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Titolo: Making a Monster Part 4: Grocery Shopping for REM

Il Quarto capitolo si occupa delle richieste alimentari del gruppo... 
le mitiche liste dei più svariati tipi di viveri personalizzati per
ogni membro :)
Ma i rem non sono di quelli che richiedono ad esempio una coppa di
M&Ms con specifici colori eliminati precedentemente 
[una mia amica alle medie toglieva tutti i verdi...ma percheeeeeè? :D]
ma le stravaganze nel loro piccolo nn mancano cmq :P
-Un classico come la Coca (-cola :D)... quella normale non senza
caffeina o diet!! E soprattutto in bottiglia di vetro,  nn una qlsiasi
bottiglia di vetro... ma di quelle in formato classico tradizionale
del tipo che si vedono nei vecchi dipinti di pop art :))) anche la
grandezza era importante...non le bottiglie grandi ma piccole :)
-poi un' altra bevanda...sempre rigorosamente in bottiglie di vetro:
"YooHoo" al cioccolato... di cui Peter Buck era (è? :D) il principale
consumatore... eccola in bella mostra:
http://www.taquitos.net/snacks.php?page_code=50
[l'avete mai provata? :D]
-la birra "Pete's Wicked Ale" di cui Cote nn ricorda il gusto ma
ricorda però che non si beveva molto durante le fasi di registrazione
una bottiglia alla fine della giornata [toglie il medico di torno
aggiungerei ;D]... lo staff beveva di più, ma il consumo generale di
alcol era abbastanza basso [invece qui aggiungerei un bel rotfl!]
eccola... tanto per rimanere in tema c'è anche il gusto "Wanderlust
Cream  Ale"  ;)
 
http://www.peteswicked.com/site_nonflash.html
- il giornale Usa Today
http://www.2001exhibit.org/press/img/usa_today.gif
Poi Michael voleva una limonata ... ma di un tipo particolare...
doveva essere una  specifica marca di limonata organica, naturalmente
in bottiglia di vetro :) Queste si trovavano solo in certi negozio di
cibo organico... 
le scorte finivano velocemente ed era un'impresa trovare le bottiglie
del formato giusto visto che i negozi nn ne avevano più e si doveva
aspettare il tempo consegna delle nuove scorte...perciò quando
trovava qualche altro negozio che le aveva si prendevano tutte le
forniture in scaffale per sicurezza... sembra una cosa facile eh? :)
come pranzo la band preferiva cibo Messicano e Indiano...
Michael era invece per un particolare Hamburger vegetariano che si
trovava solo in un piccolo ristorante a Decatur a 30 minuti di
macchina...perciò doveva organizzarsi per fare in modo che nel
frattempo nn si raffreddasse il cibo di Peter, Mike e Bill :)))
la band sempre gentile ed educata... a volte era lo staff attorno che
diventava inkazzoso :)))
(beh tutto abbastanza normale .. :D)
____________
After about a week, (I can’t remember exactly how long, but that seems
about right), I got a call from Microwave telling me that Mike was out
of the hospital, and that recording session was going to resume
tomorrow. Mike might be out a day or 2 longer, but the other members
were going to do some rehearsals and maybe some guitar tracks. That
meant that we had to lay in supplies for the days ahead.
The culture of Rock music is rich with tales of spoiled musicians
making outlandish requests. I remember hearing a story once about a
band that required a bowl of peanut M&Ms, with specific colors
eliminated from the bowl. No doubt, some poor production assistant was
given the job of sorting through the different colors a bag at a time.
I am happy to say, that REM is not one of these bands.
While they did have a very particular list of items that they wanted
on a daily basis, all their requests were pretty reasonable, easy to
find items. The key to success as the production assistant/gopher/part
time tech/whatever I was called was to never let those items run out.
If a member of the band wanted it, it had to be there. To some, this
might seem silly, but when you are on the road for weeks or months at
a time, having familiar items around that you can count on makes your
life more comfortable. Here then, is the remarkably simple list of
items that REM wanted on hand at all times:
- Coke.
Simple. But it had to be very specific Coke... First off, Classic Coke
(certainly never diet or caffeine free). It couldn't be in a can, and
it couldn't be in a plastic bottle. The Coke had to be in a glass
bottle. But not just any glass bottle... it had to be in a
traditionally shaped classic Coke bottle, like you see in old pop art
paintings. Size mattered too. It couldn't be a big bottle... it had to
be the little glass bottles.
- YooHoo. That's right, YooHoo. Chocolate. This also could not be in
cans or plastic bottles. It had to be glass bottles. Peter Buck was
the primary consumer of the YooHoo... he downed quite a bit of it too.
- Pete's Wicked Ale. I don't remember the flavor, but I do remember
that it had to be in a glass bottle. The band didn’t drink much during
the sessions. They would usually have a beer at the end of the day.
The crew drank a little more, but alcohol consumption was pretty low
overall.
- A USA today newspaper.
Michael Stipe required lemonade. Sounds simple, but It had to be a
specific brand of organic lemonade that I can't remember the name of
now. (In a glass bottle of course). I had to go to an organic food
store to find it, and that store only had a couple of bottles. I
bought the 2 bottles that were on the shelf, and asked the store
manager to order more, and let me know when it came in, so that I
could buy all of it.
Aside from the lemonade, all the other items were consumed by the band
and crew, which meant keeping a supply big supply was critical. The
first couple of days, I had a few close calls. We almost ran out of
coke one day. Those little bottles go pretty fast. I went to the
nearby store, and of course, they had nothing but plastic liter
bottles. No glass. I had bought all the small glass bottles a couple
of days earlier, and they hadn't received a new shipment. Then another
store had the glass, but it was to big. Finally, I found it at another
store, but they only had a small 6 pack of bottles. From that point
forward, if I found it, I would buy everything on the shelf, and
whatever they had in back to make sure that we had enough.
Lunch was whatever the band wanted. They like Mexican and Indian food.
Atlanta has plenty of good restaurants, so lunch was always easy.
Michael Stipe was more particular… he usually liked a veggie burger
from a specific little diner in Decatur. This was about a 30 minute
drive one way, so I had to plan it out just right to make sure the
Peter, Mike and Bill’s food didn’t get cold.
Overall, REM was always very nice and polite. If you got something
wrong, they didn’t really get upset. The staff around them, however,
did get upset from time to time, (see coffee filter incident from an
earlier post).
After I had stocked up on supplies, it was back to the warehouse
turned studio. Techs for both live and recorded sound were busy
checking equipment. Microwave was changing strings on several guitars
that Peter Buck would be using the next day. Bill Berry’s drum tech
was busily working changing drum heads. The room had a cool atmosphere
about it, like the way it feels in a concert hall right before a big
show.
That's all for now. Check back soon for the next installment of
"Making a Monster" called "Charles Cote on stage with REM.... It
really happened, well sort of..."
_________
Ciao!
Vero - 
High Speed Train Jumpers #2
"The ascent of cactus" club #3
--
"Hell has no reason to smile
When you're living in an innocent world
You once had a heart like a child
Now it's buried under sadness and guilt..."
(Innocent World -Joseph Arthur)

cibo organico... 
emh.... si dice organico? forse meglio biologico...o macrobiotico
:))))
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Li facevo piů buongustai, Stipe č vegetariano vabbč quelle so sventure, ma 
da mike bill e peter mi aspettavo tipo bistecche di manzo, salcicce Birra a 
fiumi, vabbč i gusti so gusti!!!