Regular readers of the message board will have seen 'pink' messages appear frequently. But who is the Pink Panther? Meet Paul Bossenmaier,
who'll celebrate his 43rd birthday in the first row of the MMEB gig at Esslingen, his home town. (Now that's a gift money can't buy - Ed). He got the nickname Pink Panther as this is his favourite television cartoon. Paul
has been a fan of MMEB since he was 16. In his own words "As a teenager I didn't have the money to visit a concert, but in 1979 a dream came true: MMEB live on stage at Böblingen - I never will forget the band and the show.
Since then I have never missed an MMEB tour." His wife Sigrid, known as "Mrs. Panther", enjoys the same musical tastes |
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Paul is famous (with the 'fan family') for his concert badges. An avid collector he was looking for tour T-Shirts, badges and pins. As the choice
was limited, and as a maker of badges for the past 6 years, he combined both his hobbies and started creating EarthBand related badges - not as a commercial venture, just for fun. The first MMEB badge was for the Tuttlingen gig
last July. This has now caught on with other people enjoying them too. As you can see from the examples on this page the badges are a labour of love. Each badge is unique to a particular gig, each specially designed and inspired
by particular events (the return of Father to the set for example), or by the surroundings or time of year. To date Paul has produced about 10 different ones. A normal run is about 35 badges, depending on the response from the
message board. So if you are at a gig in Germany this year, keep your eyes peeled, think Pink and you may get one of these splendid badges too! |
