Uddevalla, Sweden – Wireless Solution Sweden AB introduces the BlackBox MK2, the latest addition to the G4 line. MK2 offers all of the features of the G4 line, including the ability to repair corrupted data as well as creating a backup duplicate of the signal. MK2 ships in the fourth quarter of 2011.
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Wallingford, CT – Acey Decy Lighting, a sales and rental company in San Fernando, has added Robert Juliat 1159 Victor and 1459 Flo 1800W followspots to its rental inventory. The fixtures are especially useful for the feature film and television industries, which Acey Decy has been servicing since 1963.
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VENTURA, CA – Total Structures announces the addition of Rose Brand Theatrical as its first stocking distributor for the full line of Totalite truss products. Rose Brand’s locations in New Jersey and California will enable customers across the U.S. to enjoy quicker service and shorter transit times.
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A spotlight does just what its name says it will do. Light a spot in a crowd to draw attention to it…But, of course, there… Read More »In a Tight Spot
Read More »I get asked a lot about LEDs. I mean A LOT. LEDs are the hot topic of they day and they will be for some… Read More »Opinions on LEDs
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Kid Rock turned 40 this year, and he had a small party. Just hundreds of thousands of his closest friends. Also, it went a little long. Eight months.
Part of the party was set/lighting designer and programmer Richard “Nook” Schoenfeld, who has been lighting up Rock since 2000. And there was a lot to light, too. Rock brought out a 10-person band plus four dancing girls. Kicking off in Detroit, Rock’s hometown, the high-energy flame-ignited spectacle dazzled more than 50,000 at Ford’s Field on July 17. He took the party across America through to September.
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Mark Payne, lighting designer, director and programmer for Rod Stewart, credits the late Ian Knight, who died in March 2010, for the general concept and set design for the 2011 Rod Stewart & Stevie Nicks Heart & Soul tour.
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Ed Wannebo stops in mid sentence. He’s halfway through a long interview, and he’s up to working for Hall & Oates. He’s already spoken of his work with Van Halen, Tina Turner, David Bowie, ZZ Top, and Stevie Nicks, among others. He’s not yet gotten to Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, or Kenny Chesney.
Read More »With storm-related collapses of outdoor stage structures in the news this year, there have been extensive discussions on topics ranging from wind loads on truss structures to foul weather evacuation protocols. Here, we take a closer look at one of the many critical inter-related factors that all add up to truss collapse prevention and stage safety: The problem of unpredictable load distribution and the importance of load monitoring.
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Autobiography, corporate history, theatre history, memoir—the new book, A Theatre Project, by Richard Pilbrow, is as hard to classify as Pilbrow himself. Best known as a lighting designer, Pilbrow has also served as a ground-breaking theatre consultant. He’s also produced theatre, film and TV and was a projection designer before there was even a recognized craft as such.
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