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post #1 of 114
11/21/10 at 11:32am
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Is going to need contributors. In a different way. Andrea is putting the finishing touches on our style guide, editorial kit, etc.

We'll need some help.

If you want to participate, pop a note to nicknunziata@gmail.com and I will store it. Just make sure NEWSITE is your subject line.

Also, tell me the one or two things in the world you are really knowledgeable about that you'd LOVE to write about. We may be your huckleberry.
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post #2 of 114
11/21/10 at 6:16pm
Compensation details would be nice.
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post #3 of 114
11/21/10 at 6:39pm
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Compensation details would be nice.
Why do they need to be public?
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post #4 of 114
11/21/10 at 6:41pm
Because calls for contributors often always Are?
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post #5 of 114
11/21/10 at 7:32pm
Really, Rath?
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post #6 of 114
11/21/10 at 7:46pm
Email sent!
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post #7 of 114
11/22/10 at 12:35am
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Compensation details would be nice.
I will personally come pull sticks out from deep inside people's asses for one.
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post #8 of 114
11/22/10 at 2:11am
Definitely interested. Hope my email is articulate and convincing.
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post #9 of 114
11/22/10 at 5:34am
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Compensation details would be nice.
hahahahahahaha
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post #10 of 114
11/22/10 at 10:23am
Email sent, hopefully I can bring something to the table.
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post #11 of 114
11/22/10 at 12:45pm
Email also sent. It was short but sweet.
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post #12 of 114
11/22/10 at 3:56pm
Just saw this thread a few minutes ago. I'm definitely interested. E-mail sent!
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post #13 of 114
11/22/10 at 4:34pm
May I add that my fellow bloggers Mike and Don would be damn fine choices.
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post #14 of 114
11/22/10 at 4:39pm
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May I add that my fellow bloggers Mike and Don would be damn fine choices.
What a gent. The feeling is more than mutual.
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post #15 of 114
11/22/10 at 4:41pm
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I will personally come pull sticks out from deep inside people's asses for one.
nicely done.
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post #16 of 114
11/22/10 at 4:42pm
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What a gent. The feeling is more than mutual.
Agreed.
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post #17 of 114
11/22/10 at 4:47pm
Here are a few things I know a lot about:
the early nineties Dallas Cowboys
The filmography of Ms. Julia Roberts
Pearl Jam concerts
My So-Called Life
and that's pretty much it. Let me know if my knowledge will in any way help the new site. I expect to not hear from you.
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post #18 of 114
11/22/10 at 5:19pm
I would read a series on My So-Called Life and how it affected the Dallas Cowboy season in 1994. I would read the shit out of that.
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post #19 of 114
11/22/10 at 5:48pm
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I'm really interested in your non-film interests.
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post #20 of 114
11/22/10 at 5:55pm
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I would read a series on My So-Called Life and how it affected the Dallas Cowboy season in 1994. I would read the shit out of that.
The Cowboys won in Pittsburgh week one that year, but I doubt any of the characters were there, except maybe Graham's brother Neil, so there was probably no...

You were joking, weren't you.
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post #21 of 114
11/22/10 at 9:14pm
Non-movie interests:

Music (although Jeb is doing a great job with that now), writing, theater, plays, poker and drinking.
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post #22 of 114
11/22/10 at 9:34pm
I know a astronomical amount of info regarding videogames and action movies (foriegn or domestic). And James Woods. I'd apply but I've talked some (lighthearted) shit about Devin since he left.

I hope Rath was kidding.
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post #23 of 114
11/22/10 at 10:39pm
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I know a astronomical amount of info regarding videogames and action movies (foriegn or domestic). And James Woods. I'd apply but I've talked some (lighthearted) shit about Devin since he left.

I hope Rath was kidding.
Well, I probably would have taken it to e-mail, but asking if a writer for the site will be compensated at all for their work is a pretty fair question.
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post #24 of 114
11/23/10 at 1:35am
I know that. I meant outright asking the question. Jesus.
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post #25 of 114
11/23/10 at 1:58am
If you're interested in post-WWII Nazi conspiracies, I'm your man.
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post #26 of 114
11/23/10 at 2:10am
Am I the only one who thought Nick was looking for blogger/up and coming writers to begin submitting and maybe one day get a paying gig or did I completely miss where Nick put out an actual call for paid staff on the message board in a half-assed veiled way?
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post #27 of 114
11/23/10 at 10:07am
I nominate Phil as a columnist. Every week or so he'd amble in and share some amiably laconic observation about life. With the Devane avatar, of course.
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post #28 of 114
11/23/10 at 10:10am
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Am I the only one who thought Nick was looking for blogger/up and coming writers to begin submitting and maybe one day get a paying gig or did I completely miss where Nick put out an actual call for paid staff on the message board in a half-assed veiled way?
The site is arranged much differently than CHUD and it'll have more possibilities than CHUD does, but this call was a chance to see if some folks fit and would stick and get a chance to write about stuff that truly interests them that they truly are knowledgable about.

If people shine (as was the case with CHUD and folks in the past who came on board), then it could be rewarding financially too.

But we're behind schedule and the budget's tight so right now we have to prove our value first.
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post #29 of 114
11/23/10 at 10:12am
That's what I thought you meant, and I'd still kill for a chance to do it.
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post #30 of 114
11/23/10 at 10:33am
Honestly, the thought of financial compensation never entered my mind. If memory serves, Nick has only officially employed one person. Everyone else has offered their talents freely. Not sure why anyone would suddenly start thinking money now. And I have no problem with volunteering for this. I see it more as another opportunity to get my name out there in the hopes that it could lead to more writing opportunities.

