I'd gladly buy it for my coffee table. would be nice to have all the good memories in one place. anyhow, just wanted to say "way to go" to Frank "TRB" Quinto on this, really a job well done

I'm looking forward to the 3rd edition, with an updated prologue and slightly different page numberings.

There is a mountain of un-released material in the “SP vault”, and no one has even seen the tip of the iceberg yet. With a new archive czar at the helm, we are sure to start seeing and hearing plenty of rare stuff. Frank will be serving as a public entity to interact with the fanbase to figure out the best and most innovative ways to get this material to the masses.

"I'm typing to you from the SP vault. Today is my first day on the job as the band's archivist. I had a glimpse of what is in the archive, and I just have one word to say about it. Massive! I'm sure you all want to know what is in store for you regarding the archive, and there are a lot of ideas about what to do. An idea that Billy had was to start a subscription service. The idea behind that is you would sign up and be given access to material from the archive. I want to see what you guys would be interested in.

We're going to set up a separate archive mailing list for people that would like to get more information about what we're doing. That should be going up very soon. You don't have to register on SP.com in order to sign up to the mailing list. This will be separate from the regular SP.com mailing list, so be sure to sign up if you are already a part of the other list. When you sign up for the mailing list, I will be giving regular updates with more information than what is in this blog. There will also be some surprises too!

For those of you who don't do message boards, and want to voice your opinion, you can send me an e-mail at [email protected]. If you are a member of the SP.com message board, you can voice your opinion in the new Archives sub-forum in the Live Recordings/Collecting forum. I will be dropping by every so often to answer questions and present some new ideas.

Frank"

i wish we had an archivist for the archive update posts

Can we call Volume 1 "Rat Bastard"?

i don't see why not. if we all work together, it will be a great book

I demand three different versions, some of them with bonus pages. And online-only chapters.

Or released one page at a time, once a month free for download!

Oh, wait.

I'd gladly buy it for my coffee table. would be nice to have all the good memories in one place. anyhow, just wanted to say "way to go" to Frank "TRB" Quinto on this, really a job well done

how much would you pay for something like this?

how about we set up a rat bastard fanclub and only the people who are member get a chance to buy the deluxe box set version of the book, for a reduced price. a couple of months later, the regular people will be given the chance to pay for a pdf download of the book.

how much would you pay for something like this?

i'm not really sure -- how much would you charge?

how about we set up a rat bastard fanclub and only the people who are member get a chance to buy the deluxe box set version of the book, for a reduced price. a couple of months later, the regular people will be given the chance to pay for a pdf download of the book.

this sounds reasonable to me

Can you imagine if we had given $200 to him of whatever it was going to be for this?! Bang for your buck indeed

i have a new idea! we will set up a subscription service for say about $300 per year and you will get 200 releases in return.

with 1 release, we mean 1 word, by the way.

i have read a lot of negative feedback about this subscription service. thank you very much for misunderstanding me. this has never been about the money. but i also have bills to pay, and i already spent so much writing and archiving these archive update posts. all i intended was for this archive update compilation project to be self supporting. and when you add up all the costs, $300 is very reasonable, especially in the day of today, with all the piracy, and me sucking so much that basically nobody will be interested anymore, even if i'm selling old stuff.

i have been quiet the last weeks. but that doesn't mean i haven't been doing stuff LOL! anyway, these archive update compilations we have been working on, i just don't know it anymore. my heart just isn't in it anymore. i don't want to dwell on the past. this band is about the now and about the future. i don't want to waste any energy on negativism from the past. thanks for all the contributions but i'll just throw them away. ciao.

Since it's a new year, let's try something new...
Let's try to forgive each other, support each other, be kind in our words and deeds, and get out of judging each other...
The world around us right now is very complicated...
I for one am very confused by much of the information I come across...
I am concerned about so many losing their jobs, homes, and peaceful lives under an increasingly curious set of circumstances...there are however new opportunities to be had, even in the worst of times...we are all affected by the changes that are going on on a global scale...the politics of egoism and cultural divides mean very little if you can't support your family, or help those in need, even if you want to help...it is a test for us now to find how to heal each other...i believe very strongly in the power of prayer to affect change and welcome in forgiveness...
I don't mind asking publicly for your forgiveness...if I have offended you somewhere along the way, out of my own ignorance or fear, please forgive me...it would be part of my own healing to be forgiven...
I can honestly say that if I have ever wanted to do anything in this life it has been to heal others thru my work...i have failed many times to shine some light in this world, but I can still try and try again...
B

from o board

"i've been very very very very busy working on SP stuff."

so there you have it, see you in another year

you're an o-board.

i'm not really sure -- how much would you charge?

