Renaming challenge

[East Coast Hustle]

Hunter, your buddy obviously either didn't read ANYTHING in this sub-foruom, or has a severe reading comprehension problem.

so far, nothing anyone has come up with conveys the idea behind all of this as elegantly as "Black Iron Prison" does.

just my two cents, but then, I'm the guy who has the power to re-name subfora, so consider me un-convinced for now.

[LHX]

what about if somebody asks politely?

[hunter s.durden]

Again, I've never read VALIS, so I don't know.

I'm just saying that's what one guy thought, and he's reasonably intelligent.
It's possible he's the only one.
Just putting it out there.

BIP is written into alot of things, and there is already a little booklet with graphics, but on the other hand, at least one person thought it was based on Dick stuff.

[Sir Perineal]

The Gesellschaft Gaol,Ñ¢

[LHX]

we could always abandon the magazine idea

put together a time machine

go back

take out PKD before he comes up with BIP


problem solved

[LHX]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VALIS#The_Black_Iron_Prison

[hunter s.durden]

I've read that short description before, but thought either I wasn't comprehending, or I was missing a key metaphor.

From what ECH and others have been saying though, our BIP has very few resemblences to Dick's BIP.

Fuck a name, the material is whats important.

[Cain]

I disagree, names are very important.  They define a thing.  The BIP is only one part of what we do here, and a very philosophically constrictive one at that.

[hunter s.durden]

OK, but lets not go crazy.
Noone's going to have a "perfect" name.
Let's not be too picky.
Everyone come up with some decent ones, we nominate the best ones, then vote.

Or pick out of a hat.
Or ECH pick it, because he can change it.

Either way, the material is still the more important thing. Let's not be the band who spend more time worrying about makeup than lyrical content.
Just sayin'.

The Monkey Shackles - There's my contribution.

[Thurnez Isa]

why don't we just hold off and pick a name once we have a good idea of all the material?

[hunter s.durden]

Because many of us refer to it by name in our works.

"The key to understanding the ___________ is..... blah blah"

[Cain]

I can change it too.  Just saying.

[hunter s.durden]

Then pick something.

No matter what you call this shit, someone will be unhappy.
Namely me.
I get like that.

[Cain]

I want a name people here will like.  The majority of people, at least.

I suck at inventing names, but I'm a great critic.

[hunter s.durden]

Won't happen.
You want how many people discordians and assorted freaks to agree on one thing? A majority is pushing it.
Was anyone listening to me when I said make a poll of it.