folk music revival and psychedelia gave them a cult-like following from the late 1960s into the 1970s. For a time the group also included the playwright and actor Sam Shepard. > Stampfel explained the origin of the name in the webzine Perfect Sound Forever: > Stampfel and Webe... He’s one of my musical heroes! I have no idea what to say to him over the course of a meal aside from “Uh…I love your work.” How would you handle this? My initial reaction is to run like a rabbit. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-dinner-invite/796851/2 "2017-09-21T02:15:04Z")
Ask him if he really likes boobs a lot. If it wasn’t buried in a storage unit, I would send you my copy of _Going Nowhere Fast_ to get autographed. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-dinner-invite/796851/3 "2017-09-21T04:55:56Z")
I’m reminded of an NPR interview on the day of Georgia OKeefe’s death, with a middling artist who met her. The artist happened to be passing through Santa Fe, and just rang up to see if he could come by for a visit. Yes, and an appointment was arranged for the next day, when they chatted for a couple of hours. The interviewer asked if he felt uncomfortable in her presence. He said “One always feels comfortable in the presence of a truly great person.” ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-dinner-invite/796851/4 "2017-09-21T09:33:28Z")
Hey that will be fun! I suspect you’ll get comfortable, if you’re half as comfortable with yourself IRL as you are here on the 'Dope. I mean that in a good way! Sounds like he wouldn’t mind a bit of praise like he’d gotten in the past and it sounds like you’re prepared to give it to him. The recipe for a fine dinner. Ask him for one story - see how many you get! ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2017, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-dinner-invite/796851/5 "2017-09-22T03:01:25Z")
Offer to help him on moving day.