More Cirque notes.

Yesterday was much better.
Of course, the tent was much warmer than the outside world yesterday, so I still ended up sweat-coated a number of times, but hey.

Got my shopping done. Still annoyed about Saturday, but hey.

Got to see the hoop act again during the 1st show. I still like it. Dergen was back for the 2nd show and in fine form.

I was on door 5 and the break schedule was such that I was the one getting out of the way for Claudio's run up the stairs for "Ne me quitter pas".

A tiring but fine day.

Now, ripping/listening to the Varekai album, it's interesting to note that I recognize about 1/4 of the music on it from the show. I'd love to figure out what's up with that.

The bonus CD of live tracks I know all of.

The bonus DVD (about 20m of content) shows that things have changed in the story part of the show since it 1st started out. I may have to buy/rent/borrow the DVD release to see if one or the other is 'better'...

The costume designer for this show is Eiko Ishioka... it wasn't until I watched the Bonus DVD that I figured out why the name (and, indeed, the style of the costumes) was vaguely familiar...

More Cirque notes.

Yesterday was much better.
Of course, the tent was much warmer than the outside world yesterday, so I still ended up sweat-coated a number of times, but hey.

Got my shopping done. Still annoyed about Saturday, but hey.

Got to see the hoop act again during the 1st show. I still like it. Dergen was back for the 2nd show and in fine form.

I was on door 5 and the break schedule was such that I was the one getting out of the way for Claudio's run up the stairs for "Ne me quitter pas".

A tiring but fine day.

Now, ripping/listening to the Varekai album, it's interesting to note that I recognize about 1/4 of the music on it from the show. I'd love to figure out what's up with that.

The bonus CD of live tracks I know all of.

The bonus DVD (about 20m of content) shows that things have changed in the story part of the show since it 1st started out. I may have to buy/rent/borrow the DVD release to see if one or the other is 'better'...

The costume designer for this show is Eiko Ishioka... it wasn't until I watched the Bonus DVD that I figured out why the name (and, indeed, the style of the costumes) was vaguely familiar...

DC Folks: Want to put up some Cirque grunts?

So, after work last night, went out with a couple of Cirque folks to Good Times.

In the course of conversation, I mentioned that, if I wanted to leave my life behind for a month or so, I'd go and follow the show down to DC as I'd have plenty of places to stay, given the pittance they pay. (Ok, it's a reasonable grunt-labor hourly wage, but the hours are usually 20/week or fewer... this does not make for a good living wage.)

I was then asked if I would happen to know anyone up to putting up 1-3 travelers for the time the show's in DC.

I'm not sure who's being enquired for, other than John, the guy I was talking about.

Everyone I've met has been fairly nice at least, though I have no idea what most of them are like on the off-hours. Most seem fairly vanilla, for many values of the word.

I don't know what they'd be up to paying (I think a reasonable number are sharing $30/night hotel rooms up here...) for the lodging.

If you want to talk to them, let me know, and I'll put you in touch.

Oh...Metro accessibility would probably be preferable, as renting a car's another expense they don't really need.

Perqs would certainly include access to discount tickets, maybe discount merch.

DC Folks: Want to put up some Cirque grunts?

So, after work last night, went out with a couple of Cirque folks to Good Times.

In the course of conversation, I mentioned that, if I wanted to leave my life behind for a month or so, I'd go and follow the show down to DC as I'd have plenty of places to stay, given the pittance they pay. (Ok, it's a reasonable grunt-labor hourly wage, but the hours are usually 20/week or fewer... this does not make for a good living wage.)

I was then asked if I would happen to know anyone up to putting up 1-3 travelers for the time the show's in DC.

I'm not sure who's being enquired for, other than John, the guy I was talking about.

Everyone I've met has been fairly nice at least, though I have no idea what most of them are like on the off-hours. Most seem fairly vanilla, for many values of the word.

I don't know what they'd be up to paying (I think a reasonable number are sharing $30/night hotel rooms up here...) for the lodging.

If you want to talk to them, let me know, and I'll put you in touch.

Oh...Metro accessibility would probably be preferable, as renting a car's another expense they don't really need.

Perqs would certainly include access to discount tickets, maybe discount merch.