The P.I.F Book Club
 

THE P.I.F. BOOK CLUB

P.I.F.= PASS IT FORWARD

I'm donating a brand new copy of 'Touching From A Distance' the biography of Ian Curtis & Joy Division written by Ian's wife Deborah Curtis, to be P.I.F'd between members of Music Banter with no less than 500 posts.

I'll post the book free of charge to the first person to reply to this thread and pm me with a forwarding address (Uni/works or PO Box etc. will do for those not wanting to disclose their home address).

Anyone else wanting to read this book should post an interest and I'll add them to a waiting list edited in this post.
The last person to read the book then P.I.F.'s it on (at their expense) to the next in line after signing their username on the inside cover.
The book eventually returns to me when it becomes obvious that the list has run it's course.

Anyone else wishing to PIF a book can start their own PIF list in this thread.

OK, where in the world is this going first...

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Piffing Rules.
1. First come, first served.
2. No breaking the sequence...keep the randomness.
3. Anyone wishing to remove their name from the list must notify me via PM.
4. Piffer pays for postage.

'Touching From A Distance' PIF LIST
LoathsomePete...done
Jackhammer...done
nonsubmissivewife...done
kayleigh...reading
Duga...

I'll take it and I'm totally down for this idea, I've got oodles of books that I would like to see passed on.

First stop...Ne-va-duh :thumb:

Yeah send it back over here!

You in? Send Pete an address and I'll add you to the list Lee.

This is a brilliant idea. :thumb:

I'd have to reacquaint myself with Joy Division first, it's been awhile.

god damn...i think i better get posting just to participate in this.

excellent idea...wish i thought of it!

Cheers mate, I've been trying to find something on post-punk in the stores around here, but they seem determined to only sell books about American heavy metal, The Beatles, and a few books on punk.

Anyhow I have one that I've been dying to pass on to someone:

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Not the biggest Spin fan, however I do think some of their writers are pretty good (Chuck Klosterman for instance). This is a collection of original writing on different bands, genres, movies, etc. Here's a list of each of the chapters:

01. The R.E.M. Method and Other Rites of Passage
02. MTV: Giving People What They Want (Jesus-Is This Really What They Want?)
03. Madonna: Icon of Mall Rats, Ph.D. Candidates and the Rest of us
04. Prince: Funky Sex God
05. U2: Revelation & Lust
06. Run-DMC: the Kings of Queens
07. The Smiths & Morrissey: Beautiful Misery
08. Goth: Suburban High Schools, the Cure, and the secret of happiness
09. Synth-Pop
10. '80s Teen Movies
11. Beastie Boys: White Dudes in the House
12. Rebels Without Pause: Public Enemy Rewrite Hip-Hop as a revolutionary force
13. Chicago House/Detroit Techno: A Tale of Two Cities
14. '80's Metal: Stars, Stripes, and Aqua Net
15. Hip Hop's Golden Age: Roughnecks, Radicals, and Undergrads
16. Metallica: Kill 'Em All
17. Nine Inch Nails: The triump of industrial
18. The Pixies: Gigantic
19. West Coast Hedonism: The Red Hot Chili Peppers & Jane's Addiction
20. Alt-Country: Dust-Bowling For Dollars
21. Gangsta, Gangsta: N.W.A. Dr. Dre, and the Monsters of Rap
22. Tupac: The Reality Show
23. Grunge: Seattle and the Heavy Rock Invasion
24. Nirvana: The Ghost of Saint Kurt
25. Heroin: Sister Morphine & Mr. Brownstone
26. Smashing pumpkins: Songs of Lunchroom Loners
27. Rap-Rock: From "Punk Rock Rap" to Mook Nation
28. Beck: Folk Music, electric boogaloo
29. Green Day: Pop Goes the Punk Rock
30. Ecstasy: Everything starts with an E
31. "Angry Women":Medusas, Riot Grrrls & Dangerous Nymphs
32. Courtney Love: The Girl with the Most Cake
33. Britpop: Champagne Supernovas
34. Radiohead: The Dark Side of the Moon
35. The Notorious B.I.G.: The Life and Death of Big Pappa
36. Electronica: Beats for Fun and Profit
37. Weezer: Geeks Like Us
38. Napster: Too ****ing Good To Last
39. Jam Bands: Smells like Phish
40. Indie hip-hop: Backpacking Across America
41. Emo: We Feel Your Pain
42. Eminem
43. Bjork: Pagan Poetry
44. OutKast: If the Beatles were Playas
45. The White Stripes and the (so-called) return of rock

If this doesn't strike someone's fancy then screw you guys!

