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Last night, Dave and i fired up the entire rig on battery power for the first time.

Here is a picture of the almost completely finished rig.

In this picture, you can see the way that the keyboard and joystick are mounted

We hit a snag pretty early on, in which one of the four speakers wasn't working, but Dave pulled out his special powers, and *poof* it was all good. That set us back time-wise, but eventually we got it going. By the time that we had it all under way, it was much later than we'd planned, so when we hit another snag, we didn't have tome to see what was up. I think I've figure d out what was up though- the computer was shutting itself down after just a few minutes, but it appears to have been a relatively simple thing to figure out. We are going to give it another run o Friday. I still want to be out by this weekend. *crossing fingers*

Today, when I got out of bed, another significant challenge for the show hit me. It's really basic, but I hadn't thought of it before:

I will be hot and sweaty while working. That requires lots of liquids. Lots of ingested liquid leads to.................... lots of peeing! Now, what the hell am I going to do about that? I will have to think about it. Oh, wait- never mind! I just went back to my last posting, and noticed that there were coin-op toilets by where I'm setting up. That will work just fine! *whew*

The big, fat words of eeno at June 10, 2004 02:55 PM

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but where will you put your rig while you're in there?

tomas's werdz of wizdum, deposited here on June 10, 2004 03:32 PM

I guess I'll have to drag it in there with me.

Yum!

Eeno's werdz of wizdum, deposited here on June 10, 2004 03:36 PM

what about lights LED? your real cash flow will come from the night crowds. I rember suzy sounds light setup back in the day when she was one of the most couragous street musicians/singers with her portable keyboard and mercury like persona.
I would see her playing in the mission...haight....jefferson street....polk...and just about every other part of the city.

gogol's werdz of wizdum, deposited here on June 10, 2004 04:03 PM

This is the first phase. We will have me and the puppet lit up like a neon sign that will flash to the music as the second phase. Dave's roommate has volunteered his services to help us get that going. I haven't been down to the wharf at night, which I suppose that i will do on Friday, to see how it goes.

The lights are something that will be a serious consideration when it comes to battery consumption. I didn't realize that the money would be best at night, though. I guess it makes sense since that's the way it was in Boulder. Hmmm...

eeno's werdz of wizdum, deposited here on June 10, 2004 04:38 PM

puppet master bob hartman use to do shows at the top entrance to the cannery...there are steps leading down to the courtyard and people use to gather on the side walk and on the first few steps and enjoy his magic with puppets that spot might be very different these days.

gogol's werdz of wizdum, deposited here on June 11, 2004 12:27 AM

I think that things are a lot more tight these days, though I am not certain. We shall see.

I met Bob Hartman a couple of years ago. From what i understand, he doesn't perform much anymore. I believe that he was performing that night, and I missed it. Perhaps he can be convinced to perform again at the same event this year. I'm planning on doing it myself.

eeno's werdz of wizdum, deposited here on June 11, 2004 02:58 AM

Yanno, it's kinda gross, but you could always attach a bag or something... like they do in hospitals (only not the catheter kind)... to take care of those sudden and uncontrollable eliminatory urges....

Sidde's werdz of wizdum, deposited here on June 11, 2004 04:12 AM

do you have sudden uncontrollable eliminatory urges?

lara's werdz of wizdum, deposited here on June 11, 2004 08:32 AM

I am having one right now.

eno's werdz of wizdum, deposited here on June 11, 2004 11:48 AM

*snort*

Leila's werdz of wizdum, deposited here on June 11, 2004 05:30 PM

You better hurry up and perform, though... the World Is Going To End within the next month... or at the end of 8 years... whichever comes first....

heh....

Seede's werdz of wizdum, deposited here on June 12, 2004 05:08 AM

Well that sure makes things a lot simpler!

eeni's werdz of wizdum, deposited here on June 12, 2004 02:17 PM

You could let it puddle and pool on the ground. That could provoke some different and interesting audience interactions/reactions. Or what about that "Depends" idea of years past?

Jen on Ice's werdz of wizdum, deposited here on June 14, 2004 04:00 AM

couldn't you just blame it on the puppet?

gwinn's werdz of wizdum, deposited here on June 19, 2004 10:00 AM

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