{"id":1039,"date":"2008-07-01T19:33:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-01T19:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1039"},"modified":"2008-07-01T19:33:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-01T19:33:00","slug":"casual-labor-at-the-new-age-trade-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1039","title":{"rendered":"Casual Labor at the New Age Trade Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>So as I was saying, I briefly visited the INATS West show yesterday<\/a>, in the capacity of day labor to help the Zells<\/a> take down their booth on its last afternoon.<\/p>\n

(You sit on the curb in front of the liquor store until a guy wearing a wizard’s hat and driving a van with California plates comes along and says, “Hey, want to eat at an Ethiopian restaurant<\/a>?”)<\/p>\n

The “Street of the Idol-Makers” was shorter than last year’s version<\/a>, due partly to Sacred Source<\/a> now being owned by the same people as Maxine Miller Studios<\/a>, or so I’m told.<\/p>\n

The emphatically Pagan switch plate on the right was at Dryad Design’s booth<\/a>. Paul Borda has also designed a Green Man version, where the switch forms his tongue.<\/p>\n

And suddenly it’s all over. Dropped steel pipes from someone’s exhibit frame ring like tolling bells. Castles, temples, and crystal caves lined up in rows collapse into bags and shrink-wrapped pallets. The 4-Wheel Parts Truck Fest needs to set up next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So as I was saying, I briefly visited the INATS West show yesterday, in the capacity of day labor to help the Zells take down their booth on its last afternoon. 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