Midnight Oil

[Powderworks] In the news today- WHAT??

Kate Parker Adams kate at dnki.net
Fri Apr 16 09:46:29 MDT 2004


I think Beth forgot to take her medication again.

Otherwise, I'd be preparing to wrestle the two or three other powderworkers
who can run a GCMS for the tour contract!

kPa

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Aliester Crowley
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 4:55 AM
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Subject: RE: [Powderworks] In the news today- WHAT??


Hi mates

...please, can anybody explain us, in simple words, what´s this all about??

THANKS!!



> >From Forbes magazine
>
>Five Aussie Uberrockers' CI Initiative:  The Oilz Live Project
>
>By Jody Warner
>
>Forbes recently noticed a significant number of Conway Continuous
>Improvement professionals buying tickets for a south-of-the-equator
>destination and sent the author to track down the story.  All this
>reporter can say is:  That whirring sound you hear is Professor Deming
>rotating in his grave.
>
>It seems that Martin Rotsey, guitarist for legendary Australian
>complaint-rockers Midnight Oil, has arranged for a crack CI team to
>assist with the band's reunification tour under top-secret security.
>The Oils' enduring icon, bald lead singer-cum-environmentalist lawyer
>Peter Garrett, left the band in late 2002 without word of his future
>plans, but seemingly has had second thoughts, according to his comments
>in recent interviews.  During the hiatus, Rotsey was introduced to the
>principles of CI by a family member, and when the band members met to
>negotiate the possibility of reforming to play more live shows, he had a
>CI proposal all ready to go.
>
>Rotsey explains, "The Oils have always been known for their high-energy
>live shows.  I wanted to make sure we were going to do this right, if we
>were going to do it at all."  Drummer and songwriter Rob Hirst is
>enthusiastic about the new ideas their CI program has brought to the
>table.  "This will be the first time in the band's history that we'll be
>able to collect solid data on whether the audience is getting the best
>possible Oils live experience, and we can use each show to make
>adjustments to the playlist and stage setup for the subsequent shows."
>
>Consequently, their touring retinue will include not only managers,
>roadies, and instrument techs, but two electrical and three acoustic
>engineers, a half-million dollar miniaturized gas chromatograph-mass
>spectrometer (GC-MS) with a Ph.D. chemist in tow to run it, several
>medical doctors, and a staggering array of specialized equipment and
>computers.  The GC-MS is to be used to sample the air in the theater and
>separate and quantify the amount of butyric acid, a component of human
>sweat.  "If the audience isn't dripping, we're not doing our job right,"
>says Rotsey.  "Our fans want to leave a trail on the floor behind them
>on the way out the door, and we're not about to disappoint them.  We can
>measure how well each song is doing by looking at the GC-MS data, and if
>there's not enough BA in the air, we can change the playlist on the fly
>to hit 'em harder.
>
>"At the same time, we need to recognize that some of our fans aren't as
>young as they used to be."  Hence, the doctors.  Garrett explains,
>"Thermal imaging and acousto-optic technology will let our doctors and
>engineers kind of keep an eye on the audience by measuring heart rates
>and skin temperatures, and they can send signals to the on-stage
>computers when it's time to play Bedlam Bridge or Harrisburg for a bit
>of a break."  Meanwhile, the electrical engineers will be using digital
>imaging to scan the crowd and calculate the percentage of women in the
>audience.  This data will be used to determine how much time the
>handsome and engaging Hirst will spend at stage front, and how often
>he'll be turning his back to the audience.  Acoustic measurements will
>allow the band to record the volume and pitch of the audience's
>response.
>
>The electrical engineers seem right at home in this unusual environment,
>especially since guitarist-songwriter Jim Moginie is a dedicated techie
>and spends a great deal of his spare time helping them tinker with their
>setup.  The chemist, however, has an unenviable job dealing with bassist
>and inveterate prankster "Bones" Hillman, who seemingly regards him as
>lawful prey.  Hillman has reprogrammed the GC-MS computer on the sly,
>persisted in blowing marijuana smoke into the air sampling device, and
>relentlessly pestered the hapless scientist with endless charts such as
>"PPOCF (Pete Perspiration Output Correction Factor)" or "Increased
>Signal-to-Noise Ratio Induced by Cheap Aftershave:  The Aqua-Velva
>Effect."  "Hey, he's going to have show the system can deal with it,"
>Hillman pointed out.
>
>The result, Rotsey hopes, will be the best Midnight Oil shows in the
>band's 25 year history.  It remains to be seen whether the principles of
>Continuous Improvement are truly applicable to one of rock's most
>hard-hitting stage shows.  The author is looking forward to observing
>the outcome and reporting back to Forbes readers in a future article.
>
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