Friday, February 11, 2005

...LA grammypodcast2 er somethin'...     Friday night in LA with the majority of the music business in town; parties, events, concerts....what is there for a roadie to do? Well, go to the Apple Store and grab some grub at Poquito Mas....good roadie, eat taco... maybe a short podcast before bed. Click on the speaker icon on the upper right of the post or option/right click to save the mp3 on your very own drive...or of course you can just stick my thingie in your podcast aggregator...don't have one? Well, is pretty damn good and so is 11:43:09 PM    comment []

Cory Doctorow does it again... from Boing Boing... More from the ongoing Bit Torrent clamp down and the MPAA leaving their mark on the offending servers... Who did MPAA rip off "You can click but you can't hide" from? What is old is new again...who said that? 3:04:07 PM    comment []

... "it never rains in..." yeah right.     Yesterday went pretty smooth at Staples. As with most awards shows (and all TV), you'd better have the hurry up and wait circuit installed. We arrived 2 hours earlier than we were asked and that helped make the workload go easier.     It's a little strange doing such a big show with rental gear but luckily the providers seriously have their act together (thanks guys!) I've been to this one before but never three days before broadcast. It made it less crazed. We now have today and tomorrow off... surreal actually. We'll go back on Sunday when everyone is tried, grouchy and running around like psychos. It's kind of a drag as some of my friends are rehearsing today and Saturday; we're not actually welcome for security reasons. Roadies by and large are... dangerous.     These shows present groups just playing their big hit and they also come up with neat ideas for pairings and tributes. Imagine Eminem and Pavarotti doing a duet tribute to Anita Bryant...ok, don't.     They are not always so contrived but you can still see artists who don't meld well. Our segment has taken some work and should do pretty well. Jeez, just getting everyone able to hear what they need to and not hear what will confuse and infuriate them is work enough. There are one or two other segments that have potential to go either way...     The Clash tribute two years ago was cool ...     As much as these shows are a gathering of people who don't get to see each other enough, we're also spread out all over Los Angeles in dozens of different hotels. Ours may not even be in the phone book, though the toilets work and there is free broadband...that may be the two things that decided our location along with the price. The spattering of road people across the city without cars may keep us apart except for on Sunday when we're trying to do our jobs and not run over each other's toes. I'm gonna try to track down some guys tonight... perhaps the rain will let up. 1:02:18 PM    comment []