In the context of falling off a stage… that may be more of a number one commonest hazard than one would think. In working with all kinds of groups, from Evanston Ballet to Elementary School Talent Revue, I have to always take charge on the safety issue.
Have you ever really looked at the jerry-rigging that passes as stage design? Someone does something stupid like leave off braces, and next thing you know the bass player is part of a melted mass of transformers, PCB’s copper wire, charred plywood, and ballistic nylon… not kidding.
I have seen actors\performers fall in over fifty percent of jobs I have “volunteered” [seldom paid] worked.
I am dealt the old “crazy crew man” title, since I always get under the stage and reinforce it with clamps and cross bracing. Actors twist ankles, get canned, fall through, fall off … no real fault of their own. Like the straw that broke the llama’s coccyx — tailbone pain: diagnosis, coping and treatment, find a doctor
I get peeved when I watch “Usher” doing his cat walk thing .. Promenade from a high scaffold to a switch back cantilevered stage .. I am thrust into risk management thinking …. yes, on many levels. Actually Michael Jackson’s reversal of fame could be traced back to when his hair caught on fire… due to a pyrotechnic faux paux .. no? All down hill from there..
Did you know that most ladders, saw horses, swing seats, chairs have a design weight limit… not to exceed? What if your drummer arrives forty minutes before curtain, and is weighing in at four-hundred pounds?
What will you do with your seven tiers of drum risers?
Truth or DARE — go ahead MooPigsters, Check the label on your ladder out in the garage: limit around 300 lbs. .. enough said.
############### as for the money shot?
I don’t know either who the rocker is: maybe Pat Benatar? [sp]
Yes Mr Direction:
For the love of God … see everyone? — Curtis Mayfield, what a total waste! a simple wing nut not tightened?
– btw –
Ooooops. Is Jack talking about the dude looking over the madam’s shoulder? Who is that guy? Paul Schaffer?
At first glance I thought it was Steven Tyler before going into rehab.
Now I see it is a woman, but not sure who it is.
Cheers,
Kirk
I`AM NOT SURE …… BUT WILL TAKE A GUESS ANYWAY….
* BONNIE RAITT *
OTHER WISE, PLEASE LET US KNOW TOMORROW……..
ALWAYS, JUDY (FEBRUARY)
On the left? In the background, that looks like Tony Levin.
The foreground left looks like someone’s grandmother.
the one in the foreground…Kirk got it, it IS Steven Tyler, recent photo though after he fell off stage
In the context of falling off a stage… that may be more of a number one commonest hazard than one would think. In working with all kinds of groups, from Evanston Ballet to Elementary School Talent Revue, I have to always take charge on the safety issue.
Have you ever really looked at the jerry-rigging that passes as stage design? Someone does something stupid like leave off braces, and next thing you know the bass player is part of a melted mass of transformers, PCB’s copper wire, charred plywood, and ballistic nylon… not kidding.
I have seen actors\performers fall in over fifty percent of jobs I have “volunteered” [seldom paid] worked.
I am dealt the old “crazy crew man” title, since I always get under the stage and reinforce it with clamps and cross bracing. Actors twist ankles, get canned, fall through, fall off … no real fault of their own. Like the straw that broke the llama’s coccyx — tailbone pain: diagnosis, coping and treatment, find a doctor
I get peeved when I watch “Usher” doing his cat walk thing .. Promenade from a high scaffold to a switch back cantilevered stage .. I am thrust into risk management thinking …. yes, on many levels. Actually Michael Jackson’s reversal of fame could be traced back to when his hair caught on fire… due to a pyrotechnic faux paux .. no? All down hill from there..
Did you know that most ladders, saw horses, swing seats, chairs have a design weight limit… not to exceed? What if your drummer arrives forty minutes before curtain, and is weighing in at four-hundred pounds?
What will you do with your seven tiers of drum risers?
Truth or DARE — go ahead MooPigsters, Check the label on your ladder out in the garage: limit around 300 lbs. .. enough said.
############### as for the money shot?
I don’t know either who the rocker is: maybe Pat Benatar? [sp]
Hard one … Maybe that’s Elton John after a bad bad night ?
PDAF, that sort of thing is how Curtis Mayfield got paralyzed. Insecure lighting fell on him. So sad.
Yes Mr Direction:
For the love of God … see everyone? — Curtis Mayfield, what a total waste! a simple wing nut not tightened?
– btw –
Ooooops. Is Jack talking about the dude looking over the madam’s shoulder? Who is that guy? Paul Schaffer?
SO WHO IS THE MYSTERY GUEST ???
I completely give in: is he\she\it Martin Gore ?