Of course. Just leading such uneventful lives as are proper to small
bookcases, I guess.

--- In dtbgroup@yahoogroups.com, "Adrian" <am@...> wrote:
>
> I anybody there?
>

I anybody there?

http://www.agua-moose.com/ has been updated with a couple of news
stories. One about Tim Scott's book and another about And Now In
Colour, a radio show written by and featuring the 3 writers of series 1.

Scott.

Whoops, the release date of this completely passed me by. Here's the
link if you want to buy Tim's novel
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Outrageous-Fortune-Tim-Scott/dp/0553384406/

I've been told it's good.

jim

--- In dtbgroup@yahoogroups.com, "ric" <richardthomasfoames@...>
wrote:
>
> Its not out till may 29th, sounds like a intresting book though.
> Heres what it said on amazon US : -
>
> Book Description
> In this outrageously funny, outrageously inventive debut, one of
the
> most outrageously talented new writers to break onto the sci-fi
scene
> in decades asks the most loaded question of all…
>
> "Don't you hate it when this happens?"
>
> …that's what the business card asks Jonny X67, dream architect to
the
> rich and jaded. It's all the thieves who stole his house left
behind.
> And if that weren't bad enough, a saleswoman named Caroline E61
drops
> from the sky to sell him a set of encyclopedias and won't take no
for
> an answer. Can his luck get any worse?
>
> In this rip-roaring roller-coaster ride through a brilliantly
> imagined future of paranoid absurdity, Jonny X will learn the
answer
> soon enough when he falls afoul of a lunatic motorcycle gang
> nicknamed the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a relentless Belgian
> assassin, and his own irate girlfriend. Traversing a cityscape
whose
> neighborhoods are organized by musical genres, running into joke-
> telling elevators and holographic computer viruses, Jonny is about
to
> learn what a nightmare it's going to be to get his old life back in
a
> reality warping faster than the speed of the imagination.
Outrageous
> Fortune heralds a marvelous new talent sure to be delightfully
> altering the minds of readers for years to come.
>
> About the Author
> Tim Scott is 43. He graduated from Cambridge University, England,
and
> decided to use his hard fought education to work a plasterer,
> decorator and delivery driver.
>
> He writing career began with a training video which warned office
> staff that falling over could be dangerous. He then went on to
write
> and appear on BBC Radio 4 in around fifty comedy half hours—and
> finally ended up being given his own late night comedy television
> series on network ITV. It ran for twenty six episodes and was so
> surreal that even Ionesco or Salvador Dali would have been shaking
> their heads in confusion.
>
> He has written a large number of children's books, and also for
> children's television. He more recently became a television
director
> and in 2003 won a BAFTA for co writing and directing a children's
> series, "Ripley and Scuff," for the BBC. He likes to travel around
> the world, often in search of surf.
>
> Doesn't seem to expensive £5.51 then however much it is for
Postage.
> not bad.
>
> Ric
>

--- In dtbgroup@yahoogroups.com, "karenpassionajl"
<karenpassionajl@...> wrote:
>
> Karen have added you to her favorite list, check Karen's profile here
> http://karenakppassion.googlepages.com/bikerchicks.htm
>


That's nice. I've deleted you from my list.

For those of you who use facebook, there are several d2b groups out
there, but I recommend this one http://facebook.com/group.php?
gid=2227285592 Come join us! (Sorry Rachel).

Personally I prefer facebook to myspace and it's horrible wallpapers,
music blasting at you and pictures of people's cats - it's like going
back to the internet circa 1996. Having said that, there is also a
group for myspace people at http://groups.myspace.com/daretobelieve

Be the small bookcase,

jim.

Its not out till may 29th, sounds like a intresting book though.
Heres what it said on amazon US : -

Book Description
In this outrageously funny, outrageously inventive debut, one of the
most outrageously talented new writers to break onto the sci-fi scene
in decades asks the most loaded question of all…

"Don't you hate it when this happens?"

…that's what the business card asks Jonny X67, dream architect to the
rich and jaded. It's all the thieves who stole his house left behind.
And if that weren't bad enough, a saleswoman named Caroline E61 drops
from the sky to sell him a set of encyclopedias and won't take no for
an answer. Can his luck get any worse?

