Return-Path: X-Processed-By: Virex 7 on prxy.net X-Real-To: stagecraftlist [at] theatrical.net Received: by prxy.net (CommuniGate Pro PIPE 4.2) with PIPE id 4215022; Sun, 22 Aug 2004 03:01:51 -0700 X-ListServer: CommuniGate Pro LIST 4.2 List-Unsubscribe: List-ID: Message-ID: From: "Stagecraft" Sender: "Stagecraft" To: "Stagecraft" Precedence: list Subject: Stagecraft Digest #109 Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 03:01:37 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0-pre4 (2004-08-04) on prxy.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.1 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.0-pre4 X-prxy-Spam-Filter: Scanned X-TFF-CGPSA-Version: 1.4a3 For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see --------------------------------------------------- Stagecraft Digest, Issue #109 1. Out of Office AutoReply: Stagecraft Digest #108 by Richard Lund 2. Tools for da road by b Ricie 3. after closing by b Ricie 4. Re: Tools for da road by Dale Farmer 5. Re: Educational scheduling by "Riter, Andrew (Head Ltg)" 6. Re: Tools for da road by Herrick 7. Re: Computer-assisted blocking notation by "Jon Ares" 8. Re: Computer-assisted blocking notation by Herrick 9. Re: Tools for da road by "Matthew Breton" 10. Re: After Closing by "Tracy Nunnally" 11. Re: Lion King SF -- wow (maybe spoilers) by BACatlarge [at] aol.com 12. After Closing by CB 13. Re: After Closing by CB 14. Re: Production Fundamentals by CB 15. Multi tools again by Chris Wych 16. Re: Multi tools again by Stephen Litterst 17. Re: Multi tools again by Michael Heinicke 18. Re: Multi tools again by Mike Brubaker 19. Another sort of moon effect by Boyd Ostroff 20. Re: Another sort of moon effect by David Marks 21. Re: Another sort of moon effect by Boyd Ostroff 22. Re: Multi tools again by "Booth, Dennis" 23. Re: Tools for da road by "Jason" 24. Re: Tools for da road by "Warren Stiles" *** Please update the subject line of your reply to use the subject *** line of the message you are replying to! Please only reply to *** one message subject in each reply. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <9E53DD7DC667D311A47A0000F808EC8E034EDCB3 [at] strandla> From: Richard Lund Subject: Out of Office AutoReply: Stagecraft Digest #108 Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 03:00:37 -0700 I will be out of the office until Wednesday Sept. 1, but will reply to your e-mail when I return. Regards, Richard Lund Strand Lighting ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20040821150709.34856.qmail [at] web50606.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 08:07:09 -0700 (PDT) From: b Ricie Subject: Tools for da road In-Reply-To: Dear wise listers, I am going on the road as TD.(not a new thing for me) however I got to wondering. The question is not what tools to bring, but what tools has anyone forgot to bring and really wish they had? Another question would be out of the tools you did bring, what tool did you find most valuable on the road? Thanks in advance ===== Brian Rice b_ricie [at] yahoo.com _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20040821154559.45793.qmail [at] web50601.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 08:45:58 -0700 (PDT) From: b Ricie Subject: after closing In-Reply-To: >>Get to know your campus's scheduling/events = coordinator. Buy him/her dinner or lunch or a Maserati. Whatever it = takes to get on their good side. Explain the situation to him/her. >> True wisdom! We have a great relationship with our coordinator, and we go a step further. Every spring we hold a scheduling summit. The meeting tends to be a long one so we do a pot luck lunch and attempt to make it kinda fun. A Campus wide invitation is put out inviting anyone who might want to schedule an event int the theatre to attend or at least send the info as to the time they want. By doing this we give all campus related events first crack at the venue and at the same time we can mitigate possible scheduling problems. If they have no requests at that meeting r do not want to show up then they get stuck with what dates are left open. We can also schedule black out dates at that time. We use the meeting to coordinate ALL events in the art center, not just the theatre. When we finish plowing through the year, month by month, we then use the schedule as a template for the following year(so we affectively schedule two years at a time). The second year is not etched in stone but mealy a starting point for the scheduling summit the following spring. This system works well. It bring all the parties that use the facility together so ever one has an understanding of how busy the venue really is. The process gives the campus first refusal at any dates, and all owes us to say " Gosh, had you been at the scheduling summit, that date would not have been a problem, unfortunately this date is all we have open." Hope that helps. Best. ===== Brian Rice b_ricie [at] yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Messenger - Communicate in real time. Download now. http://messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Message-ID: <4127711D.55DF602D [at] cybercom.net> Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 11:58:21 -0400 From: Dale Farmer Organization: Furry green fuzz in the back of the refrigerator Subject: Re: Tools for da road References: b Ricie wrote: > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see > --------------------------------------------------- > > Dear wise listers, > I am going on the road as TD.(not a new thing for me) > however I got to wondering. The question is not what > tools to bring, but what tools has anyone forgot to > bring and really wish they had? Another question would > be out of the tools you did bring, what tool did you > find most valuable on the road? > Thanks in advance Leatherman multitool or equivalent. Lately I've been buying the $9.95 harbor freight knockoffs, that way when someone borrows one and loses it, I'm out less money. --Dale ------------------------------ Message-ID: <297C9E3B63B2D3119C8100508B5ED28F1601FEA7 [at] exchange2.ubc.ca> From: "Riter, Andrew (Head Ltg)" Subject: RE: Educational scheduling Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 09:06:27 -0700 It's a tough life, ain't it? Miss Wisc wrote: "Your space = you need to be there + he needs to pay for that service. In future years, schedule that weekend on the calendar as "safety maintenance." You're going to inspect the inner linings of your eyelids and some well deserved mental rest for the safety of everyone. Seems someone has forgotten that a student's job is to study, not run a theatre. " I like that. In our space, we are a rental hall/class room (1200 seat concert hall/classroom). Classes have the room booked Mon-Thursday. We have the room to rent Fri-Sun, except when Band class has booked it for a show. When there is a show (professional or student)we have technical staff (3) and full Front of House (# dependant on how many levels of seating we open). We do no teaching, we are strictly theatre staff. The music dept profs come here for the classes. We have the School of Opera in twice a year, for 3-4 weeks. They do most of the work on their set, we hang our lights, and then babysit them during the rest of tech. It's not too strenuous. We have enough staff and assistants (all professional / CUPE members) that we get 10 hours turn around between shifts, and 2-3 days off per week. In your case, are you a rental house? Does the band pay for the room or the technical services? If they do pay for you, then __I__ think "sorry, you gotta be there", unless there are other assistants you can have cover. Or take a sick day that dark weekend. Exhaustion is legit excuse for missing work. Andrew M. Riter Head Lighting Technician Chan Centre ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 12:13:04 -0400 Subject: Re: Tools for da road From: Herrick In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Some may not consider this a tool but it's helped me a lot. I've been traveling with my Ipod and the portable Altec Lansing speakers for the IPOD (the size of a paperback book). also my Ipod now has an IR remote control adapter so I can put the speaker setup on a tech table and control it from the stage. Yes safety folk I can hit pause when people are working up high and need to hear. Aside from the obvious bonus of having tunes before the humheads arrive I have found that it's an instant conversation starter with the local crews. Generally i'll take requests for music preferences and play what they want, since I like everything on my IPOD. On occasion some of the crew have begun making playlists out of my tunes. It breaks the ice and ultimately helps get work done. To really answer Brian's question: leatherman, Multimeter, Alan set (you never know when you need a tie in done), Gloves ( to loan to the crew guy who thinks that HMI's that have been on for an hour can be focused without them) , my personal featherweight headset. I got to loan my knife to "jazz legend" Stanley Clarke a few weeks ago..."Yo man you got a blade?" HTH, _Herrick On Saturday, Aug 21, 2004, at 11:07 America/New_York, b Ricie wrote: > Another question would > be out of the tools you did bring, what tool did you > find most valuable on the road? > Herrick Goldman Lighting Designer, NYC www.HGLightingDesign.com "To the scores of silent alchemists who wreak their joy in darkness and in light bringing magic to life, we bow most humbly. "-CDS ------------------------------ Message-ID: <001401c487a2$484500f0$0600000a [at] BRUTUS> From: "Jon Ares" References: Subject: Re: Computer-assisted blocking notation Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 10:14:13 -0700 > I've looked at doing things in MS Word, but have come to the > conclusion that Word is just too limited in various ways to > accomplish what we're trying to do. I'm no Word wizard (like most of the planet, I probably only flex about 15% of its muscle) but what about doing some sort of 2-column thing? Again, note my disclaimer, I'm not a Word Wizard. Or, how about adapting one of the many script- and screen-writing plugins or apps out there? Some, like Final Draft, have both screenplay mode and a TV 2-column