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The obligitory look back at 2009
I tell myself that I’m not going to do one of these, and then remember that they are marginally useful. Here’s just a few of the stories we looked at in the last year. Learn past or repeat… Chicago started off 2009 with the loss of its free downtown trolleys. Tourists (especially those heading to... »
Pic of the Day for December 18, 2009
A stagehand climbs to the front truss at a Bruce Springsteen concert. This great Pic of the Day is from Josefine Stenudd and is posted in her Flickr account. »
Pic of the Day for Dec 3rd, 2009
Load in of The Radio City Christmas Spectacular at The Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, TN. This pic, as well as this one and this one, was taken by ept_0202, and posted in our I Work Backstage Flickr group. »
Pic of the Day for November 28, 2009
Clipped in, the way they, and you, should be. The IATSE Local 11 riggers of Boston’s FleetCenter (at the time, now the TDBankNorth Garden, or “gah’den”) 98′ above the floor. This Pic of the Day was taken by Peter Homan, and found on his Flickr page. »
Odds and ends for November 21, 2009
Roberts Brothers Coach Company driver William G. Douglas, of Austin, Texas died early Friday morning when his bus crashed south of Richmond, VA. Douglas was driving the lighting crew bus, one of four buses for the Miley Cyrus tour, when it went off the road and overturned on Interstate 85, near Dinwiddle, VA. Fourteen... »
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... »
Hudson & Gaines