$100 including the dust jacket. Damn thing would only be about 4 pages long. I'm picturing a landscape coffee table book with giant text.

What would the text say?? "NOT EVEN JESSICA WAS STOOPID ENOUGH TO BUY THIS'

"To the fans: without us working together, it would not have been a great year."

the body of the text should be color-coded as well, so the reader can easily pick up on the redundancy of the "archive updates".

for example, "been finding lots of really neat things" and all instances like it would be in green. "here are some jpgs of tickets (red), programs (blue), and cigarette butts (yellow)." a gold flake will be used when he speaks of actual music because it of its scarcity.

actually this would work really well as a comic strip.

Just wanted to say I love this idea. I'm picturing a nice leather-bound volume with gold-embossed cover text. I'd pay $15k for it.

Just wanted to say I love this idea. I'm picturing a nice leather-bound volume with gold-embossed cover text. I'd pay $15k for it.

OK, but the $15k doesn't in.clude membership to the fan club, which would in turn provide exclusive access to a painstakingly compiled list of all of the topics in the book and their corresponding page number, lovingly arranged for you, the fan, in alphabetical order.

i would pay 10 dollars to be an o-boarrd mod for a day

i wish we had an archivist for the archive update posts

I'm a qualified archivist, I offered him help and advice, he didn't reply. I don't think he is into communication.

man, what an ungrateful dick!

He is a busy guy apparently. He also has been reading this thread, so hi Frank!

Oh and I quit teh O-board as mod. I thought I could make it to a year, but I couldn't take anymore of the unbearable stupidity.

lol

Good work. I never banned anyone during my time there, but if I hadn't been a Mod I would probably have been banned quite some time ago.

don't think this is going to erase your betrayal, kahlo. post some more pics maybe.

Frank Quinto (FrankQuinto) on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/frankquinto)

For motherfuck's sake, the rat is hoarding is his tweets too?

$100 including the dust jacket. Damn thing would only be about 4 pages long. I'm picturing a landscape coffee table book with giant text.

hmm.. that's a little rich for my blood. $45 and I'm in

hmm.. that's a little rich for my blood. $45 and I'm in

okay but no dust jacket and the cover material won't be as nice.

This thread makes being unemployed SOO worth it!

okay but no dust jacket and the cover material won't be as nice.


make the edges of the pages painted gold and you've got yourself a deal.

So yeah, when is this coming out?

we'll make an announcement next week.
we will announce that we will start a separate blog, to keep you informed of the lastest developments of the production of this book.
in one of those blogs, we will ask you to participate in the discussion on how we should release this book.
after a while, this project will die, and the book will never be released.

keep an eye on this website for the announcement next week! it will be absolutely groundbreaking.

lol

I'm at the edge of my seat like RITE NAO!

next week pepole!

make the edges of the pages painted gold and you've got yourself a deal.

i've tried that with flake before but i couldn't get the pages to dry without sticking together. how about a nice tea-stain? you can pick the flavor if you want.

i've tried that with flake before but i couldn't get the pages to dry without sticking together. how about a nice tea-stain? you can pick the flavor if you want.

Earl Gray and $40 and we're on

Okay but I'm billing you for the cost of the tea. What size do you want the book? The smaller it is, the more pages. the more pages, the thicker the spine. coffee-table size might get you 6-8 pages, but a smaller size (less than half of 8.5 x 11) might yield 20 or more. i think small and cute might be the way to go. Like 4" high by 3.5" wide. i'll throw in a free decorative fly-leaf.

we'll make an announcement next week.
we will announce that we will start a separate blog, to keep you informed of the lastest developments of the production of this book.
in one of those blogs, we will ask you to participate in the discussion on how we should release this book.
after a while, this project will die, and the book will never be released.

keep an eye on this website for the announcement next week! it will be absolutely groundbreaking.


if i was smart i would just let an established label (large or small) handle all of this promotional legwork that way i can focus on making books (which is what i'm good at).

also: should the book end with "to be continued?" or "the end?" ?

