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Bad idea: wrong lamps in your lights
It’s come to my attention that some people that really shouldn’t be allowed near the lighting gear are actually in charge in some lower quality venues. And by lower quality, I mean of course, the staff. So lets review a basic concept that should keep everyone safer, your lighting gear lasting longer, and your... »
Kids aren’t stupid.
I attended a show Friday with about 600 students, approximately ages 6 to 12. (I already see many of you shuddering at the thought.) Granted, many of these kids could have cared less about being there. There were pockets of them in each class that wouldn’t have stopped talking or started really watching the show if... »
Amateur rigging can result in injury, or death.
And I include amateurs operating professionally rigged systems in the above statement. Recently, @thtrbob posted some Youtube videos on his blog “Confessions of a Chicago Theatre Addict.” They were intended to be a followup to his previous post about his love of “Peter Pan” and not being able to get access to the Flying By... »
Off topic: WTF
Few of you would be shocked to learn that I was no fan of President G.W. Bush. Whatever your feelings on if he lied initially on the reasons we went into Iraq (which, if you watch the footage of Presidential and Senatorial remarks made in the first month or so after 9/11/01, shows that... »
Hudson & Gaines
