blacked out until 05.08.06 -
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02.03.09
12:45 PM, Sunday,
May 7th, 2006:
Man, this whole
blacked out entry thing is drivin' me crazy. Not even
seeing the titles... maybe that's easier for readers?
Ugh. I know it's gonna make people skip over stuff
when it's unlocked because when they see 7 entries
pop-up it's overwhelming. GRRRR. Hell it could be 40
entries if I really am in the blackout period.
Well
the last 24 hours started out good, and
then continually got worse. The set-up.
The set-up is gonna kill me. After
watching the promos
ad nauseum I don't see one act that
couldn't run on-stage and perform
immediately. All of them. And when did
they tape all that? I know I said
before I thought it was fake, but
it's pretty clear they've done something.
I don't think it's part of the show as
they haven't even announced the judges
yet, but that is the stage, those ARE the
X's behind them. Wow.
Anyway, I have
this inkling that the original call on Thursday may
have been for the bigger, more cumbersome acts...and
they may have decided there's no longer a need for it.
Because of the whole "run onstage and perfrom
immediately" angle - it just seems strange for me to
be the only one who has towers rolled out for him. At
this point, hell I'll buy the new set-up NOW. I'll
have light flat screen computer monitors and run up
with them... but of course - just to "run" the
system you need to line up the TVs, have wiring for
sound and whatnot. I mean if tthe promos had shown any
friggin' act that was already set-up on stage
and the people ran up to it, OK... but nope. It really
feels like my set-up is gonna kill this.
I guess I'm most
bummed because I totally just pictured the
"feel" of American Idol. A show like that would
be able to accomidate this. You see the cool packages,
telling the story of each contestant... again - how
perfect. This show however seems to be harkening back
to the 70s 80s, Price is Right, Let's Make a Deal,
Gong Show type shows where you run up, do your shit,
run down - WAHOO!! Big X's in the back - don't get the
buzzer! <enter clown music> It's vastly
different than what I had envisioned. And
although it might not be tough for them to make an
exception for my act, as it's really all on wheels, it
would be completely unfair to the other acts they had
to turn away because their set-up was too big. I can't
be the only guy in the whole show that gets special
treatment. It's a game show, it has to be an even
playing field.
GRRRRR. I mean
honestly, if it comes down to that. If I'm knocked out
because of the set-up there's really nothing that
I can do about it. Even computer monitors that
I HELD would still require extensive wiring and
could never be so self sufficient as to allow me to
run onstage with them while they're on. No battery
pack in the world would be small enough to run 4
monitors, the computer that runs them, and a tape or
device to play the show. So if I get knocked out
for that, I'll just have to accept the fact that this
show was not a fit for my act. It sounded
perfect, but in reality they went a slightly different
route than I had hoped.
But goddamnit. Can
they really rule out acts because they can't run
onstage in 5 seconds with all their shit? That just
seems ridiculous to me. All wired bands are
GONE.... and well I guess that's it. Jugglers
can, magicians can, 2 man comedy acts can, acrobats
can, contortionists can, singers can, dancers can -
fuck. It's really gonna come down to that ain't
it:
