tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058774462027111667.post7095933387057726538..comments2023-11-03T11:07:24.965-04:00Comments on Adam Rex: Frequently Asked Questions 1Adam Rexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00613641218929467577noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058774462027111667.post-49547851198738241252009-08-28T02:12:28.258-04:002009-08-28T02:12:28.258-04:00lol, you really got m&m's with 3.14 on the...lol, you really got m&m's with 3.14 on them?!? ...did you get a picture? that is too funny!Jennifer Kearneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14301435469271118032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058774462027111667.post-58476700567079255762009-08-26T21:46:21.218-04:002009-08-26T21:46:21.218-04:00I was going to mention This American Life! Listen...I was going to mention This American Life! Listening to that show is just another thing that makes you awesome, Adam Rex.Jason Michelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17717521560469683151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058774462027111667.post-4196620274087804912009-08-26T16:59:29.961-04:002009-08-26T16:59:29.961-04:00Ha! Hi David.
I knew someone would bring this ...Ha! Hi David. <br /><br />I knew someone would bring this up. I started writing these long Frequently Asked Questions a while ago (more will appear in the coming days and weeks if people seem interested), but I was reminded of this one recently when I heard John Flansburg (of They Might Be Giants) on This American Life explaining the reason behind the M&M dressing room legend.<br /><br />I decided I liked the FAQ as originally written and opted not to edit in this new information, but the comments section seems like the right place for it.Adam Rexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00613641218929467577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7058774462027111667.post-61723783723103799112009-08-26T16:48:49.886-04:002009-08-26T16:48:49.886-04:00From David Lee Roth's autobiography:
"Va...From David Lee Roth's autobiography:<br /><br />"Van Halen was the first band to take huge productions into tertiary, third-level markets. We’d pull up with nine eighteen-wheeler trucks, full of gear, where the standard was three trucks, max. And there were many, many technical errors—whether it was the girders couldn’t support the weight, or the flooring would sink in, or the doors weren’t big enough to move the gear through.<br /><br />The contract rider read like a version of the Chinese Yellow Pages because there was so much equipment, and so many human beings to make it function. So just as a little test, in the technical aspect of the rider, it would say “Article 148: There will be fifteen amperage voltage sockets at twenty-foot spaces, evenly, providing nineteen amperes...” This kind of thing. And article number 126, in the middle of nowhere, was: “There will be no brown M&M’s in the backstage area, upon pain of forfeiture of the show, with full compensation.”<br /><br />So, when I would walk backstage, if I saw a brown M&M in that bowl... well, line-check the entire production. Guaranteed you’re going to arrive at a technical error. They didn’t read the contract. Guaranteed you’d run into a problem. Sometimes it would threaten to just destroy the whole show. Something like, literally, life-threatening."<br /><br />Also: Green M&Ms make you horny, and red M&Ms cause cancer.Davidhttp://www.ironicsans.comnoreply@blogger.com