we'll make an announcement next week.
we will announce that we will start a separate , to keep you informed of the lastest developments of the production of this book.
in one of those blogs, we will ask you to participate in the discussion on how we should release this book.
after a while, this project will die, and the book will never be released.

keep an eye on this website for the announcement next week! it will be absolutely groundbreaking.

http://memegenerator.net/Instances/548/Yo-Dawg-YO-DAWG-I-HERD-YOU-LIKE-ANNOUNCEMENTS-SO-WE-PUT-AN-ANNOUNCEMENT-IN-YOUR-ANNOUNCEMENT-SO-YOU.jpg

Okay but I'm billing you for the cost of the tea. What size do you want the book? The smaller it is, the more pages. the more pages, the thicker the spine. coffee-table size might get you 6-8 pages, but a smaller size (less than half of 8.5 x 11) might yield 20 or more. i think small and cute might be the way to go. Like 4" high by 3.5" wide. i'll throw in a free decorative fly-leaf.


no dice, i'm not paying for the tea. if we're able to resolve this, i will want coffee-table size

The Archive forum has bit the dust

lol :(

Meh. It was pointless anyway. This way Quinto doesn't have to avoid answering so many questions and can get on with his work.

maybe he's fired.

This way Quinto doesn't have to avoid answering so many questions and can get on with his work.

yeah.. selling backstage passes at 20 bucks on ebay.
I mean, how it can not be seen as he's again taking the piss out of us with this "project"..

some backstage passes are $35.
this shows that they put a lot of effort in the thinking process.

lol

I'm out of the loop, but the book is a great idea.

Now what about netphoria the movie? Yes, it's a message board - not great drama you say, but so much stuff has happened over the years that extends into the real world like the studio break-in and stuff I never heard of.

oh, and casting would be fun...

casting would be easy, just cast people as themselves

...but someone has to play billy...

I wanna play Kilowog

<img src = "http://homepages.wmich.edu/~a5inkster/kilowog.jpg">

A Netphoria movie would be indie as fuck. And epic. I'd watch it! Someone would have to play our barely adolescent selves in Part 1: The Early Years, though.

let's make this book happen

There is a mountain of un-released material in the “SP vault”, and no one has even seen the tip of the iceberg yet. With a new archive czar at the helm, we are sure to start seeing and hearing plenty of rare stuff.

Jesus Christ, this was three years ago.

Three great years, worked together.

let's make this book happen


yes, yes. where were we? i feel like we were getting close to an arrangement that would please us both

i need to see all of the source material which means rummaging around and looking for the archive posts on sp-com, wayback machine, etc

most of the updates were emails, right? or were they links to sp.com posts?

Forgive me for not being in the know but what archive updates are you talking about? As far as the music that is being extracted from the SP archives or what?

yes specifically round 1 with frank quinto at the helm

"I'm typing to you from the SP vault. Today is my first day on the job as the band's archivist. I had a glimpse of what is in the archive, and I just have one word to say about it. Massive! I'm sure you all want to know what is in store for you regarding the archive, and there are a lot of ideas about what to do. An idea that Billy had was to start a subscription service. The idea behind that is you would sign up and be given access to material from the archive. I want to see what you guys would be interested in.

We're going to set up a separate archive mailing list for people that would like to get more information about what we're doing. That should be going up very soon. You don't have to register on SP.com in order to sign up to the mailing list. This will be separate from the regular SP.com mailing list, so be sure to sign up if you are already a part of the other list. When you sign up for the mailing list, I will be giving regular updates with more information than what is in this blog. There will also be some surprises too!

For those of you who don't do message boards, and want to voice your opinion, you can send me an e-mail at [email protected]. If you are a member of the SP.com message board, you can voice your opinion in the new Archives sub-forum in the Live Recordings/Collecting forum. I will be dropping by every so often to answer questions and present some new ideas.

Frank"

lol

Thanks. So where can one find these updates? Are they emails like you mentioned up above?

One Question. Is Frank Quinto also involved with the Lucky 13 project? He seems pretty shitty..

this thread is really old, guy

i still think it's a really great idea though.

and the title will be, of course,

<I>If We All Work Together, It's Going to Be a Great Year</i>

i was thinking that would be good for the dedication

i kind of like RAT BASTARD VOL. 1 - THE ARCHIVES as a title

:)