On the stageToo shy to ever appear on stage myself, I still hung around theatres like a bad smell when I was younger - lighting and set design were what I was good at.
Backstage we'd attempt to sabotage every production - us lighting geeks would wind up the sound man by putting the remote "pause" button for his reel-to-reel tape machine on his chair, so when he sat down it'd start running, ruining his cues. Actors would do scenes out of order to make our lives hell. It was great and I don't know why I don't still do it.
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I've been playing in bands for around 35 yearsOne of my first bands was a Bristol based rock outfit called Axe. We were supporting Staus Quo and Chicken Shack at the Weston Super-Mare back in the early 70's. The fashion in those days were loon pants. Brightly coloured cotton flared jeans with 2 or 3 big buttons for the fly. We were half way though our set when I was passed a piece of paper from a girl which read, "Your cock is hanging out". I smiled and continued playing only to discover she was right. Oh dear.
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Captn Hood-Butter is not dead yet., Fri 2 Dec 2005, 14:38,
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