notes to self

• I think I'll post my notes in a color other than black so they're distinguishible from the actual story.
• I need names for the two guitarists and the drummer. Do the instrumentalists travel with the singers or on the crew bus? I'm thining with the singers, but they have to be on stage earlier to warm up the crowd before the real stars come on.
• I need to name the video director and the three camera operators, too, plus at least one sound tech in addition to Fred. They definitely travel on the crew bus. Are any of them women?
• I think we're going to need yet another bus. Crew bus, less posh. Executive bus, very nice. Bill, Jimmy, & Arlynn always ride the executive bus. Phillip, Nancy & Quentin often do too. The younger, less stuffy performers ride the fun bus, driven by Miss Stone. (Don't even think of calling Miss Stone by her first name without an invitation, and if you get one, that's Miss Rosetta to you.) They need room to spread out, so I don't want the buses getting too crowded. A little crowded, yes, for friction, but not cramped. Good lord, the gas bill alone is going to have Bill Williams tearing out what's left of his hair. Not that he wears a toupee or anything.
• When I drive I-90 between the Twin Cities and the Black Hills, I make a game of pretending the town names on exit signs are people's names instead. So if you meet an Emery Farmer — or a Magnolia Kanaranzi — in this story, you'll know where he/she came from.
• Needs more Jesus. I think Bill opens the show with a prayer, too.
• What kind of camera does Kielle carry? How much memory does it have and how many pictures does that equal? I'll have to ask Rachel.
• Would it be wrong of me to call Jimmy the Asshole Jimmy Hindman? Probably. But (butt) I won't say I'm not tempted.
• I suppose I'll have to describe the entire show, act by act, here in the beginning so we all know what the hell I'm talking about. Cripes, that's going to be tedious. Well, not if I do it right.
• Kielle is going to have a hell of a time not doocing herself, especially when things get hairy backstage. That's going to be a real struggle.