In this rip-roaring roller-coaster ride through a brilliantly
imagined future of paranoid absurdity, Jonny X will learn the answer
soon enough when he falls afoul of a lunatic motorcycle gang
nicknamed the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a relentless Belgian
assassin, and his own irate girlfriend. Traversing a cityscape whose
neighborhoods are organized by musical genres, running into joke-
telling elevators and holographic computer viruses, Jonny is about to
learn what a nightmare it's going to be to get his old life back in a
reality warping faster than the speed of the imagination. Outrageous
Fortune heralds a marvelous new talent sure to be delightfully
altering the minds of readers for years to come.

About the Author
Tim Scott is 43. He graduated from Cambridge University, England, and
decided to use his hard fought education to work a plasterer,
decorator and delivery driver.

He writing career began with a training video which warned office
staff that falling over could be dangerous. He then went on to write
and appear on BBC Radio 4 in around fifty comedy half hours—and
finally ended up being given his own late night comedy television
series on network ITV. It ran for twenty six episodes and was so
surreal that even Ionesco or Salvador Dali would have been shaking
their heads in confusion.

He has written a large number of children's books, and also for
children's television. He more recently became a television director
and in 2003 won a BAFTA for co writing and directing a children's
series, "Ripley and Scuff," for the BBC. He likes to travel around
the world, often in search of surf.

Doesn't seem to expensive £5.51 then however much it is for Postage.
not bad.

Ric

--- In dtbgroup@yahoogroups.com, "Bob" <forcrapma1l@...> wrote:
>
> It's on amazon UK, but it says limited availability.
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Outrageous-Fortune-Tim-Scott/dp/0553384406/
> sr=1-1/qid=1168449079/ref=sr_1_1/026-5064964-7866049?ie=UTF8&s=books
>

It's on ebay in America already, http://cgi.ebay.com/Outrageous-
Fortune-Tim-Scott-07-BRAND-NEW-ARC-
COPY_W0QQitemZ190088624350QQihZ009QQcategoryZ377QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZVie\
wItem

Not sure if shipping is worldwide though, thought someone might be
interested.

It comes and goes, but the Dare to Believe DVD is on ebay again at the
moment. See the Children's Company's items here
http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZchildrenscompany

jim

It's on amazon UK, but it says limited availability.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Outrageous-Fortune-Tim-Scott/dp/0553384406/
sr=1-1/qid=1168449079/ref=sr_1_1/026-5064964-7866049?ie=UTF8&s=books

--- In dtbgroup@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Brown" <random_poo@...> wrote:
>
> --- In dtbgroup@yahoogroups.com, "Bob" <forcrapma1l@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all, first post  I was searching around and noticed this
http://
> > www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780553384406
> >
> > Is this the same Tim Scott? I posted this on another D2B forum
but it
> > didn't seem like it was very active :(

>
> Some time ago, Tim Scott said he had a novel waiting to be published
> if I remember. He also said it might appeal to DTB watchers (can Jim
> confirm this or am I making it up?!)


I can confirm it and I will. That's what he said. It had a dollar
price on it, does anybody know if it is available in the UK. I think
we should all go out and buy it then Tim Scott can treat himself to
an afternoon in Sainsburys.

jim

--- In dtbgroup@yahoogroups.com, "James Grime" <j_grime@...> wrote:
>
> --- In dtbgroup@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Brown" <random_poo@> wrote:
> >
> > Hiya,
> >
> > A couple of new odds & sods up on www.agua-moose.com, nothing special
> > but check it out if you like.
>
>
> Dare to Believe badges! They're ace! I'll have some! I'm about to send
> you an exciting parcel too, look out for that.
>
> It's been a good month for exciting packages (as the actress said etc).
> Tim Scott recently sent me a Dare to Believe t-shirt that didn't fit
> him because it's made for tiny fairy people. Look at me!
> http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/j_grime/detail?.dir=8a15re2&.dnm=f0eere
> 2.jpg&.src=ph
> (The beard will be going...)
>
> jim
>

New update on Agua-moose.com. Have a look. Nothing too exciting but
something a little quirky on there, and I know how much you like
quirky stuff.

