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Trying to arrange an interview with Grant Morrison for Vice Magazine.

 
  

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Debord23
12:49 / 22.04.09
Hi there Barbelith.

As the topic says, I'm trying to arrange an interview with Grant Morrison for a piece I'm working on for Vice Magazine. The story is about ideas of faith in the 21st Century now people are generally disillusioned with the old monotheistic desert religions like Christianity etc.

I was hoping someone here might be able to point me in the direction of his manager / agent so I can go from there.

Many thanks if you can help and I sorry to use this forum for this purpose (is this like spam?).
 
 
Proinsias
13:02 / 22.04.09
Have you tried to get him on the astral plane?
 
 
jentacular dreams
15:17 / 22.04.09
One day Ganesh will come back and ask the same question.
 
 
Char Aina
18:33 / 22.04.09
I'll ask him at the weekend. Chances are he'll say no, though.
 
 
Jack Fear
18:45 / 22.04.09
Here's to the beginnings of a brilliant career in journalism.

Lesson One: Research skills.
 
 
Debord23
20:45 / 22.04.09
Thank you very much Life Critic - let me know if you would like my email or any more information.

And Jack Fear, thank you very much for your reply. Surprisingly enough I had already tried that and sent a message though to website. No turn left unstoned and all that.

Thank you for your tip though. Do you have any others? Maybe advanced feature writing or how to deal with a difficult interviewee? I could have used that with David Icke the other day and I'm always eager to learn...
 
 
Jack Fear
20:56 / 22.04.09
I always find that asking an interviewee which of the Three Stooges is his/her favorite makes for a great icebreaker. That's a bit U.S.-centric, though, I suppose.
 
 
MattShepherd: I WEDDED KALI!
21:03 / 22.04.09
Hi Debord23,

Morrison really doesn't have much to do with this site as of about eight years ago, and while there's nothing wrong with asking about how to go about contacting him, the automatic association between Barbelith-the-message-board and Barbelith-the-fictional-satellite tends to put people's noses out of joint. Hence the snark.

There's a Barbelith FAQ that goes into more detail about how this site doesn't have anything to do with him any more (other than the origins of the name), which you can find with a bit of digging. Ah: this is the relevant bit.

Good luck tracking him down, and good luck with your interview. It seems a bit ambitious for Vice, so kudos for trying to raise the bar there as well.
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
21:04 / 22.04.09
Debord23. Vice magazine. Looking to talk to Grant Morrison.

This is basically the ultimate thread, isn't it? If we had any sense of timing, the place would break fatally right now.
 
 
Alex's Grandma
21:33 / 22.04.09
What's Vice Magazine like? Is it sexy?

It's not one of those Suicide Girls things, is it?
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
06:32 / 23.04.09
More seriously - it's hard to know, Debord23 (love it!) whether the man himself reads Barbelith, but he certainly doesn't usually contribute to it, and played no part in its creation or administration. Some people here either claim to know him, or have sekrit plans to get to know him, but whether these claims are for comic effect, are somewhat divorced from reality or are kosher is hard to tell. Cameron Stewart and Jamie Grant are intermittent visitors here, both of whom work with him, and could probably therefore give you the name of his agent, I imagine, if they wished. There's a private message function built into the system which you could use, I suppose.
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
06:42 / 23.04.09
Having said which, have you entirely thought through your premise? Threre's about a billion Muslims who seem in many cases to be pretty down with their monotheistic desert religion, and really quite a lot of Christians and Jews also. And a smaller number of Zoroastrians, for that matter, although Zoroastrianism is basically awesome, so what's not to like?
 
 
Anna de Logardiere
09:22 / 23.04.09
I snogged Gem Masterson behind the bike shed. We went to school together you see.
 
 
Char Aina
09:55 / 23.04.09
I guess Debord could be a joke suit, eh? Timestamp on forehead, please.
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
10:18 / 23.04.09
Well, I like him. He's polite and well-mannered, and has dealt with the whole thing with good grace and humour - he's just probably not really looking in the right place.

Here's a picture of a bat being cleaned by a toothbrush. That usually helps.

