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'Surf Girls' to film here
The Universal/Imagine Entertainment film tentatively titled "Surf Girls" will be filming on Oahu for about two months beginning Dec. 12.Although no budget for the film has been announced, the production will employ as many as 50 local crew and dozens of extras.
The production is still casting four main female leads and two male roles. A requirement for the major roles is the ability to surf North Shore waves as high as 8 feet, sources said.
The script, a romance set against the world of big-wave surfing, is undergoing a complete rewrite, sources said.
Director John Stockwell, whose first location choice was Maui, is expected to return to Oahu this week.
Travelin' band
Blues Traveler arrives for four concerts on four islands next month.Tickets are on sale at Tickets Plus outlets and the respective venues. Performances will be at 7 p.m. Nov. 16 at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center, 7 p.m. Nov. 17 the Waikiki Shell, 8 p.m. Nov. 18 at the Hilton Waikoloa in Kona, and 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10 the Kauai Marriott Ballroom. Tickets for the MACC performance are $31 in advance, $38.50 the day of the show; Shell prices are $25 to $40; Kauai and Big Island tickets are $40 in advance and $50 at the door.
Blues Traveler features John Popler, vocals and harmonica; Ben Wilson, keyboards; Tad Kinchla, bass; Brendan Hill, drums; and Chan Chinchla, guitar.
The band was inspired by John Belushi's "Blues Brothers" character, Jolliet Jake Blues. Originally called the Blues Band, they dropped the name just before signing with A&M Records to record their self-titled debut album in 1987. In 1996 the group recorded "Four," with hit singles "Run-around" and "Hook."
'Mix' master Schickele due
Peter Schickele, Grammy Award winner and public-radio host of "Schickele Mix," helps Hawaii Public Radio celebrate its 20th birthday next month.Tickets are on sale for the 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14 Hawaii Theatre performance, entitled "P.D.Q. Bach and Peter Schickele: The Jekyll and Hyde Tour."
Tickets are $25 and $30, available at the theater box office or by calling 528-0506.
Schickele will also be taking the show to the Maui Arts & Cultural Center's Castle Theater in Wailuku at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15. Tickets are $10, $18 and $25. Call 808-242-7469 for information.
WAT DAT?
How low can you go before you glow? Rules set a bottom line
on utility wire heightsBy Burl Burlingame
bburlingame@starbulletin.comEveryone has seen utility lines dangling low overhead, such as those shown here over a Kailua home. Is their height regulated?
You bet. There are codes created by the Public Utilities Commission that cover just such a thing. The minimum height for electrical conductors, for example, is 20 feet for secondary power lines (zero to 750 volts), 25 feet for primary power lines (750 to 25,000 volts) and at least 30 feet for anything greater than that.
Engineers try to maintain at least six feet of separation between stacks of lines, and since the average pole rises 39 feet from the street, you can see there's only enough room for three tiers of lines.
The top two, naturally, are electrical. The bottom line is always communications lines -- stuff like telephone, cable-TV or digital lines -- and the minimum height is 22 feet.
These lines, particularly the phone lines, are bulkier than they really need to be, and often are mistaken for power lines because of their size. They're that big because they're actually long narrow tubes, inflated to keep water out.
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