Fliers advertising editing and grip services on Cahuenga Blvd (photo by Pablo Goldstein)
IN A PRE-INTERNET ERA, the ubiquitous telephone pole flier was a vital conduit through which information — about concerts, protests, missed connections — was disseminated.
Calvin Stearns-Ayster, 21, an aspiring cinematographer from Mendocino, was born right around the time these unofficial community bulletin boards all but vanished, migrating to Craigslist and Facebook.
But the lanky blonde, who has a tattoo of Bimbo the dog on his right bicep and moved to Los Angeles to seek work in the film industry, was getting desperate. Breaking into show business has always been tough, but as the number of local productions continues its catastrophic decline, it’s never been harder.
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