Re: a little project

Jake McHenry (seymour@ktis.net)
Mon, 03 May 1999 22:38:00 -0500

I am artistic director for a small publisher and we have a nice cache of
surplus supplies. Would be happy to donate time and said supplies if the
number were not too awful large. Maybe 200 copies? Was planning on saving
the stuff for a limited Burning Man festival book but that can come later.
Say the word.
-Jake
----- Original Message -----
From: Byrd, Steven T <BYRDS@papa.uncp.edu>
To: <bananafish@lists.nyu.edu>
Cc: <bananafish@lists.nyu.edu>
Sent: Monday, May 03, 1999 2:34 PM
Subject: a little project


>
> Fish,
>
> A friend of mine who was on the Dinosaur Jr. mailing list in his sordid
past
> told me a story this weekend. When he was on the list, someone came up
> with the idea to take some of the mailing list members who were in bands
> (of which there were many), have those bands record a couple of original
> songs, send it to someone on the list who had a CD burner, and create a
> Dinosaur Jr. mailing list only compilation cd which they sent out to
> anyone on the list who was interested. I'm not sure if the cd was free or
> not (probably cost the amount of the cd-r), but I thought that this idea,
> with a slight variation, would make a killer project for the list,
> something to really revive the list after it's recent "post vs. trading"
> wars and the columbine swamp that the entire nation has gotten bogged down
> in. It would really wake us all up a little. Instead of taking a passive
> view on writing, we could get active for once. We should just all write
> or find some old writing (of your own, only original work please) of any
> genre, lightly edited if indeed it is edited at all (on second thought,
> no editing...but it must be signed). Then we'll send it to some poor sap
to
> cut and paste into a 'zine type thing, or even just some pages stapled
> together, whatever. Then we distribute our brain-child to those on the
list that are
> interested in the finished product.
> Don't look to me to be the guiding light, though. I am just the idea man
> and eager contributor. I have no idea how to go about the publishing
> aspect (and I do think that it should be published...e-zine stuff doesn't
> pack the same emotional wallop), so I leave that up to you guys to figure
> out. Support this and help out if you think this is a worthwhile idea. I
> for one am most interested to see what the fevered minds on this list can
> come up with.
>
> --steve