From: owner-the-edge-digest@ (The Edge Digested) To: the-edge-digest@robin-nvh.bvsd.k12.co.us Subject: The Edge Digested V1 #13 Reply-To: the-edge@robin-nvh.bvsd.k12.co.us Sender: owner-the-edge-digest@ Errors-To: owner-the-edge-digest@ Precedence: bulk The Edge Digested Saturday, December 6 1997 Volume 01 : Number 013 Today's subjects from The Edge: Re: [The Edge] Considering a PBEM... [The Edge] toasters & teleplays Re: [The Edge] toasters & teleplays Re: [The Edge] toasters & teleplays Re: [The Edge] toasters & teleplays ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 23:05:51 EST From: StevenA197 Subject: Re: [The Edge] Considering a PBEM... Oops. I hit "send." So. Here's a character concept, and if you have room for him in the game, I'll ask your help in tailoring him to the system. P.J. MacElroy Pretentous Writer (Human, Burger) MacElroy writes after the style of Michael Crichton. Plenty of suspense and action, founded on a solid base of research. He likes to affect the style of the grizzled veteran (having read too much Hemingway in high school,) but in fact his only "combat" experience is a mugging that still gives him bad dreams. He initially selected Al Amarja as the site of his next novel on a whim. He actually put a pin in a map -- he thinks at random, but it's possible fate guided his hand. Soon thereafter, while talking about himself at a literary cocktail party, he learned from an academic friend about a recent paleontological find on that very island... a group of Australopithecus marked with a skull-ridge. He is intrigued, and would like to work the find into his novel. MacElroy has one peculiar secret. He was raised by a bookish maiden aunt, and has no memory of his early childhood. Even if he was the sort to seek psychotherapy, it's unlikely that anything could be uncovered... Like him? --S [O] You received this message because you are subscribed to the-edge [0] To (un)subscribe, send a message to majordomo@robin.ml.org with body of [O] (un)subscribe the-edge ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 13:03:36 EST From: AtlasGames Subject: [The Edge] toasters & teleplays In a message dated 12/5/97 4:15:46 AM, you wrote: >Anyway, after readin' the relevent posts this picture sprang >into my mind: You know, this reminds me -- as I was recently studying the craft of scriptwriting (reading J. Michael Straczynski's book on the topic), it occurred to me that it would be really cool to produce an OTE audiodrama. Somehow this toaster scene of Yanni's struck me as something that would be cool audio-only. OTE has this way of making me excited about things that lack commercial viability... :) - -jn [O] You received this message because you are subscribed to the-edge [0] To (un)subscribe, send a message to majordomo@robin.ml.org with body of [O] (un)subscribe the-edge ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Dec 1997 12:10:45 -0700 From: tstone@robin-nvh.bvsd.k12.co.us Subject: Re: [The Edge] toasters & teleplays Long, long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, AtlasGames said: >>Anyway, after readin' the relevent posts this picture sprang >>into my mind: > >You know, this reminds me -- as I was recently studying the craft of >scriptwriting (reading J. Michael Straczynski's book on the topic), it >occurred to me that it would be really cool to produce an OTE audiodrama. >Somehow this toaster scene of Yanni's struck me as something that would be >cool audio-only. > OTE has all the makings of a good radio series. It's got stuff best left to the immagination, it's got conspiracies (which work really well on radio), and it could throw in some cool parodies of 40s/50s radio drama. >OTE has this way of making me excited about things that lack commercial >viability... :) > But we all love you for it :-) ### Trevor Stone # New Vista Computer Admin # tstone@robin.ml.org [O] ### http://robin.ml.org/~tstone/ Curses, contests, games, etc. [O] ### "Use lots. Spare the duct tape, spoil the job." -- Red Green [O] ### Curse of the moment: Thou bawdy empty-hearted jolthead! ### [O] You received this message because you are subscribed to the-edge [0] To (un)subscribe, send a message to majordomo@robin.ml.org with body of [O] (un)subscribe the-edge ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 15:16:01 -0500 (EST) From: Kevin Patrick Hogan Subject: Re: [The Edge] toasters & teleplays On Fri, 5 Dec 1997 tstone@robin-nvh.bvsd.k12.co.us wrote: > Long, long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, > AtlasGames said: > > >Somehow this toaster scene of Yanni's struck me as something that would be > >cool audio-only. > > > OTE has all the makings of a good radio series. It's got stuff best left to > the immagination, it's got conspiracies (which work really well on radio), > and it could throw in some cool parodies of 40s/50s radio drama. I think that's a great idea. Maybe I'll see if I can lean on my ex-housemate Matt to check out Prod A at the student radio station he DJ's for. Damn Telecomm degree ought to be good for something. :) Who needs commercial viability? So long as the enjoyment you get out of it matches or exceeds the sweat, swear words, and money that went into it, you're coming out ahead. --K (dromedan@umich.edu) "Quetzlcoatl's not the Winged Serpent, he's the Funky Chicken!" - discussing the soundtrack of MARDI GRAS MASSACRE [O] You received this message because you are subscribed to the-edge [0] To (un)subscribe, send a message to majordomo@robin.ml.org with body of [O] (un)subscribe the-edge ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 22:20:49 -0500 (EST) From: Mark Kinney Subject: Re: [The Edge] toasters & teleplays On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, AtlasGames wrote: > You know, this reminds me -- as I was recently studying the craft of > scriptwriting (reading J. Michael Straczynski's book on the topic), it > occurred to me that it would be really cool to produce an OTE audiodrama. > Somehow this toaster scene of Yanni's struck me as something that would be > cool audio-only. > > OTE has this way of making me excited about things that lack commercial > viability... :) > Heh... Well, for what it's worth, he apparently have more than one person on the list that have (or have connections to someone with) broadcasting experience and tendencies toward writing (I even learned some official radio script style at school... I don't remember if JMS covered it or not, as it's been a while since I read his book, but hey...). So, if you ever want this to happen, you know of at least one or two people to tap on the shoulder. :-) (Now if only I could get a suitable recording suite together... anyone know where I can find a 4-track recorder and a mixing board fairly cheap?) alberich@iglou.com | Mark Kinney | http://www.iglou.com/nations "I do not want to be devoured by a symbol of monarchy!" -- KGB Chief, "Casino Royale" [O] You received this message because you are subscribed to the-edge [0] To (un)subscribe, send a message to majordomo@robin.ml.org with body of [O] (un)subscribe the-edge ------------------------------ End of The Edge Digested V1 #13 ******************************* [O] You received this message because you are subscribed to the-edge-digest [0] To (un)subscribe, send a message to majordomo@robin.ml.org with body of [O] (un)subscribe the-edge-digest To get off digest, subscribe the-edge [O] To post a message, send it to the-edge@robin.ml.org