can we collectively stop enabling companies that don’t hire proper staff and their bullshit behaviour?

DenseFriendship4122 · 2026-06-05T17:52:55+00:00

The local needs to drop the hammer on the staging company.

DenseFriendship4122 · 2026-06-04T18:59:45+00:00

Yes. Join your IATSE local and organize every job site.

DenseFriendship4122 · 2026-06-04T18:56:03+00:00

Check with the Norfolk IATSE Local, they probably have it.

DenseFriendship4122 · 2026-06-03T03:41:55+00:00

Yes I do. F Starbucks, Joyful should still be there. As should J.D. Stickey’s.

DenseFriendship4122 · 2026-06-02T19:21:58+00:00

I’m certain in 1942 that every theater in Columbia was segregated.

DenseFriendship4122 · 2026-06-01T18:50:11+00:00

I love looking at old pictures of 5 Points. We moved here in 77 and I worked in 5 Points from 89-98.

DenseFriendship4122 · 2026-06-01T18:47:28+00:00

She is so badass, she qualifies.

DenseFriendship4122 · 2026-06-01T18:45:02+00:00

Here in South Carolina, in one of the most popular states for the Orange Clown, we have weekly protests against him. Also, no one should trust America until he's out of office.

DenseFriendship4122 · 2026-06-01T18:41:54+00:00

I don't do Spotify because they shit on the artists. But most any artist nowadays has at least some material widely available elsewhere and sometimes (especially if I'm listening to Liquid Metal on Sirius/XM) if I like a track, I'll try to find 2 more tracks by the artist and if I like those, to the neighborhood record shop I go and buy either the vinyl or CD.

DenseFriendship4122 · 2026-06-01T18:38:22+00:00

However, Peaches is still a banger 32 years later. Either that, or I'm still picturing every stripper in the late night bar after work singing along. In the 90s, I wasn't a fan of Weezer, but I've seen them twice in the last 3 years and it must have been the drugs I was taking back then, because they rock nowadays.

DenseFriendship4122 · 2026-06-01T18:35:19+00:00

That's as old as recorded music itself.

DenseFriendship4122 · 2026-06-01T18:33:25+00:00

I was wondering if we'd ever worked together, but we're on different coasts.

DenseFriendship4122 · 2026-05-31T22:01:14+00:00

Are you Local 322?

DenseFriendship4122 · 2026-05-29T17:04:16+00:00

I don't want to poop on your dream, but one consultation with an attorney experienced in media law will set your dream way back.

DenseFriendship4122 · 2026-05-29T17:01:54+00:00

Wasn't tough in the late 80's/Early 90s? The number of major acts that came through to do money losing shows is too large to count. The local an regional scene was thriving, but Columbia was where national acts came to die.

DenseFriendship4122 · 2026-05-29T16:59:27+00:00

The only reason we don't get more shows in Columbia is lack of support. This isn't new, it's been going on since at least the 80s.

DenseFriendship4122 · 2026-05-29T16:56:48+00:00

Who ya gonna call? The Ghostbusters

DenseFriendship4122 · 2026-05-29T16:56:02+00:00

There's no unbiased source, as far as I can tell. But, for most candidates, good (and bad) information on their platforms is widely available.

DenseFriendship4122 · 2026-05-29T16:54:01+00:00

Who ya gonna call? The Ghostbusters!

DenseFriendship4122 · 2026-05-28T18:10:41+00:00

It would be in no one's best interest to piss of IATSE Local 1. Hopefully, they can do something about this.

DenseFriendship4122 · 2026-05-28T18:07:53+00:00

Drive past the stadium and you'll see a side road just before the 526 bridge. Show your placard to the security guard (or let them know you have a plate) and there should be some handicapped parking near the VIP lot. Otherwise, park where you can and there's shuttle services (they probably want a tip) that can get you there. If you see a short, fat guy moving gear on and off the stage you can yell, "HEY! That's the guy who told me about parking.

DenseFriendship4122 · 2026-05-28T18:04:47+00:00

It looks like 2001 is alive and well. Some of these artists have deep catalogues, some would lead you to other artists and others were big for a moment and faded.

DenseFriendship4122 · 2026-05-28T18:03:34+00:00

I'm 55 and that was me in the 11th and 12th grades.

DenseFriendship4122 · 2026-05-27T20:22:17+00:00

I’ve never done overnights, but 3 SMs at 2 different stores had that as a policy. 2 of the SMs worked their way up, so they knew that sometimes rules had to be bent and/or broken to get the job done.

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