Plus, the opportunity to be a part of something that has the potential for greatness is kinda cool.
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post #31 of 114
11/23/10 at 10:37am
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Plus, the opportunity to be a part of something that has the potential for greatness is kinda cool.
Agreed
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post #32 of 114
11/23/10 at 10:54am
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Originally Posted by Nick Nunziata View Post
The site is arranged much differently than CHUD and it'll have more possibilities than CHUD does, but this call was a chance to see if some folks fit and would stick and get a chance to write about stuff that truly interests them that they truly are knowledgable about.

If people shine (as was the case with CHUD and folks in the past who came on board), then it could be rewarding financially too.

But we're behind schedule and the budget's tight so right now we have to prove our value first.

Damn it, that sounds intriguing. I am gonna have to think about more stuff I know a lot about.
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post #33 of 114
11/23/10 at 11:33am
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Plus, the opportunity to be a part of something that has the potential for greatness is kinda cool.
This. Right. Here.
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post #34 of 114
11/23/10 at 11:35am
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Honestly, the thought of financial compensation never entered my mind. If memory serves, Nick has only officially employed one person. Everyone else has offered their talents freely. Not sure why anyone would suddenly start thinking money now. And I have no problem with volunteering for this. I see it more as another opportunity to get my name out there in the hopes that it could lead to more writing opportunities.

Plus, the opportunity to be a part of something that has the potential for greatness is kinda cool.
There are a lot more than one people on payroll and my goal is to add more. I'm hoping the redesign allows for our traffic and revenue to get us there.
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post #35 of 114
11/23/10 at 11:45am
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There are a lot more than one people on payroll and my goal is to add more. I'm hoping the redesign allows for our traffic and revenue to get us there.
My sincere apologies if I offended, Nick. I didn't realize there were more folk on the payroll, and I didn't mean to downplay them in any way. My intention was just to say that as far as I'm concerned, money isn't important here. I just love the idea of being a part of the machine that I love to visit daily, hourly, minutely.
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post #36 of 114
11/23/10 at 11:51am
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Appreciated. Contrary to inherited opinion, massive efforts are made each and every month to make enough dough to pay as many people as possible and for the past three years when the site didn't pull it off, I worked extra gigs to make ends meet. True fact.
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post #37 of 114
11/23/10 at 11:57am
Well, for what it's worth, and no matter how corny it sounds, I never had anything but faith in CHUD and what you do here, Nick. That'one of the reasons why I get excited so easily at any opportunity to be a part of it.
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post #38 of 114
11/23/10 at 11:59am
In my case, living in Bolivia means I am privy to weird cultural stuff. Although Film and Music are my areas of "expertise," some of my most fun blogs have been the ones where I just go off on the idiosyncrasies of living here.

Like having to take a 16 hour bus ride in order to see Watchmen on opening weekend.
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post #39 of 114
11/23/10 at 12:31pm
the one thing I could really write about is electronic music and djing/promoting, but from the thread sizes on topics like that, I don't think its quite what the average chewer is looking to read about

that said, I look forward to reading stuff from people in this thread. some great minds here that's for sure
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post #40 of 114
11/23/10 at 12:40pm
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The new site is not aimed exclusively at Chewers It's aimed at Earth.
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post #41 of 114
11/23/10 at 12:41pm
well then, uh...message send
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post #42 of 114
11/23/10 at 12:47pm
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Damn it, that sounds intriguing. I am gonna have to think about more stuff I know a lot about.
Same here, wish I knew a lot about something so I could write about it.
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post #43 of 114
11/23/10 at 12:55pm
I'll shoot you an email when/if my daughter naps today and I have time for more than three sentences. Until then, consider this a placeholder. I'm interested.
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post #44 of 114
11/23/10 at 12:55pm
Nick - when you say New Site, do you mean the new CHUD.COM or is there a second site coming onboard, like Nations Punched. Or are you saying that CHUD.COM is shifting its focus?

And Dave Jarvie, did you subscribe to the PK newsletter espousing the non-use of the period key?
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post #45 of 114
11/23/10 at 1:00pm
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And Dave Jarvie, did you subscribe to the PK newsletter espousing the non-use of the period key?
Not intentionally that's for sure. Usually I'll lax off when I finish my night shift and am about to head to bed.
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post #46 of 114
11/23/10 at 1:00pm
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CHUD's relaunching but this is a new site.

Not like Nation's Punched, which was a spinoff of CHUD.

This new site is BIG. Polished. With serious potential to reach a wide audience.
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post #47 of 114
11/23/10 at 1:07pm
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Originally Posted by James Woods' Career View Post
I know that. I meant outright asking the question. Jesus.
I really don't get the problem here. It's not like Nick can't handle answering a question, y'all, he's a grown-ass man.
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post #48 of 114
11/23/10 at 1:21pm
Wide audience? Sounds really interesting. I'm interested, but I'll have to scavenge through my brain for stuff that I know a lot about that isn't film related. Film knowledge has always been my forte.
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post #49 of 114
11/23/10 at 1:30pm
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Usually I'll lax off when I finish my night shift and am about to head to bed.
Yeah, that's usually when I lax off too. It helps me sleep better. This coincidentally could be my area of expertise.
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post #50 of 114
11/23/10 at 1:46pm
Besides movies, all I really know about is being sick and living in hospitals and being an emotionally and experientially stunted 20 year old. I don't know if anyone wants to read about that. I'll see if I can think of anything else though because I'd love to be in on the ground floor of this.
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