Man with the Golden Arm Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 with black beauty snorting dishwasher guy!) I hope you had him remove all the buffers first? B-) no, he was hardcore! bleeding was his default mode. you literally could not keep up with drying stacking, sorting when he was at the helm. and then a couple of times a night wise-guy(sic) waiters would lob a coffe cup over your head just to make sure you were paying attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robviti Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 when i was a musician in the mid-70's to 80's, Oh yes, I remember on an old BNBB thread that, unbeknowst to one another, we were both inside 'Pooh's Pub' the night the news broke about Lennon being shot? I was at the bar. That was you, correct? wow, i forgot about that. yes, that was me playing in a fusion septet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 *Paperboy *KFC "cook" *Door-to-door surveyor for Polk *Coffeehouse busser/waiter *Line cook *Police dpt. transcriber *"Sailor" (Alaskan salmon processor) *Data entry for Columbia House *Record store clerk *Borders music manager *Library supervisor *Jazz DJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 Jazz critic as a teenager French Army infantry soldier Bookstore filing assistant Junior editor/film critic/part-time journalist in various obscure publications Caption writer Photo editor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neveronfriday Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 01) first "paid" job: indexing my dad's rather extensive record collection (... was paid in Mordillo hardcovers) 01) Burger King employee (all stations, incl. garbage) until my drum set was paid for 02) musician (various more or less successful Pop/Rock/R&B bands) 03) assistant to two professors at the same time (didn't leave much time for studying) 04) freelance writer for various fan magazines and later pro publications 05) freelancing in book publishing here in Germany (secured some major authors I knew from my fan magazine work for one of the biggest German publishing houses; helped put out a slew of limited editions for a now mostly defunct publishing house) 06) web/intranet design work, both freelance and hired 07) teaching at both private and public high schools (still my day job) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe G Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 My job history is boring, but here it is anyway: Receiving/stockboy at both Big Wheel and Meijers Groundskeeper at Maple Grove Cemetery (yes, I dug some graves) Couple of minutes at a place called Canvasback, which produced anything you could fashion out of canvas. Print shop Got fired from two of those jobs, BTW. Both times it was the best possible outcome for all involved! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 (edited) 1 barman 2 worker in a slate factory, (do you know that under the green cloth of billiards there is a slate?) 3 underpayed factotum for an eviromentalist association 4 projectionist in movie theater 5 camera assistant for underwater and overwater photography (documentaries) 6 sound recordist for documentaries 7 run a company of documentaries production 8 sell the above company at the best price, the hardest job of my life! and at last 9 free lance film editor for broadcasting in companies owned by other people Edited February 1, 2005 by porcy62 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 1 barman Does this actually count as a job? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 1 barman Does this actually count as a job? Yes, if you aren't allow to drink, but you have to spill countless pints!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleM Posted February 1, 2005 Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 (edited) First gig was a door-to-door donut salesman, age 13 Next I was bus boy at a popular cafe in the Mountains around Salt Lake City, for 3-4 yrs. It was at this job that I learned about sex and drugs, but I already knew about Rock-n-Roll. Bus boy at 3 other restaurants Prep cook at a diner Pizza Deliverer, 2 years Telephone solicitor for Greenpeace, Amnesty Intl., and other such groups. This sucked ass. Treatment Worker w/ Autistic kids Driver for escort agency Lead trumpet player in disco band for 8 years Modeled for a painting class, 5 months. Job sucked. Counselor for mentally ill at residential apartment complex Psychiatric Technician at mental health inpatient unit in a hospital Film and picture delivery/pick-up Housing Specialist, mental health agency Door guy at jazz club trumpet teacher Edited February 1, 2005 by doubleM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILLYQ Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 Delivered newspapers(started at 12 years old) Butcher store delivery/helper Dry cleaners delivery dishwasher cook(promotion when two of the cooks quit!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 Groundskeeper at Maple Grove Cemetery You dig? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neveronfriday Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 Treatment Worker w/ Autistic kids [...] Counselor for mentally ill at residential apartment complex [...] Psychiatric Technician at mental health inpatient unit in a hospital [...] trumpet teacher Sorry, but when I read your list first, the last entry made me laugh. It's the progression, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris olivarez Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Mostly it's been Radio but an interesting job that I had was working at an Incense factory in West Los Angeles. The absolutely worst job I had was a brief stint in the Arizona Department of Revenue. I didn't last to long at that and it took me even less time to get over it. If I ever worked in any states Department of Revenue again I would be totally convinced that Hell does indeed exist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Growing up I did a lot of social science research, assisting on surveys and coding the data. I also worked as a librarian until the end of college. One night spent tearing down a traveling carnival (was offered a job for the summer but they didn't go anywhere I wanted to visit) Math teacher (2 long years) Temp all around Manhattan Graduate teaching assistant Transportation planner Transportation planning consultant (same job, better pay) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alankin Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 (edited) there's probably more, but here's what I remember: grocery store bagger burger chef employee (fired by alcoholic manager after three days) shoe salesman golf driving range manager and pro shop salesman (I knew nothing about golf, btw) night shift receptionist at high rise college dorm furniture mover for college housing department work study job as programming assistant at a nuclear particle accelerator lab assistant editor, Owlswick Press assistant editor, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine jazz dj, WXPN, philadelphia programmer systems programmer unix systems administrator authentication engineer Edited February 4, 2005 by alankin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Burke Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 (edited) * archivist (Richard F. Wright Jazz Archive) Brandon, I had no idea ... I am going to check that out when I have time. I knew Dick when I was at KU, had him for a couple of classes, made contact with him a couple times post-graduation. More than anyone else, Dick fostered my interest in jazz. Share more about the archive or PM me when you have a chance. Eric PS - I picked tobacco two summers ... PSS - Just walked by Murphy on Sat after watching the Hawks spank the Horns I had three classes with Dick as an undergrad and later on in grad school. Can't say enough warm things about him. A wonderful ambassador to the music. When I began working at the archive in 1999 it was in near complete disarray. Dick had passed away within the year, and it was quicky turning into an abandoned garage sale. Collections were misfiled or in completely different places and one of them--a significant donation of some 5,000 LPs--had yet to be processed. In fact, they were not only still in boxes, the boxes were stacked on top of one another...and had been for months. (Yikes!) Replaced shelving. Acquired CD burner w/ analog inputs so we could burn surrogate "listener" copies. Re-organized shelving order and integrated previosuly mentioned collection into the greater whole. Created web site. Created online database of holdings (which now appears to be down since they're switching out the computer that acts as the database's server). Created lending policies and preservation plan. Assisted researchers. Etc.... It was a great time. I basically have that job to thank for getting me into archiving, as I was not yet a trained archivist or librarian. Like I said, I had spent a great deal of time there and was very familiar with the collection and several faculty members. Also, I studied the cultural history of post-War American music as an undergrad so this stuff was my bread and butter. When they ran out of grant money to pay me I moved to Austin to get an MLS in sound collection preservation. And now I'm here in Palo Alto typing away.... B-) Edited February 4, 2005 by Brandon Burke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maren Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 babysitter (jr hi/high school)church organist, weddings, sing a churchy song or two at weddings (high school)office 'gal' at tiny commuter airline in northern Wisconsin circa 1970: reservations, ticket sales, answer phones, tag luggage"library runner" (college work-study job): went around to all the far-flung libraries on big campus, e.g., picking up genetics or engineering tomes for economics professorscafeteria tray stacker/dishwasher at Univ. hospitalwaitress State Street hangout Madison, Wispaper route - delivered by car to rural/exurbs outside Madisonproduction assistant, UW pressgrantwriter, patient education pamphlet writer, health fair organizer - community clinic, Madisonwaitress, Cambridge, Mass.was paid a pittance to sing, play piano in theater group, Bostonapartment paint crew (one summer) NYCwaitress, NYC (too many places to list)little rehearsal piano jobsvarious office things (typing, writing) in publishing -- some temp, some longer brief excursion into photoproduction -- 4-color separations, etc -- when printing was semi- but not completely computerizedeventually made some $ with some bands (bass)worked for 3 months for a psycho doctor at another research hospital beforelanding at this research hospital where I've been for 18 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maren Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 No, no -- EXACTLY my time! I was a freshman in the fall of 1970 and lived in Madison for the next 7 years. I know this has come up before between me and Chuck -- not that we remember meeting, but I certainly bought records there. I think this came up on a thread about AEC at the Newman Center? I missed that concert, but went to a number of Cecil Taylor's at the music school when he was a visiting professor. (And saw John Berryman read at the Newman Center -- but I think that was before YOUR time!) Poets in Madison? I knew people who knew the looniest ones... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 Poets in Madison? I knew people who knew the looniest ones... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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