Sorry Duga. Those are my rules, but anyone else piffing a book can set their own.
By the time it's your turn you'll probably have 500 posts anyway.
Are you in?

Whaaa there's a minimum posting rule?

I think I should be exempted r-t.

i totally understand...it is best to stick to it. 500 seems reasonable to participate in something where we will actually be sharing in someone's physical property.

but if you want to go ahead and stick me on the list, i will do my best to have 500 before it comes to me. just keep bumping me down until it happens, i guess.

i'm actually very excited to see how this plays out...doing something so interactive with the members here is why i joined up in the first place.

See my last post.
You're in.

Added.

I know...I'm a big softy.

You know what I would love to read this book... if you trust me that is. Should I pm you my address?

Well if you want me to send you the book that'd make my task a whole lot easier ;)

I could just give you some clues... follow the trail of stones until you come to the tree. There, "remember the rhino." Your mother will understand.

I'll get it out, thankfully you're in the country, so it should arrive Tuesday or Wednesday.

Also you wouldn't have had to leave any clues, remember I have access to your IP address and from there I could've found it on my own, however it's probably an abuse of mod powers and kind of creepy.

A bit creepy... although this is the internet, I think anything goes. Mostly anything.

I'd have vouched for Duga anyway. Seems like a solid guy.


Man, I'd like to get in on this, but I still haven't mailed back a digital turntable that arrived to me broken from the manufacturer like 2 years ago. I'm so lazy I just accepted the loss. So... I'm the wrong person to be expected to go to a post office. Ever.

Wait loathsome pete right track said something about paying for postage. I could send a couple bucks to the return address or something if you want.

Sender pays postage, so there's no need to contribute because you'll be paying postage to send it on to the next person.

Ah ok. Thanks for the clarification.

Does anybody else want to read it afterwards?

Um, sounds cool, but also kinda expensive?

I would love to participate, but it might be an issue due to geographic purposes. Not much "mailing" in here, so I don't really know how to use the postal service. I'll add my name to one of the P.I.F books, once I find out how it all works.

So get a job mr. tightwad!

Lol, I did actually...:D

Anyhow, the cost of the overseas postage here is enough to actually buy the book. Just sayin'...;)

Hell froze over? ;)
I already thought of that and to make it a bit more worthwhile I was thinking of throwing in the Closer CD too...


...and why do I get the impression that the Croatians are the Scots of the Balkans?

The whole project sounds like the Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants. Don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing :D

Edit: Maybe you can organize the list to have the shortest distance possible at each time. The book doesn't need to travel the Atlantic a dozen times.

Yay my book arrived today. Scene:

I walk in the door

MOM: A package arrived for you today. I was kind of wondering-

ME: Uh, I don't know what it is.

*Quickly hurry away carrying package*

I was thinking of buying an empty book & send it around & have members write whatever they want in it.

^ lol

Mine goes out tomorrow. LP can expect it to arrive sometime next month. :laughing:

That would actually be a very cool idea.

agreed

Members could update the progress with pics in the gallery?

Sounds like fun.

That does sounds like fun....great idea Urbs. I'm in.

When I get it back I can scan all the pages & make it available as a download.

Sign me up too I suppose.


I'm glad you're first NSW, because I feel you're one of the few Urban would be willing to pay the trans-atlantic fee for;)

Great idea Urban, I'm down with that one!

Also I'm surprised you got it so soon Story... considering I sent it out on Saturday.

I'm not complaining.... it even came with a heartwarming hand-written note:rolleyes:

I feel guilty to say this (sorry r-t!), but can I take a raincheck on the P.I.F.? Any chance this will still be going strong in a couple of months? I'll be able to participate then for sure.