Have you ever read any of the riders from Rock Bands? The Smoking Gun lists them, most are ridiculous. We have worked with a variety of “stars” over the years, mainly as either keynote speakers or headline entertainment for the final night party. Most are rather subdued and are just doing the corporate thing for the money. Every now and then, you will run into an artist that is just difficult because they can be.
I was once doing a sales meeting for a large record label and one of their up and coming artists refused to get out of her limo. She had a fit and demanded to be driven to her room and refused to walk through the main lobby of the 5 star resort to get to her room. This was a bit of a problem as the hotel was built on a cliff overlooking the pacific ocean and had no roads leading to the rooms. This fact didn’t matter to her as she still steadfastly held to her demands – we eventually just left her in the limo and waited for her to figure it out. She did and went on to be difficult for the 4 hours she was at the meeting.
One of the classic rider legends is the “No green M&Ms” backstage – some unlucky handler has to go through all of the M&Ms and sort out the green ones. This was the first thing that I thought of when I came across this article on CNN about how researchers have discovered a way to reduce secondary damage caused by spinal injuries. They have been using the compound BBG, which is the same blue die that is used in blue M&Ms and Gatorade. Amazing! Who would have every thought that eating M&Ms could actually help you recover quicker from a spinal injury. What’s next? Salt and vinegar Pringles to combat male pattern baldness? The only downside of the BBG intravenous injection (there always is one) was that it turned test rats blue. So, if you see someone with a slight blue tint to them, they are either recovering from a spinal injury or an extra from a Willy Wonka play.
I guess the take-a-way of the story is that there might be solution that’s not directly in front of your face. Try to look for the blue M&M. And if anyone ever tells you, “No green M&Ms” tell them to make sure to keep the blue ones.
Take Two Blue M&Ms … Call Me In The Morning
Have you ever read any of the riders from Rock Bands? The Smoking Gun lists them, most are ridiculous. We have worked with a variety of “stars” over the years, mainly as either keynote speakers or headline entertainment for the final night party. Most are rather subdued and are just doing the corporate thing for the money. Every now and then, you will run into an artist that is just difficult because they can be.
I was once doing a sales meeting for a large record label and one of their up and coming artists refused to get out of her limo. She had a fit and demanded to be driven to her room and refused to walk through the main lobby of the 5 star resort to get to her room. This was a bit of a problem as the hotel was built on a cliff overlooking the pacific ocean and had no roads leading to the rooms. This fact didn’t matter to her as she still steadfastly held to her demands – we eventually just left her in the limo and waited for her to figure it out. She did and went on to be difficult for the 4 hours she was at the meeting.
One of the classic rider legends is the “No green M&Ms” backstage – some unlucky handler has to go through all of the M&Ms and sort out the green ones. This was the first thing that I thought of when I came across this article on CNN about how researchers have discovered a way to reduce secondary damage caused by spinal injuries. They have been using the compound BBG, which is the same blue die that is used in blue M&Ms and Gatorade. Amazing! Who would have every thought that eating M&Ms could actually help you recover quicker from a spinal injury. What’s next? Salt and vinegar Pringles to combat male pattern baldness? The only downside of the BBG intravenous injection (there always is one) was that it turned test rats blue. So, if you see someone with a slight blue tint to them, they are either recovering from a spinal injury or an extra from a Willy Wonka play.
I guess the take-a-way of the story is that there might be solution that’s not directly in front of your face. Try to look for the blue M&M. And if anyone ever tells you, “No green M&Ms” tell them to make sure to keep the blue ones.