Jim. Ta for the parcel. I'll send it back to you when I get the
chance. I might even stick a badge in :-D

S.

--- In dtbgroup@yahoogroups.com, "Bob" <forcrapma1l@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all, first post  I was searching around and noticed this http://
> www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780553384406
>
> Is this the same Tim Scott? I posted this on another D2B forum but it
> didn't seem like it was very active :(
>

Looks like it is. Michael Marshall Smith (who was in series 1) has a
quote on the front.

Some time ago, Tim Scott said he had a novel waiting to be published
if I remember. He also said it might appeal to DTB watchers (can Jim
confirm this or am I making it up?!)

Hi all, first post  I was searching around and noticed this http://
www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780553384406

Is this the same Tim Scott? I posted this on another D2B forum but it
didn't seem like it was very active :(

--- In dtbgroup@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Brown" <random_poo@...> wrote:
>
> Hiya,
>
> A couple of new odds & sods up on www.agua-moose.com, nothing special
> but check it out if you like.


Dare to Believe badges! They're ace! I'll have some! I'm about to send
you an exciting parcel too, look out for that.

It's been a good month for exciting packages (as the actress said etc).
Tim Scott recently sent me a Dare to Believe t-shirt that didn't fit
him because it's made for tiny fairy people. Look at me!
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/j_grime/detail?.dir=8a15re2&.dnm=f0eere
2.jpg&.src=ph
(The beard will be going...)

jim

Hiya,

A couple of new odds & sods up on www.agua-moose.com, nothing special
but check it out if you like.

Scott.

Well the only thing I can suggest to you is that you try and promote
dare to believe in a big way, like I did, e-mail everyone you know,
texted everyone off your phone, ask everyone you know on myspace,
promote dare to believe on your myspace profile, ask everyone in your
family, ask people where you work, if you can get them to sign the
petition I started it may increase the overall figures on the online
petition.

I did that for a month and over 200 hundred people signed the
petition, it may take alot of work on your part, but I'd be happy to
help with finding some more people, and according to James grime when
dare to believe was at its most popular stage, half a million people
watched dare to believe, so there has to be more people out there who
are willing to sign the petition.

I would suggest that everyone who is reading this and loves dare to
believe should do the same ask everyone you can to sign the petition,
and maybe if we work on it together for a longer period say 6 months
we will get enough people to sign the petition.

At the point I will write a well structured letter and send it off to
the childrens company if you like.

Maybe the original petition didn't work maybe not, we haven't actually
had a official response from ITV, who knows ITV maybe be trying to fit
dare to believe into their scheduling, but in the meantime we can show
ITV and the childrens company how popular the show actually is by
promoting the show and finding the fans.

Its worth a try

Ric






> >
> Good idea, but How the hell do i go about doing that?
> I thort maybe doing some sort of cavassing of people who would buy
> it, sort of Pre Order stylee and send them a database of ppl willing
> to buy decent DVDs.
>
> But i b thinkin it is highly unlikely thay are going 2 do another
> run if they are still selling th old ones on eBay :-s
> Plus loadsa ppl may hav dowmloaded them form UKNoova already??
>
> If you care,help me draw up an action plan peoples!!
>
> Sophi
>

>
> The Children's Company are the people to bother. Try and convince
them
> they'd make some money.
>
> jim
>
Good idea, but How the hell do i go about doing that?
I thort maybe doing some sort of cavassing of people who would buy
it, sort of Pre Order stylee and send them a database of ppl willing
to buy decent DVDs.

But i b thinkin it is highly unlikely thay are going 2 do another
run if they are still selling th old ones on eBay :-s
Plus loadsa ppl may hav dowmloaded them form UKNoova already??

If you care,help me draw up an action plan peoples!!

Sophi

--- In dtbgroup@yahoogroups.com, "sophie.mangham" <sophiemangham@...>
wrote:
>
>
> u were right, they just said theyd checked the programming "and it
> wasnt Scheduled for re airing" :[ downheartened
>

Boo!


