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Crewspace?

     About 6 months ago a friend of mine sent me an email. Said he was doing me a favor and had signed me up on an open forum where old touring road dogs could find each other. It was fairly new and went by the moniker Crewspace.com

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A Light Wall, Revealed

One of the few original musicals unleashed on Broadway in recent years — and one that will also be available in a DVD version filmed by Spike Lee — Passing Strange chronicles the life of a young musician who flees his stifling suburban Los Angeles environs to find himself and explore his musical artistry in Amsterdam and Berlin.

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After Celine, Another Day Dawns

Within the last two decades, Las Vegas has seen a cycle of high-stakes one-upsmanship among the casinos lining the Strip, with aging casinos imploding to make way for full-service resorts that have become world-class destinations for gambling, fine dining and relaxing in the sun. The competition to fill the seats of the vast casino showrooms is no less intense.

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Megadeth Goes Beyond Pyro

“Musicianship” might be a word more commonly associated with a Chopin concerto or chamber ensemble than with the thrash metal bands Megadeth, In Flames, Children of Bodom, Job for a Cowboy and High on Fire. Those bands toured North America this year as the latest incarnation of Gigantour, the annual shred-fest launched by Megadeth front man Dave Mustaine in 2005.

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Michael Tait – 2008 Parnelli Visionary Award Winner

“Michael Tait is the reincarnation of Leonardo da Vinci — an artist, an engineer, a sculptor, a true genius,” says production designer Steve Cohen. “He single-handedly raised the bar on production design in my lifetime and stewarded the growth of our little business into the gift that keeps on giving.”

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Hometown Heroes

The readers have spoken. And who are we to argue with them? Not that we ever doubted their choice, but they have voted for an especially eclectic group of companies for the regional winners of the Parnelli Hometown Heroes Awards. The common thread among them is that they are all serving their clients above and beyond the call of duty, yet they all do it in their own unique way. From these six winners, one will be chosen to receive the overall Parnelli Award for Hometown Hero at PLSN’s gala ceremony Oct, 24 2008. So read about those you don’t know and reacquaint yourself with those you do. Then go to www.parnelliawards.com and cast your vote!

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ETC

If you want a peek into the corporate culture of any company, get to know its CEO. For Electronic Theatre Controls, better known as ETC, the CEO is the guy in the Birkenstocks who was once described by a family friend as “the one who talks.” (His brother and co-founder of the company was described by the same friend as “the one who thinks.”) The telling part is that the CEO, Fred Foster, is the one who tells the story. It’s a testimony to the kind of humor and humility you’ll find in this seriously successful man and the company he leads.

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George Michael – 25 Live Tour

You don’t have to be that old to be surprised with the fact that George Michael, frontman for the 1980s pop band Wham!, has been performing for more than a quarter of a century. The first leg of his 25 Live tour, which supports a greatest hits album by the same name, traveled though Europe in late 2006. The North American leg that began earlier this year represents the artist’s first live tour in the U.S. and Canada in 17 years.

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Living the Dream at Age 13

You may have never heard of Cody Stoltz, but if you have, then you know why this young man is special. At 13 years of age, he absolutely loves lighting. While most people his age are still playing with their friends or dealing with the changes that come with transitioning to life as a teenager, Stoltz knows what he wants to do; he wants to be a lighting designer. He’s even saved his money and invested in his own lighting rig, and he’s an intern at New Orleans-based RZI.

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