I left Manchester, TN via BNA (that's Nashville in airport lingo) Monday 6/16/08 90 minutes later than scheduled due to flight delays of the plane arriving to BNA. I arrived at JFK (that's New York JFK in airport lingo) an extra hour later due to flight delays in the air causing the pilot to fly in circles over Virginia for an hour waiting his turn to arrive. ...At least I made it through security without the extra special treatment this time...
For a moment I almost sympathize with the counter attendants. They have to put up with some angry people spouting venom at circumstanced beyond anyone's control all day long. But I said ALMOST. They knew the job before they took it. It's basically a government job, it pays well and there is no recourse for treating people badly. People work for airlines and airports for the same reasons people become cops. The power trip. The fucking FAA, FTA and DHS (Department of Homeland Security) have made it impossible to voice any complaints or disdain for the treatment from the nasty human beings employed to handle customer service issues behind the counters of our airports. Their paranoia of terrorism and efforts to control the population through fear have rules in place that make it a crime to piss off the attendant and the attendants are already pissed off.
Arriving at JFK I had an interesting encounter at baggage claim.
I wonder if the pigeon had trouble making it through security.
Day Two: this gig is enormous.
The gig is a free outdoor show for the Metropolitan Opera House of New York. The event will draw 100,000 people to the park Friday night to see Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna- singing popular arias and duets with Ion Marin conducting the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus.
Prospect Park is a park in Brooklyn that is the second largest park in NYC only to Central Park. The area that the gig is in is 1/2 mile long and 200 yards wide. This is a small section of the park which is probably a 10 mile drive to go around.
**Geek Info**
This photo is from the halfway point of the venue. From the stage coming toward me are 10 delay towers. (three are parallel with me taking this pic and not visible to the camera) each of these towers will hold 10 Meyer MILO.
Behind those trees are 4 more towers. That is 140 flown speakers for delay. Each tower has either a 700HP or M3D sub on the ground below it depending on the position.
A prepped tower ready to fly:
The Main Stage Lighting Rig:
Day 3: Fly high and tune...
Today was a short and easy day; float the arrays to trim height, tune and align the system and tie up loose ends.
The stage with the roof up and video screens flown.
That's it for the tech stuff.
Today I had time to wander Brookyn for a little while as I needed to do laundry and had time to kill. To get from the park to the hotel I took the Subway and decided to take some "arty" photos. I don't claim that they're any good, but they look cool to me.
The view from the desk in my hotel room:
Lady Liberty.
A cool fountain on the harbor.
New York:
My new roadie friend Chris and I with the city behind us:
I know I've seen movies with this walkway in it but I can't think of the titles:
I don't know my schedule for tomorrow. If the day is lax I may try and visit my Aunt, Uncle and Cousins from CT tomorrow.
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