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01:17 / 20.06.01

The zine yet again needs your submissions to keep itself going. We're particularly looking for articles for the Music and Art sections, but good stuff on anything going on in the world at the moment would be very much appreciated. So don't loll around, but DO SOMETHING CREATIVE AND PRODUCTIVE TODAY, before I have to start writing three articles a week on Buffy.

17:01 / 20.06.01

I've been racking my brains for things to write about for the music section.

I guess I just got nothing much to say.

18:51 / 20.06.01

Doesn't matter. Write down any old crap and I'll stick it up there.

Er. I mean - COME ON OLD CHAP - there must be something you'd like to talk about - from the gender-bending deviance of Bowie to the subversive Big Black? SURELY? Do you not have a SINGLE paean to Britney in your heart?

19:32 / 20.06.01

Umm, depending on how "And now a word from our sponsors" in FTVT goes, I could try to throw something together about comercials, but I don't really know how interesting it'd be. And hell, I'll write an article on Buffy.

20:27 / 20.06.01

I got nuthin'. Give me a couple of weeks (temping, temping, dear God how I hate temping.)

Ellis

20:57 / 20.06.01

Tom, I am planning to write a review of "Choke" for the Zine when i finally get it and would also like to write a little something about whether Liberty can be considered an intrinsic good.

But after the exams.

21:16 / 20.06.01

Being a newcomer to barbelith i will not propose myself to an article (too soon for that!!) but I will propose a theme that could be inserted in the art section: the image and it's ownership on the web. Even being too an ethics discussion there are in art, important issues related with it. What do you think?

13:29 / 21.06.01

All of this sounds great, but it's no good if I don't receive it! Please, people! PLEASE, writing isn't hard - it's kind of fun, and lots of people will read what you have said!

23:12 / 21.06.01

That's the scary bit darling. But will do.

12:04 / 22.06.01

Have a look under 'Books'under topic: 'Anyone read any of these?'. I made the new topic then immediately remembered about this thread. Apologies.

ynh

12:04 / 22.06.01

I'll give it a go tomorrow, I think. Sorry I've been such a lollygagger.

[ 22-06-2001: Message edited by: Tom Coates ]

12:04 / 22.06.01

You're all bad people, and you won't get a sweet unless you DO SOME WORK.[/LIST]

dragonthief

12:04 / 22.06.01

How big should these things be?

12:04 / 22.06.01

Ideally 500-1000 words - but I'll take longer if that's all you can manage. I think they're a bit long at the moment...

Fly Beezy (War Minister)

17:54 / 22.06.01

Did you get my e-mail, Mr C? Any feedback? Suggestions where to cut, or what to add, or how to end it? I'm still a bit stuck...

20:00 / 22.06.01

I plan to experiment on myself, making video cassettes which are just hours of comercials, try to find the quintessence of making people want things. That's the current plan, so please object now.

ynh

22:56 / 22.06.01

Maz, The Codes of Advertising.

Unless, of course, you don't want your thinkng framed first. The experiment you are about to embark upon is no fun. (i'll get around to expanding on this in yr thread, promise)

16:22 / 25.06.01

Tom, has anyone volunteered to do "The Runes in a nutshell" article? If not I'll write it for you, though it will be about two weeks before I can get it done. What's the word limit on the articles by the way?

02:55 / 01.07.01

quote: As we shake hands he glances down to my Dictaphone with a grin.

Whats all this about, Tom?

02:55 / 01.07.01

What's WHAT about?!

Runes in a nutshell would be great Absolutely. Perfect. Go for it.

Plus - here's a list of some other ideas that we've been bashing around that someone might be interested in doing...

Nanotechnology in a nutshell.
The limits of the academy - the stultifying imagination of the
intellectual
industries.
How to be a happy homosexual (the truth)
Sexual banality and the democratisation of fucking
Censorship good, free speech bad.
Forrest Gump - far right propoganda.
Mental Health and the movies.
I'm just a teenage shaman, baby.
In defense of depression
Magick, language and poststructuralist philosophy.
Superheroes as totalitarian icons.
In defense of sloth.
1984 - S&M for the political intelligensia (or 'fuck me big
brother')
Everything you ever wanted to know about male nipples but were afraid to ask.
Against nature - the assumptions of 'saving the planet'
Gay music
Is the feminine (not female) role in society being lost?
Bowie and gender-bending.
Manic Street Preachers and the singing of a prosaic politics.
K foundation profile (cash for art's sake)
A sceptics look at Magick
The history of underground comics; Crumb and um...
Profiles of various people, film makers, comic/ writers, musicians
who we
just... like
Alternatives to Capitalism
The best state- looks at social political theory from Hobbes to
Rousseau and
Rawls/ Nozick- what is the greatest conception of a state?
The cult of Star Trek/ Star Wars- what makes a series a cult series?
Quantum Phsyics in a nutshell
A beginners guide to Ontological Terrorism
What is Objectivism (the Ayn Rand thing)
The Conspiracy Mindset (from the thread off the old board)
Is there a conspiracy? Practical reasons for an against the
existence of a
secret group that rules the world
What makes a man: Masculinity in the 21st century
What makes a woman: Femininity in the 21st century
Do animals have rights?
Something about euthanasia/ suicide
Art: Is it all just relative?
Meme theory in a nutshell
Is the MeMeplex viable?
Jung in a nutshell
A pair of opinion piece's on Big Brother, one for, one against

14:33 / 01.07.01

quote:Originally posted by Tom Coates:
Quantum Phsyics in a nutshell

Update weekly

15:05 / 01.07.01

quote:Originally posted by Tom Coates:
Runes in a nutshell would be great Absolutely. Perfect. Go for it.

Rightio Tom, I'll start working on it, and I'll let you know when it will be ready (2 weeks I'd say).

ynh

02:49 / 02.07.01

Tom, are you still thinking 500-1000 words? None of the articles even come close so far. Do you want very broad summaries within that limit, or the long-ass attempts to address everything?

11:15 / 02.07.01

All the current articles do tend to be a bit longer than that. I don't know what to say really. 500-1000 words is a nice and easy to read size for an online article, and it's not intimidating, so people can feel they can write them, but it might be that the subject matters we have chosen are just too involved for that length and that 1000-2000 words is more appropriate.

methylsalicylate

16:16 / 03.07.01

I can do the quantum-in-a-nutshell one. Funny or unfunny?

16:26 / 03.07.01

there is an un-funny way of doing quantum?

methylsalicylate

16:35 / 03.07.01

...and someone suggested i write something on autopsies. interested?

methylsalicylate

16:39 / 03.07.01

quote: there is an un-funny way of doing quantum?
I've got it down to 22 words but suspect Tom wants something longer.

17:14 / 03.07.01

quote:Originally posted by methylsalicylate:
...and someone suggested i write something on autopsies. interested?

Yes! I dig anything related to forensics.

No... I'm not a ghoul

Ronald Thomas Clontle

20:02 / 03.07.01

Wasn't there going to be an article on the politics of The Authority?

I've been wanting to read that ever since it was mentioned here a few weeks ago.

Fly Beezy (War Minister)

20:46 / 03.07.01

Yes, that's by me. Almost done now - I got sidetracked by writing about why rap is gay.

13:11 / 04.07.01

Please people - stop being side-tracked and fucking WRITE something...

Rollo Kim, on location

22:48 / 13.07.01

I've just done something about how being old is rebellious - you can have that if you want it. It just needs typing up.

23:04 / 13.07.01

YES YES YES! E-mail it to me! IMMEDIATELY!

23:16 / 13.07.01

Q.How do you measure a quantum joke?

A.Any way you expect.

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