A Conversation for We Didn't Start the Fire - Project in Planning
Yes! I want to write for your project, Master B
Mu Beta Started conversation Dec 1, 2003
**sits down; wait patiently**
B
Yes! I want to write for your project, Master B
sprout Posted Dec 1, 2003
What a great idea.
I'm quite intrigued by of picking one I know nothing about, but the more rational approach would be something like 'Belgians in the Congo'. About which I know a little.
Hopefully you'll have so many writers that each contributor will only cover one topic?
sprout
Yes! I want to write for your project, Master B
Mu Beta Posted Dec 1, 2003
Er...no. There are over 100 topics. 
I'll mark you down for 'Belgians...', if that's alright. If you'd like to take any more on, let me know.
B
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Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Dec 1, 2003
Go on then, I'll do it. 
Do I have to decide now what I want to write about?
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the third man(temporary armistice)n strike) Posted Dec 1, 2003
Go on B you can count me in
Yes! I want to write for your project, Master B
Mu Beta Posted Dec 1, 2003
So, guys - what would you like to write about, then?
B
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Azara Posted Dec 1, 2003
I'll write about Toscanini, Master B!
Azara 
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Researcher 177704 Posted Dec 1, 2003
I'm interested in writing about:
- Punk rock
- The Bay of Pigs Invasion
- The Catcher in the Rye
Three subjects is a bit greedy though, so if anyone else wants to write about them then that's OK with me.
I know you mentioned paragraphs, but roughly how many words are you looking for on each subject? (Sorry, my brain cannot think in paragraphs).
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Mu Beta Posted Dec 1, 2003
Azara - Toscanini is yours.
Rocket Man - by all means take three articles. I've got loads! I wouldn't particularly want more than 300-400 words on any one, otherwise my page sizes are going to be unbearable.
I'll put you down for all three of those, if that's OK?
B
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Researcher 177704 Posted Dec 1, 2003
A2098749 - Punk Rock
I've done a first draft on Punk Rock. At 470 words it's a tiny bit long and I'm sure there are several grammatical errors in there, but apart I've done the vast majority of it.
I'll post to the 'I've finished!' thread when it's 100% finished
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Mu Beta Posted Dec 1, 2003
Good God! Slow down, man - I wasn't expecting this to be finished until about May.
Nice entry, though.
B
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Researcher 177704 Posted Dec 1, 2003
I wrote most of it off the top of my head, so it didn't take that long
I just kind of wanted to get the easy subject of punk out of the way so I can get started on my two hard entries.
Great idea for a project though!
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Beatrice Posted Dec 2, 2003
I'll have Prokofiev and/or Disneyland.
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the third man(temporary armistice)n strike) Posted Dec 2, 2003
How about Anthony Burgess - or would you just prefer A Clockwork Orange?
Yes! I want to write for your project, Master B
Do you want the entries to be in the context of the song? eg Birth Control would have to be about the pill and related issues of the mid sixties because of where Joel put it in the song, or could I write about Birth Control in general?
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the third man(temporary armistice)n strike) Posted Dec 2, 2003
Who is going to have a go at Joe Di Maggio, I don't think we're top heavy with baseball fans. Mind you, anyone seen Gosho about?
Yes! I want to write for your project, Master B
Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) Posted Dec 2, 2003
Has anyone claimed heavy metal suicide yet? 
I'll do it if no-one else has.
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Florida Sailor All is well with the world Posted Dec 2, 2003
I'll have a go at 'South Pacific' and 'The King and I'.
F 
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sprout Posted Dec 2, 2003
I'd kind of assumed in the context of the song - otherwise Belgians in the Congo would give you Heart of Darkness and Leopold the Merciless,(19th century) rather than 60s independance movements and dodgy Belgo-CIA inspired assasinations?
sprout
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Captain_SpankMunki [Keeper & Former ACE] Thanking <Diety of choice> for the joy of Goo. Posted Dec 2, 2003
I've written a bit about Catcher in the Rye - more to do with why it would be mentioned than the story itself: A2100349
It was only a quick hash together so let me know what you want done with it (stop thinking that right now!)
Liam.
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- 4: Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) (Dec 1, 2003)
- 5: the third man(temporary armistice)n strike) (Dec 1, 2003)
- 6: Mu Beta (Dec 1, 2003)
- 7: Azara (Dec 1, 2003)
- 8: Researcher 177704 (Dec 1, 2003)
- 9: Mu Beta (Dec 1, 2003)
- 10: Researcher 177704 (Dec 1, 2003)
- 11: Mu Beta (Dec 1, 2003)
- 12: Researcher 177704 (Dec 1, 2003)
- 13: Beatrice (Dec 2, 2003)
- 14: the third man(temporary armistice)n strike) (Dec 2, 2003)
- 15: kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website (Dec 2, 2003)
- 16: the third man(temporary armistice)n strike) (Dec 2, 2003)
- 17: Dr E Vibenstein (You know it is, it really is.) (Dec 2, 2003)
- 18: Florida Sailor All is well with the world (Dec 2, 2003)
- 19: sprout (Dec 2, 2003)
- 20: Captain_SpankMunki [Keeper & Former ACE] Thanking <Diety of choice> for the joy of Goo. (Dec 2, 2003)
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