Who wrote Mac's book?

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Postby In The Margins » Thu Apr 08, 2010 8:24 am

No surprise there. I doubt he's written anything, never mind pass on his ruminations to a ghost writer.

If he doesn't come up with something, he'll have to repay the advance I assume they've given him.

Maybe it was all done, but the management team (and Peter) had to go over it and rewrite it to meet their purposes and to insert as many typos as possible.
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Postby the ghost of guitarplayer » Thu Apr 08, 2010 8:32 am

I pity the team of editors and proofreaders that'll have to go over the manuscript if that happens.
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Postby moses (2) » Thu Apr 08, 2010 8:32 am

fat cherry wrote:I have it on good record that the publishing industry is notoriously slow - plus some lawyer will have to read it and query everything - and then get him to change it and all that bollocks.


more like the lawyer will read it and say THAT'S ALL BOLLOCKS
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Postby moses (2) » Thu Apr 08, 2010 8:36 am

fat cherry wrote:though if the first page contains the sentence - "the first time I saw cope i thought he was a fucking looser", we'll k now the answer to the question posed at the start of this thread wont we.


the first line will be

when I popped out I turned to the doctor and said that is the best fuckin birth ever ..
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Postby In The Margins » Thu Apr 08, 2010 8:40 am

moses (2) wrote:the first line will be

when I popped out I turned to the doctor and said that is the best fuckin birth ever ..


Next line: And I asked for a smoke and a whiskey. Put my sunglasses on, but they fell off because me head was too small. I'm brilliant. Where's me hair spray?
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Postby Kounelaki » Thu Apr 08, 2010 9:01 am

the ghost of guitarplayer wrote:I pity the team of editors and proofreaders that'll have to go over the manuscript if that happens.


And pity the poor sod that has to transcribe the interviews.
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Postby withahip » Thu Apr 08, 2010 9:19 am

Kounelaki wrote:And pity the poor sod that has to transcribe the interviews.


Oh wow.
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Postby the ghost of guitarplayer » Thu Apr 08, 2010 10:15 am

Mac: Mumble mumble mumble, belch, mumble mumble, belch, mumble mumble, he-he-he, belch, mumble mumble, turn those lights down, mumble mumble mumble, greatest song ever written, mumble mumble mumble, Chris Martin.

Ghostwriter notes:And I asked for a smoke and a whiskey. Put my sunglasses on, but they fell off because me head was too small. I'm brilliant. Where's me hair spray?

Final manuscript draft: And I esked four a smoke and a whiskeey. Put my sunglasses on, but they fel of cos me head woz to small. Im brillant. Wheres me hairsprey.

Proofreader, final passage: I asked for a cigarette and a glass of whiskey. I put my sunglasses on, but they fell off because my head was too small. I then thought to myself, I am brilliant! It was then that I looked around the room for my tin of hairspray.
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Postby DivaDiana77 » Thu Apr 08, 2010 5:23 pm

The title is no longer Silverfish, it has been changed to, "Silverfish, the most astoundingly glorious work of literary genius ever written. Amen."
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Postby moses (2) » Mon Apr 12, 2010 8:23 am

I think we have had this discussion before on the opening line

something to do with the bible and telling bono to shut up playing god
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Postby DivaDiana77 » Tue Apr 13, 2010 2:00 am

moses (2) wrote:I think we have had this discussion before on the opening line

something to do with the bible and telling bono to shut up playing god


Perhaps the first chapter should begin:

In the beginning was McCulloch...and thus spake McCulloch...
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Postby black francis » Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:20 am

At his 2003 show he told the audience the nurse told his mother congratulations he's sexy.
With the Force as his ally he did battle with the Dark Lord. And he showed the measure of a true Jedi at a place called "The Death Star" where hope for the Galaxy was reborn. May all who struggle against tyranny hold his memory in their hearts
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Postby black francis » Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:21 am

He was a GOD that night. Small club and I was like 3 feet away.

If only that vocal contingent to my right could have been shot early on. Dumb shits were picking up his cigarette butts passing them around taking a puff then putting them in ziplock bags.
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Postby DivaDiana77 » Tue Apr 13, 2010 2:27 pm

black francis wrote:If only that vocal contingent to my right could have been shot early on. Dumb shits were picking up his cigarette butts passing them around taking a puff then putting them in ziplock bags.


Ew!!! That's just weird!
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Postby Dr Evil » Wed Apr 14, 2010 2:14 am

DivaDiana77 wrote:Ew!!! That's just weird!


I've actually seen that at Bunnymen shows. At first I wondered what was going on-and I thought I was obsessed! That gave me the idea of getting one of his cigarette butts and cloning a new Mac from the cells in his saliva. Because the old Mac is wearing out.
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