 
 
Char Aina
10:38 / 23.04.09
Well, it's too late now.
Wheels have been set in motion. BIG wheels. Wheels the size of planets, tyred with the dead and spoked by fear.

Debord23, you've got mail.
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
11:07 / 23.04.09
Timestamp on forehead, please.

i c wut u did thar /b/rother.
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
11:25 / 23.04.09
Oh, is that a Chan thing? I was wondering. Maybe that picture of a bat should be a picture of a mudkip. Or some porn, I suppose.
 
 
Anna de Logardiere
12:21 / 23.04.09
Never frown on a welsh bat.
 
 
Eek! A Freek!
12:57 / 23.04.09
That bat is adorable.
Thanks, it did help; the whole GM/Vice thing has been wiped clean off my eyes.
Vice Sucks.
Except for the Do's & Dont's.
And the Video Travel Guide.
And the coffee table books.
Ok. They don't suck. Still: the bat was cute...
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
16:00 / 23.04.09
You think that was cute? Check this out:

I love a happy ending. Best of luck with the article, Debord23!
 
 
Mistoffelees
16:09 / 23.04.09
Or how about this: mallard adopts beagle baby.

Geoff Masterson, cry your heart out.
 
 
Alex's Grandma
16:10 / 23.04.09
I guess Debord could be a jokesuit, eh?

I'm actually speechless.
 
 
Debord23
16:32 / 23.04.09
What a fun forum this is!

Sorry I didn't look at this thread for a while. It seems to have exploded since I was away.

I'm sorry if I came knocking at the wrong door, I just remembered this forum from something somewhere (I used to work in a comic shop many moons ago!)

I'm not sure what a jokesuit is, but I imagine it's some kind of ringer? I'm am a real person, honest. I'm just very busy so I'm not in internetland all the time.

Thank you very much for your help anyway. If life gives me some lovely spare minutes then I will be back and maybe I will be able to contribute something to your community.
 
 
Debord23
16:57 / 23.04.09
p.s. I really like that picture of a bat.

Here's something nice in return:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkAtODkowPE
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
17:24 / 23.04.09
I am frustrated! Youtube is hanging.

Nonetheless, I am sure that it will work later, and I will be very happy. Unless it's Rick Astley singing "Never Gonna Give You Up", and even that would be quite nice.

You seem like a thoroughly nice chap, Debord23. I hope that everything goes well, with the article and indeed with your stuff in general.
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
00:49 / 24.04.09
Happy tapir!

You know, I cannot get over how lovely that bat is. It makes up for a lot, doesn't it?
 
 
Quantum
12:41 / 24.04.09
"I need to strike terror into the hearts of criminals...I shall become a BAT! SYNONYMOUS WITH TERROR!"

"I need to strike terror into the hearts of criminals...I shall become a SLOW LORIS! SYNONYMOUS WITH TERROR!"

I'm intrigued by this throwaway line-
I could have used that with David Icke the other day

That or a lizard suit. What were you doing with Icke? Spying on the Rothschilds?
 
 
Quantum
12:48 / 24.04.09
On the cute animals tip, here's a couple-



Stoat- TITS OR GTFO.
 
 
Regrettable Juvenilia
18:00 / 25.04.09
Debord23, by coincidence I am looking to contact Keri Ferrell to conduct an interview for a new website, can you help?
 
 
Regrettable Juvenilia
18:03 / 25.04.09
The interview would discuss whether the media have really been fair to Kari.
 
 
Alex's Grandma
18:43 / 25.04.09
I think if Kerry met you, she'd marry you in an instant!
 
 
Alex's Grandma
19:10 / 25.04.09
Look at her (admittedly, I'm not 100% about who this is, but still ...) look at her. Presumably, she'd kill to go out with a guy like you.

So not to listen to the demons.
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
20:33 / 25.04.09
Stoat- TITS OR GTFO.

I can do better than that.

 
 
Debord23
04:24 / 27.04.09
@ (Quan)Tom Cruise

If you're really interested I was interviewing Icke for a related thing. The interview was short and didn't really deliver what I wanted from it, but this is life.

I did get a great bit of him talking about Bill Hicks though, which was slightly surreal but deeply cool.
 
  

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