mode. In these apps, the 2-column mode, you're able to keep items in both columns synced, so if more 'notes' are needed in the right column, the left box for dialog lengthens to accomodate. (Of course I know in TV land, Page Left is Video, and Page Right is Audio, but you get my gist.) Just thoughts. -- Jon Ares Program Director, West Linn HS Theatre Arts www.hevanet.com/acreative ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 14:22:38 -0400 Subject: Re: Computer-assisted blocking notation From: Herrick In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <14E8221C-F39F-11D8-AF24-0003934521EC [at] hglightingdesign.com> At one point while I was at MIT the "kids" in the Interactive CInema Group were using Macs to do continuity for their video shoots. This was in 1993. How about using one of the built in apple apps ,like I-movie or something, with a small webcam to take snapshots of the stage (or short video) and then notate text in the bottom of the screen. This can't be too hard and you get an exact image from moment to moment. I bet that the MIT continuity software grew into something as well. It was done by a guy named David Kung and we called it the "Kungtinuity machine". I doubt that name stuck into a professional app. > Herrick Goldman Lighting Designer, NYC www.HGLightingDesign.com "To the scores of silent alchemists who wreak their joy in darkness and in light bringing magic to life, we bow most humbly. "-CDS ------------------------------ From: "Matthew Breton" Subject: RE: Tools for da road Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 15:17:34 -0400 Message-ID: >[W]hat tools has anyone forgot to bring and really wish they had? Another >question would >be out of the tools you did bring, what tool did you find most valuable on >the road? The first one -- and this might strike you as a little odd -- is a pillow. Any tools I don't have with me I'm likely to find a way around -- beg, borrow, steal. But a pillow? Nuh uh. No one ever seems to have an extra in the theatre, anyone who does won't loan theirs, and the company won't pay for something as frivolous as a pillow. But after an eight-hour drive beind the wheel of a twenty-three foot truck, or stuck behind the tech table during a long focus call, my butt needs some comfort. I'd never given a Leatherman much respect until I hit the road, either. "The right tool for the job" was how I was raised. But having a compact toolbox on your belt certainly made many things go a lot smoother. Mind you, I've since switched to a Swiss Army Victorinox as my multitool, but the priniciple is the same. HTH, Matthew Breton Technical Director The River Rep _________________________________________________________________ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Message-Id: <200408211924.i7LJOS8l006817 [at] corn.cso.niu.edu> From: "Tracy Nunnally" Subject: RE: After Closing Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 14:24:13 -0500 In-Reply-To: I must say that this discussion has struck a chord with me. While I agree that none of us should be expected to work weekend after weekend after weekend after weekend, we all knew going into this industry that it was not a nine to five job. I think the key is balance, and achieving that balance is a goal sought by many. My apologies for the long rambling post that follows, but here are my main points (read opinions): 1) Get control of your space. The people working within a university theatre department that has no control over the scheduling of their space do not feel a sense of ownership of the space. 2) Book your space responsibly utilizing a nice balance of labor force vs. workload. A space with a small labor force and a huge workload is doomed, while a space with a small workload and a large labor force does not give the students a realistic view of the industry. If we train students that they can expect to work 30 to 40 hour weeks with dark weekends following every strike and make it in this business, I do not feel that we are not preparing them properly to enter this industry. 3) Keep your students busy and give them responsibility. Students learn better from doing than by studying alone. The more they do, the better they will be in their chosen area. If you give them responsibility and make your expectations clear, most of them will meet or exceed your expectations. 4) Delegate responsibility and trust your peeps. With appropriate delegation of tasks to a well trained workforce of trusted students, events can be handled without killing yourself or your staff. I suppose I am blessed by having complete autonomy over all of my theatre spaces. If any group from within the university or any group from outside the university wants to book any of our theater spaces, they have to go through me. Period. This gives me complete control of over the amount of time we have before and after our productions to maintain the space or have a rest. I'm also blessed with the ability to charge whatever fee I see fit to the group using the facility. I can also decide how many of our people are required to be a part of their process on a case by case basis. 