> now we need to campaigned for better DVDS!!! im not giving up on D2B

The Children's Company are the people to bother. Try and convince them
they'd make some money.

jim

u were right, they just said theyd checked the programming "and it
wasnt Scheduled for re airing" :[ downheartened

now we need to campaigned for better DVDS!!! im not giving up on D2B

Xxxx

Hey

This is Just a quick message to Steve Hewitt, just wondering if you
had heard anything from the good people at ITV as its been over a
month now since I sent you the petition results, and I think the dare
to believe fans deserve an answer whether good or bad.

Thanks

Ric

p.s – punky blue fish are you still on the official dtb forum

I think we tried bombarding ITV with emails before and it didn't
achieve much but it's always worth another go!

Try ITV'S feedback form http://www.itv.com/page.asp?partid=1215

We've had replies from them before using that.

jim

Not sure how useful it'll be but I suggest emailing dutyoffice@... or
you can even call them on 0870 600 6766 or fax them on 0121 634 4898. If
they can't help you they may (probably not though) give you details of someone
who can.

Your local ITV broadcaster can be found on http://www.itvregions.com/ if
you want to annoy them too :)

Scott.

>-- Original Message --
>To: dtbgroup@yahoogroups.com
>From: "sophie.mangham" <sophiemangham@...>
>Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:15:07 -0000
>Subject: [dtbgroup] Contacting ITV!
>Reply-To: dtbgroup@yahoogroups.com
>
>
>Does nayone knnow how to get in contact with an appropriate person at
>ITV? i ahev signed the petition but i recon if enough people badger
>them ALOT theyll put th damn show back on!!
>
>much obliged, my luvvers!
>Sophie
>
>
>


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Does nayone knnow how to get in contact with an appropriate person at
ITV? i ahev signed the petition but i recon if enough people badger
them ALOT theyll put th damn show back on!!

much obliged, my luvvers!
Sophie

The second series of Dare to Believe featuring Jabbing Jimmy, Bicycle
man and the Recognising Things Roadshow is available to download on the
BitTorrent site UKNova right now! http://www.uknova.com/details.php?
id=34069

You need to sign-up to UKNova to download. Places are limited but new
places become available everyday. For those of you having joining
UKNova, the videos may be available on a public tracker later.

jim

>-- Original Message --
>To: dtbgroup@yahoogroups.com
>From: "James Grime" <j_grime@...>
>Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:44:36 -0000
>Subject: [dtbgroup] Re: Broken News
>Reply-To: dtbgroup@yahoogroups.com
>
>
>--- In dtbgroup@yahoogroups.com, "futtock100" <spoonherring@...> wrote:
>>
>> If you can get BBC 4, watch broken news tonite at 9:30pm.
>
>
>And if you're a fan of radio comedy, Broken News is from the people who

>made The Sunday Format. If you get the chance to listen to The Sunday
>Format, do so. The idea is the same as Broken News but with Sunday
>newspapers, and I think the editing works better.
>
>"I went back to my old local and there were a couple of old geezers sat

>in the corner. One of reminded me so much of my father.
>
>And the other was my father".
>
>jim
>
>


It's being repeated on BBC7 at the moment at half 8 in the morning on Mondays.
Thank god for the BBC's listen again system :)


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--- In dtbgroup@yahoogroups.com, "futtock100" <spoonherring@...> wrote:
>
> If you can get BBC 4, watch broken news tonite at 9:30pm.


And if you're a fan of radio comedy, Broken News is from the people who
made The Sunday Format. If you get the chance to listen to The Sunday
Format, do so. The idea is the same as Broken News but with Sunday
newspapers, and I think the editing works better.

"I went back to my old local and there were a couple of old geezers sat
in the corner. One of reminded me so much of my father.

And the other was my father".

jim

Whoops! I accidently deleted this post!

---------------

Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 08:46:56 -0000
To: dtbgroup@yahoogroups.com
From: "punky_blue_fish"
Subject: Re: Broken News


I've seen a couple of episodes of Broken News and you're right it is
really funny:

"I'm here at the northern most tip of Norway. If you go far enough
that way you'll reach Russia. If you go far enough the other way
you'll end up back here ... That's the kind of place this is."

Brilliant!

If you can get BBC 4, watch broken news tonite at 9:30pm.

If you like DTB (which you do), you'll likely like this...

Splob