On Nov 14, 2008, at 3:02 PM, John D wrote:

>
> Any time staff goes into the theater during the day, they're wearing
> those Late Show Letter Jackets. I used to think it was some sort of
> team spirit, show biz, show off kind of thing. Then I was invited to
> take some time off to listen to Alanis Morrisette rehearse and
> discovered for myself. By the way, that theater has, (or had) a truly
> fantastic sound system. Tickets are free for that evening's show to
> anybody that's waiting in line for them outside the theater.
> They hired me as a freelance graphic artist from MacTemps (remember
> them? now Aquent) They'd come in and hand over a couple descriptions
> of what they wanted and I made props for them, like book covers etc,
> for the throw away gags he does. Worldwide Pants and my agency
> couldn't work out the terms to hire me so I kept on keeping on. It
> would have been nice to be on staff. Sittin around with a nice coffee
> and then about three feverish hours of work and then sittin around
> waiting to see, is there anything else? Then listen to the show on the
> PA. Home for an early evening. For a while I had the script books for
> each show I worked but gave them away when I moved out here. And
> eventually I "ahem" outgrew the t-shirt they gave me.
>
Very cool. It's amazing the people you meet on the internets.

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