100% of the profits from these endeavors go into our production budgets. My final blessing is the unconditional support of the department chair who has never questioned any of the decisions I have made regarding the usage of the spaces. In fact, I cannot think of even one time where he has said "No" to anything I have proposed. . . . Wait . . . there was the Jacuzzi in my office proposal. . . Never mind. On the flip side of that, we have hourly staff personnel holding the positions of assistant technical director, master electrician, and properties director; we have four TD grads, four LD grads, and four Scenic grads, each of whom is on an assistantship that requires hourly service to the department in whatever capacity will serve the department best. Additionally, we have an undergrad work force of almost 200 students, 30+ of which are in the BFA Design/Technology area, and all of which have some sort of lab requirement involving theater technology during the course of their degree. A major part of my workload as the TD for the school (in addition to teaching 18 hours this semester), is to administer the workload for most of these people and make sure that they are a) not terribly over worked; b) contributing to the success of the department; and c) getting the experience they need to reinforce their studies - matching their technical assignments with the areas where their skills are weak. Basically I am a traffic cop, but, as the department chair has recognized the amount of work involved in what I do, he has graced me with two production assistants to keep the production office running. They are graduate students in the performance area who are also on full assistantships, so their "job" is keeping the production machine moving forward. One of them assists me with administering TD related activities, and one of them assists with SM related activities (did I mention I teach stage management and administer that half of the world as well?) We have no local union or organized production labor force from which to draw stagehands if our workload becomes too much, so I keep a close eye on the workload vs. labor pool, and try to take on the right amount of work to keep everyone busy, make some money for the school, and still give them all time to focus on their studies as well. I also feel that "how" things are packaged makes a huge difference. For example, rarely do I have to force a student to take on a production or stage management job. I package these jobs as promotions and accomplishments. For example, a student is not "allowed" to run an event for a client in a Mainstage space until they have completed several other labs/jobs. Earning the opportunity to run that event is a badge of honor for these guys, so they put a lot of effort into making sure it goes right. Consequently, I know that they have had the proper training, will take good care of the space in the equipment, and will treat the client well, so I don't have to worry about having a full paid staff on hand to supervise the students or run the event. As long as one faculty are staff member is nearby for consultation or emergency response, I am more than happy for my students to run events 100%, and I have never had a client go away unhappy. Kristi commented that, "someone has forgotten that a student's job is to study, not run a theater." While I agree that a student must study to increase their knowledge base, I believe that a significant portion of the "study" is the running of a theater. If they can't function at an acceptable pace, they can't hold a job. Before I started teaching in 2000, I was a professional technical director for over ten years. Many of the college graduates who worked my calls simply could not hold their own because they had not been trained how to get the job done quickly, safely, and efficiently. When I made the decision to go back into teaching, I vowed that none of the students I graduate would have that handicap. I graduated my first batch of BFA tech undergraduates last spring, and I would be happy to sponsor any of them for IA membership right now. I should also mention that in addition to staffing all of our venues, running all of our shows and rentals, my students serve as the major work force for every other production organization on campus (including the arena, the concert hall, and the student center) - and many of my students hold positions of leadership within those organizations which they do in their spare time. We also have two local theater companies that frequently use our students to mount their productions, maintain their spaces, and design their shows. Finally, I should say that most of my students crave even more. For me, school starts on Monday, but about a dozen of my students have been here for over a week looking for something to do (which I have obliged), and several of them gave up their entire summer to help me remodel the scene shop at the school. In fact, two of them are waiting for me right now at the scenery shop to help me finish testing a flying effects project for Delbert which has to ship out Monday. Gotta fly :-) Tracy Nunnally TD - Northern Illinois University ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 18:24:21 -0400 From: BACatlarge [at] aol.com Subject: Re: Lion King SF -- wow (maybe spoilers) Message-ID: <46F877A6.118FF2CF.09A02DF2 [at] aol.com> In a message dated 8/21/2004 4:16:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time, mat goebel writes: >Anyone have any idea how the lion masks (mufasa and scar) were >controlled? By that, I mean as to whether they were above a performer's >head or in front of their face. Was it controlled by the performer >(seems like it had to be)? How so? The masks are indeed controlled by the performers, via a cable running down through their costume to their hand. A cool effect, though rather maintenance intensive. I hadn't realized from your earlier posts that you were coming to see the SF Lion King; it's a bit belated, but if you're in the City again between now and when we leave in November, let me know and I can give you the nickel tour. And while I don't remember who mixed last night, I'll tell the sound guys you liked it. -- Brooke Carlson Automation Carpenter, Lion King Cheetah Tour IATSE Local 50 ------------------------------ Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20040821161437.01835ba0 [at] pop.west.cox.net> Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 16:14:37 From: CB Subject: After Closing >Am I wrong to have a dark weekend following a show? Nope, but you knew how we'd all feel about that... >Does anyone else have to deal with problems like this? Yup. Everyone. This is why they call them problems. >How have you handled it? Two things. Thing the first: Performance art. Make the band director believe that it will be happier for him to wait than to have the space. I.e., "Sure, not a propblem. You'll probably have to hav e few of the marching band members come in just a teensy bit early to clear the (insert large and cumbersome and heavy and dirty items here) off of the (fill in the space that he will most likely want to use here). I'd have my kids do it, but they've worked so hard the last three weekends in a row, it'd be cruel to expect them to make it happen so soon after." Or something to that effect. Thing B: Safety Issues. Insure that the space isn't quite ready for non-technical people to be wandering about. Everyone on this list would agree that the stage is no place for folks to be wandering about unless everything dangerous is stowed properly, and there isn't possibly time to do it within the existing parameters. Trying to change the parameters would include putting others at risk, i.e., making the theatre students work twice as hard to make it safe for the band students puts them at risk. In the best of all possible worlds, you get him to commit resources to make it happen (students of his do some of your work) and you've come to a compromise that both of you can live with. If he is unwilling to compromise, make him state so in front of the powers that be, and they'll solve your problem for you... Chris "Chris" Babbie Location Sound MON AZ Delete key training and post trimming done by appointment. Rates negotiable, will trade for typing lessons/ADD treatment... ------------------------------ Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20040821161712.01835ba0 [at] pop.west.cox.net> Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 16:17:12 From: CB Subject: RE: After Closing > I went as far as inviting some >administrators to come over to the theatre to watch load in It looks like you typoed there. 'Help' is not spelled 'watch'... Chris "Chris" Babbie Location Sound MON AZ Delete key training and post trimming done by appointment. Rates negotiable, will trade for typing lessons/ADD treatment... ------------------------------ Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20040821162926.01835ba0 [at] pop.west.cox.net> Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 16:29:26 From: CB Subject: Re: Production Fundamentals >The costs of working when you are sleep deprived. ( 6:2:1 rule ) OK, I am totally Nippered by this one. 6:2:1 rule? I like the sound of that, it smacks of overtime. 'Splain please... Chris "Chris" Babbie Location Sound MON AZ Delete key training and post trimming done by appointment. Rates negotiable, will trade for typing lessons/ADD treatment... ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20040821234413.42704.qmail [at] web40809.