{"id":274,"date":"2008-09-14T14:43:36","date_gmt":"2008-09-14T20:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=274"},"modified":"2014-09-06T14:58:57","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T20:58:57","slug":"every-rock-of-love-has-its-thorn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=274","title":{"rendered":"Every ROCK has its thorn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember, kids, always<\/em> have a librarian on your side.<\/p>\n

C-U Blogfidential<\/strong> agent\u00a0The Voice<\/strong>\u00a0has theorized using Internet evidence that the reality show rolling into Champaign-Urbana<\/strong> later this week (see item: 8\/27\/08<\/a>)\u00a0is VH-1<\/strong>‘s randy ROCK OF LOVE WITH BRET MICHAELS<\/a><\/strong>. I will claim relative ignorance about this show (let alone the entire programming slate of MTV<\/strong>‘s formerly\u00a0vanilla sister network) except that it seems to take pages out of the FLAVOR OF LOVE<\/strong> playbook. If anyone wants to verify or throttle The Voice’s brilliant deduction, please drop us a line and I’ll break it to him gently.<\/p>\n

This\u00a0season supposedly involves a “love bus” which travels the United States as the Poison<\/strong> lead singer attempts to choose the series’ winner. It might account for a slightly bizarre job ad that appeared recently<\/a> on Craigslist Champaign-Urbana<\/strong> soliciting for production assistants capable of “driving 15 pass(enger) vans” and being “very<\/em> knowledgeable of the Danville<\/strong>\/Champaign area,” among other things.<\/p>\n

Otherwise, the show is still looking to fill several technical positions according to Courtney Womack<\/strong> of the Champaign County Convention & Visitors Bureau<\/strong>. It would be pretty poor on C-U’s part if not enough local professionals could step up and demonstrate to Hollywood that we’re ready and able to assist in visual media production. Jobs include:<\/p>\n