An entry-level pro setup of three pocket cinecams with the most-needful accoutrements is now in hand (except for a couple minor bits and bobs that we're not stressed about). YES. We'll be able to produce broadcast-ready media when things get rolling again! YES, oh yes yes. They look more like 35mm still cameras with pancake lenses than movie cameras, but that's fine by us. They're perfect. Plus we managed to scrape it together without dipping into next year's insurance payment.Here's a picture of some pancakes. We didn't take this picture, but we started thinking about pancakes and could go for some about now.And that good news (about the cameras, not the pancakes) dovetails this good news:Over on YouTube, the Stage 33 Live channel has exceeded 15,000 views. Not viral (there must be a better word to use in these times), but a lot better than expected for something that we haven't invested proper time and energy in for SEO and general attention-grabbing, nor really promoted other than posting on social media when there's a new set available.It's been our contention from the start that while there's no replacing being in a room for a show, it's the media that's gonna have the most legs... not only helping deserving performers get into new earholes and in front of new eyeballs, but hopefully also inspiring people generally to get out and support live stuff. Whether it's here at our place or somewhere else. The weird thing about the swell YouTube view count is that we still haven't inched up to a hundred subscribers there yet. It's a magic number because that's when they'll let us set up a vanity URL. Right now it's a brutal-looking thing: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTVBrPChKzdXnGk95aEGX4A ... hard to look at, hard to share. Once we get to 100 subscribers, we can change it to youtube.com/stage33live — assuming somebody doesn't take it before we get there. Which in addition to sucking would be weird... there's no other Stage 33 Live that we know of. Though there used to be. (Please go subscribe!, we'll wait here.)The big lingering question is when we'll be able to start up again. So tired of the stupid virus. Covid vaccinations in Vermont are currently open for people 70+. The next tier will be 65+. No timeline is in place for that one, but it's expected to run through the end of March... and then a phase for people with comorbidities. Presumably the gate will be fully open after that. So first doses will most likely drag on into summer; and the second shot is recommended three weeks to a month after the first one; and optimal effect doesn't happen until at least a week after the second shot. Herd immunity by August? Maybe, optimistically. Then a couple-three more months just to be sure it's safe to go out again.In the meantime, new problems could develop in the form of mutations, and people more afraid of the vaccine than they are of the infection. On the other hand, cases are currently in comforting decline.Here's those pancakes again.The show with Dan Weber and The Milkhouse Heaters on March 7 is cancelled... for the second time. Originally scheduled in March of last year, it was our second show nixed by Covid. We rescheduled it for a year later — we were so cute back then. It's on the books yet again for March of next year.The one with Ben Carr on March 28 isn't officially cancelled but there's just no way it's gonna happen. Ben got a nasty cut on his hand a couple months back and asked us to please let the show stay on the calendar so he'd have it to aim for. When the Vermont emergency orders are extended again as we certainly expect them to be, we'll make it officially fizzled. But until then we'll help a pal heal.Dan & Faith were to make a return appearance April 18... they've rescheduled to March of next year, but if by some miracle the April one can happen they're game to do both.And then Decatur Creek was going to come back on May 9, Mother's Day. Unlikely. Boy howdy were they ever good the first time though.Look, pancakes!We'll get back in touch again next month to say hi.