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 16:44:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Chris Wych Subject: Multi tools again Ok, I have a Gerber Multi-Plier® 600 Needlenose and the blade broke in half. (in an old one the medium screwdriver broke) I don't think Gerber will fix it cause I have no proof of purchase (like anyone saves receipts). So my question is what Multi tool should I get. I've come to the conclusion that gerber might not be the best and would be willing to try another brand. I usually do construction and run crew stuff but on occasion I do some electrics. I was thinking of getting the Letherman Charge or the Letherman Wave 2004. But I do like the idea RemGrit® saw with universal saw coupler on the Gerbers (haven't used one with it) Ideas or suggestions? Thanks, Chris W ===== IL State U. Theatre Student a_small_idiot [at] yahoo.com ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ My Theatre Techie Sites: Links- http://www.theatretechie.com Webpage- http://members.aol.com/CPWTCH007/tech.html ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 20:14:15 -0400 From: Stephen Litterst Subject: Re: Multi tools again Message-id: ----- Original Message ----- From=3A Chris Wych =3Ca=5Fsmall=5Fidiot=40yahoo=2Ecom=3E Date=3A Saturday=2C August 21=2C 2004 7=3A44 pm Subject=3A Multi tools again =3E For info=2C archives =26 UNSUBSCRIBE=2C see =3C=22 = =3E target=3D=22l=22=3Ehttp=3A//stagecraft=2Etheprices=2Enet/=3E---------= -------------- =3E ---------------------------- =3E = =3E Ok=2C I have a Gerber Multi-Plier=AE 600 Needlenose and =3E the blade broke in half=2E (in an old one the medium =3E screwdriver broke) I don=27t think Gerber will fix it =3E cause I have no proof of purchase (like anyone saves =3E receipts)=2E So my question is what Multi tool should I =3E get=2E I=27ve come to the conclusion that gerber might =3E not be the best and would be willing to try another =3E brand=2E I usually do construction and run crew stuff =3E but on occasion I do some electrics=2E I was thinking =3E of getting the Letherman Charge or the Letherman Wave =3E 2004=2E But I do like the idea RemGrit=AE saw with =3E universal saw coupler on the Gerbers (haven=27t used one =3E with it) =3E Ideas or suggestions=3F My experience with Gerber is that posession is proof enough=2E So if you= = like the Mult-plier 600 then give them a call and see about getting the = blade replaced=2E = I sent my old series 400 in after 8 years with no receipt and they had no= = problems servicing it=2E Steve L Stephen Litterst Technical Supervisor Ithaca College=2C Dept of Theatre Arts 607=2E274=2E34947 slitterst=40ithaca=2Eedu ------------------------------ Message-ID: <4127E697.4010901 [at] sbcglobal.net> Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 19:19:35 -0500 From: Michael Heinicke Subject: Re: Multi tools again References: In-Reply-To: Chris Wych wrote: > Ideas or suggestions? Try getting your Gerber repaired anyway. A while ago, I broke the jaws on my pair (still not sure what) when I was abusing them. I contacted the company, and sent it in. No receipt, or anything (it had been a present). Only thing I had to pay for was the shipping there, and they ended up sending me a new one. Same thing happened when I had some problems with the new one. No questions, no problems. BTW, if you are searching for the website, I remember having problems finding it. Turns out Gerber knives is owned by Fiskers. Seems like that's how I finally found the website... Mike H ------------------------------ Message-Id: <6.1.1.1.0.20040821200921.01ee2ae0 [at] mail.insightbb.com> Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 20:09:36 -0500 From: Mike Brubaker Subject: Re: Multi tools again In-Reply-To: References: http://www.gerberblades.com/ At 07:19 PM 8/21/2004, you wrote: >BTW, if you are searching for the website, I remember having problems >finding it. Turns out Gerber knives is owned by Fiskers. Seems like that's >how I finally found the website... ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 21:48:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Boyd Ostroff Subject: Another sort of moon effect Message-ID: This story was revisited on the news today because the Brazilian supreme court just dismissed the obscenity charges and said he was within his rights to express himself.... -------------------------------- http://www.andante.com/article/article.cfm?id=21899 Opera Director Doesn't Conceal His Contempt for Angry Audience O Estado de São Paulo [Brazil] / andante - 19 August 2003 Wagners Tannhäuser features the famous "Song of the Evening Star." A recent performance in Rio de Janeiro of the composer's Tristan und Isolde ended with a less heavenly body -- a full moon. Booed vociferously for his revisionist staging of Tristan, director Gerald Thomas dropped his pants on stage Saturday and displayed his bare rear to the audience, O Estado de São Paulo repted. The cast, which included soprano Jayne Casselman as Isolde and tenor John Pierce as Tristan, received warm applause from the audience. The audience, however, turned hostile toward Thomas. After the director dropped his pants, some of the singers on stage, caught by surprise, tried to avert their eyes, the newspaper says. Wagner's opera tells a tale of medieval lovers in an era of knights and chivalry. But Thomas, a New Yorker, added depictions of sex and Nazis to the scenario and moved some scenes to the office of Sigmund Freud. Afterward, Thomas was not apologetic. "I do not follow what the composer imagined, because I am not worried about that," he told O Estado. "I joined the music of Wagner, an anti-Semite, with the ideas of Sigmund Freud, a Jew that changed thought and the art of the 20th century." -- Michael Markowitz "Gerald Thomas provoca polêmica no Rio" João