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On Broadway Tonight – Strike

On Broadway Tonight – Strike

In 2003, a musicians’ union strike shuttered Broadway for four days, causing the theatre industry’s flagship location to suffer millions of dollars in losses. The outcome was a negotiated compromise: Musicians, who were seeking to prevent producers from replacing too many live performers with computer-based music systems, accepted the fact that the pit would go forward with a few less live bodies and reminded their employers that Broadway was rebounding with record profits from the problems of 2001. The producers, for their part, acknowledged that they could not completely automate the orchestra and were satisfied with keeping just a little less of those enhanced profits.

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Velcro ties

Ya know, every once in a while someone invents something that you wish they hadn't. While some people like it, others hate it. While I may be a minority here, I'd like to state for the record that I fucking hate velcro cable ties.

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Velcro ties

Ya know, every once in a while someone invents something that you wish they hadn't. While some people like it, others hate it. While I may be a minority here, I'd like to state for the record that I fucking hate velcro cable ties.

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Bonerama funkin’ it up in Colorado

       

        Alrighty the first week is in the bag and I’m feeling damn good about it. When I left off the last blog I said Denver was the first stop on the tour. Since the van was heading from Columbus, Ohio we got to make a stop at the Harrah’s Casino in St. Louis, Missouri which was a blast. Well we got into Denver early in the evening so I decided to grab a beer across the street from the hotel to unwind, enjoy downtown, and tell people about the show tomorrow night. It turned out Common was playing right down the street at the Fillmore and I got to meet a lot of cool people and of course a drunken girl that stole a telephone book in the middle of the street. So after a few laughs I went right to bed and I woke the next day to meet the crew and band.

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