February08
Hometime
Feb 25, 2008 10:55
Recap; The PBS television show Hometime came to our shop last year to film an episode. This episode is part of a season-long project of completely building out a luxury town home and our job was to scan, print, stretch and install custom designed art. Hometime has been broadcast nationwide for 22 years and has a very loyal following.
It wasn't until the last month that we received final confirmation of the Hometime episode that we participated in. PBS has kind of a funky way of doing things in regards to schedules. PBS does not have the same kind of competitive pressures as the other networks, so they allow the local affiliates to pretty much schedule at will and around any fund raising activities they might have going on.
So, the bottom line is that our episdoe (#2206, Town home: Finale) will be broadcast nationwide on March 8th and in the Red Wing area (TPT, Channel 2) on March 15th at 9 am.
What can we expect? I have no idea. Hometime is carried by 240 PBS stations and is broadcast 340 times per week. The typical episode is seen by about 1 million households and 1.2 million viewers.
Bill Gibb was the producer/director for our episode and Bill told me that it typically takes 8 hours of filmed tape to produce 8 minutes of on-air footage. I saw our episode and there is about 7 minutes of dedicated air-time in discussing our portion and through most of the show you can see the art in the background. One of the best parts for me was the shots taken of the Red Wing community at large. Bill followed-up a suggestion to take some footage from Memorial Park and got some terrific footage of Downtown Red Wing.
I have several tools in place to try and measure what kind of impact the show will have and I promise to share as the results unfold.
Joke (bad)
Feb 15, 2008 10:05
If
you are like me (and I know I am), you have an
appreciation for goofy humor (goofy = not quite funny
and not quite clever). A keen reader may have noticed
the first joke already.
Here is the second joke of the day:
A man goes to a bar with his dog. He goes up to the bar and asks for a drink. The bartender says "You can't bring that dog in here!" The guy, without hesitation, says "It's ok. This is my seeing-eye dog." "Oh man, " the bartender says, "I'm sorry, here, the first one's on me." The man takes his drink and goes to a table near the door.
Another guy walks in the bar with a Chihuahua. The first guy sees him, stops him and says "You can't bring that dog in here unless you tell him it's a seeing-eye dog." The second man graciously thanks the first man and continues to the bar. He asks for a drink. The bartender says "Hey, you can't bring that dog in here!"
The second man replies "This is my seeing-eye dog." The bartender says, "No dude, I don't think so. They do not use Chihuahuas as seeing-eye dogs." The man pauses for a half-second and replies "What?!?! They gave me a Chihuahua?!?"
Here is the second joke of the day:
A man goes to a bar with his dog. He goes up to the bar and asks for a drink. The bartender says "You can't bring that dog in here!" The guy, without hesitation, says "It's ok. This is my seeing-eye dog." "Oh man, " the bartender says, "I'm sorry, here, the first one's on me." The man takes his drink and goes to a table near the door.
Another guy walks in the bar with a Chihuahua. The first guy sees him, stops him and says "You can't bring that dog in here unless you tell him it's a seeing-eye dog." The second man graciously thanks the first man and continues to the bar. He asks for a drink. The bartender says "Hey, you can't bring that dog in here!"
The second man replies "This is my seeing-eye dog." The bartender says, "No dude, I don't think so. They do not use Chihuahuas as seeing-eye dogs." The man pauses for a half-second and replies "What?!?! They gave me a Chihuahua?!?"
Done deal
Feb 14, 2008 17:39
The legal mumbo-jumbo has been signed and it is official...we are moving! The new location is around the corner from our current space (1 block to the West and 1 block to the South, per Mother Google) and the address is 312 West Avenue.
The new space offers several benefits and a few compromises:
Benefits:
+ We can play the music painfully loud without concern to shared-wall neighbors.
+ Our own parking!
+ A phenomenal view.
+ I will finally be able to sit in morning sunlight in my sleeveless t-shirt and tan my face with a reflector board as street thugs stop to pay their respects.
Compromises:
- No longer will we be gently lulled by the engine braking of tractor-trailors barreling through town.
- My current space has this amazing tin ceiling that I have enjoyed for over 5 years. It will be missed.
We will have a 30 day overlap and will begin the move-in as of March 1st.
Welcome
Feb 13, 2008 12:22
It
won't be pretty, but stop back often. My intention is
to post on a regular basis.