Luiz Sampaio - O Estado de São Paulo [Brazil] - 18 August 2003 ------------------------------------------ Boyd Ostroff ooo Opera Company of Philadelphia Director of Design & Technology ooooooo 1420 Locust St, Suite 210 ostroff [at] operaphilly.com ooooooo Philadelphia, PA 19102 http://tech.operaphilly.com ooo (215) 893-3600 x225 ------------------------------ Message-ID: <4127FDC0.7070801 [at] davidmarks.cc> Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 21:58:24 -0400 From: David Marks Subject: Re: Another sort of moon effect References: Boyd Ostroff wrote: >Booed vociferously for his revisionist staging of Tristan, director Gerald >Thomas dropped his pants on stage Saturday and displayed his bare rear to >the audience, O Estado de São Paulo reported. > But how was it lit?? davemarks ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 22:01:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Boyd Ostroff Subject: Re: Another sort of moon effect In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Sat, 21 Aug 2004, David Marks wrote: > But how was it lit?? Gas-discharge? Boyd Ostroff ooo Opera Company of Philadelphia Director of Design & Technology ooooooo 1420 Locust St, Suite 210 ostroff [at] operaphilly.com ooooooo Philadelphia, PA 19102 http://tech.operaphilly.com ooo (215) 893-3600 x225 ------------------------------ Subject: RE: Multi tools again Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 23:18:31 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Booth, Dennis" I wish I had a dollar for each time I've been asked to loan my Leatherman to someone so they could use it to fix their Gerber. DGB Dennis Gill Booth, Technical Director North Carolina School of the Arts=20 School of Design and Production=20 1553 South Main Street=20 PO Box 12189=20 Winston-Salem, NC 27117-2189=20 * Voice: (336)770-3232 x127=20 * FAX: (336)770-3213=20 * Email: boothd [at] ncarts.edu=20 * D&P URL: http://www.ncarts.edu/ncsaprod/designandproduction/=20 * Faculty URL: http://faculty.ncarts.edu/dandp/booth/ -----Original Message----- From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft [at] theatrical.net] On Behalf Of Chris Wych Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 7:44 PM To: Stagecraft Subject: Multi tools again For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see --------------------------------------------------- ..........Ok, I have a Gerber Multi-Plier(r) 600 Needlenose and the blade broke in half. (in an old one the medium screwdriver broke) I don't think Gerber will fix it cause I have no proof of purchase (like anyone saves receipts). So my question is what Multi tool should I get....... =20 Ideas or suggestions? Thanks, Chris W =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D IL State U. Theatre Student=20 a_small_idiot [at] yahoo.com=20 ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~=20 My Theatre Techie Sites:=20 Links- http://www.theatretechie.com=20 Webpage- http://members.aol.com/CPWTCH007/tech.html=20 ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ ------------------------------ From: "Jason" References: Subject: Re: Tools for da road Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 22:57:27 -0700 Message-ID: As TD only tool you need is a laptop and printer, sometimes pencil to fix a few details. Otherwise your crew and the local crew will do the rest. Jason ------------------------------ From: "Warren Stiles" Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 04:12:18 -0500 Subject: Re: Tools for da road Message-Id: <20040822091218.DF6AA164002 [at] ws1-4.us4.outblaze.com>

Brian,

I never go OTR without a couple of frisbees in my toolbox. Upside-down, they make great trays for anything from small hand tools to truss bolts, to the knobs and screws that your furiously trying to pull out of the sound board that's gotta be repaired in the next 10 minuts. Pretty much anything small or that can roll away. And, if you've got any down time, you can start up a game with your crew.

Since we're talking about multi-tools, I've noticed some patterns over the past few years concerning multi-tool/screw gun/computer preferences.

Leatherman people like DeWalt and PCs.

Gerber people like Makita and Macs.

Schrade people like Porter Cable and PCs.

Am I imagining this, or has anyone else noticed this pattern

                                G. Warren Stiles



----- Original Message -----
From: b Ricie
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 08:07:09 -0700 (PDT)
To: "Stagecraft"
Subject: Tools for da road

> For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see
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>
> Dear wise listers,
> I am going on the road as TD.(not a new thing for me)
> however I got to wondering. The question is not what
> tools to bring, but what tools has anyone forgot to
> bring and really wish they had? Another question would
> be out of the tools you did bring, what tool did you
> find most valuable on the road?
> Thanks in advance
>
>
> =====
> Brian Rice
> b_ricie [at] yahoo.com
>
>
>
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