That's not what we meant.  Of course Bob's humanitarian work will still be convered, quite rightly.  But those who want to contact this site about such subjects as Africa, Fathers for Justice or people just wanting Bob to save the world and a whole host of other stuff will be directed away to the appropriate people.

Argee, please put your creative head on over the Christmas and New Year period.  I am delighted to read that you don't get freaked out by celebs. I am arranging a shoot from the lip interview with Bob in the new year. As you know I am a complete tosser when it comes to technology, but the format will be something like:

Meet up with Bob in London, have lunch, get the voice recorder running, take some video footage, then fire away the questions.  Geldof musician - if you are willing I may see if you can come along with me.  I will tell Bob that you are a bit of a guru when it comes to the technology.  So start thinking of your interview technique.

Also you can knock up questions for Pete ( In know you did this before, but bring it right up to date), Vince, Niall, Johnny and Alan.  All will be given much more exposure on the site in 2006. You will all notice that the BoomtownRats.co.uk link has been removed, this is simply because the site was asked on numerous occasions to remove a certain item as it was misleading, this was not done, so therefore we have disassociated ourselves from the site.

After Christmas a new online mailing list will be set up for those interested in Geldof the Musician only.

IG

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ArrGee, please put your creative head on over the Christmas and New Year period.  

I will tell Bob that you are a bit of a guru when it comes to the technology.

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Ian wrote:

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I am arranging a shoot from the lip interview with Bob in the new year. As you know I am a complete tosser when it comes to technology, but the format will be something like: Meet up with Bob in London, have lunch, get the voice recorder running, take some video footage, then fire away the questions.  [...] So start thinking of your interview technique.Also you can knock up questions for Pete ( In know you did this before, but bring it right up to date), Vince, Niall, Johnny and Alan.  All will be given much more exposure on the site in 2006. [...] After Christmas a new online mailing list will be set up for those interested in Geldof the Musician only.IG

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All of this sounds very good, Ian! I'm really really (I mean really, lol!) looking forward to that interview - I think it's exactly what the site needs! I can almost see you guys firing away questions and answers! Can't wait!  As you can imagine, of course I think more exposure of the band will add a lot to the site too! (For my feeling, it's about time - is that allowed if I say that?)

Generally and especially after the last tour, I think it's a good decision to be focussing on Geldof the Musician. Not that it mattered much, but all of these plans/decisions meet my full approval! lol I simply think this is the right direction, and I was glad when I read you posting.

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ArrGee, you lucky bastards! Hopefully you'll bring a few of our questions to those interviews!   

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I'm feeling schizophrenic! Good job I do have multiple personalities

IF I do go, nothing confirmed, I will, of course, bring questions from the forum.

Like the Lorax,

I speak for the fans, for the fans have no tongues!

Hope Geldof ain't gonna ask me for 15 cents like the Once-ler though!

http://www.roanoke.edu/Chemistry/JSteehler/HNRS301/Fiction/Loras.poem.html

Yes, a good change trigger... After all its "All about Bob" here - this is his little web temple.

By the way, tickets almost sold out for Blues Fest, Australia for those interested in his performance.  I wanted to but couldn't afford the $360 - bought a new guitar for my charity and Bob's honorary studio - found a beaut Takamine that they thought was made in China, but it was an early Japan model with hard top.  Too good to miss, so put it on Layby for Xmas. 

Arrrgee - maybe that banner ad could go?  Perhaps a "donation" required from fan/s for it's replacement.  Those other celebrity names dominate the page... 

Tango - really like your latest song.  Maybe one day you can teach me how to write... don't forget your PRS! take care :)

The slight misunderstanding with boomtownrats.co.uk has now been resolved and is now back online as a link.

Ian

Hey, much as I'd like to - just as with the concert - I have very strict budget and limited funds which are going to fair trade project - somehow if we want our producers to carry the official Fair Trade Certification - they/we have to come up with 3,0000 euros per year for registration - pretty impossible for grass roots self support intiatives - and us business angel supporters are trying to fund the expensive aspect - eCom and media production etc., that support funds them.  Also quite ironic, I feel considering 8 years ago when I was an original lobbier of Fair Trade when there was non UK... We want to avoid becoming a funding organization that uses the 15% government tax grant incentive - put up our prices 15% and then advertise as fair trade to get buyer sympathy, when really they're just using low and middle income taxpayer money to get sympathy guilt power to consumers to buy... instead of paying tax to support a business to make money out of them they might as well just donate it direct - are but that's the RAT CAT in me.  I'm sure Bob will understand.  It was just, I logged on to his link - and there was ol 50% looking at me from the Banner Ad - I could see irony in that.

What I can do though, is offer you free Rich Media space from my fair trade portal which is hosted anyway,  and possibly some RM design services - which will allow you to post video and sound bytes within the zone rather than have flash movies or ipod downloads.  You can keep it as your own designated area and update it yourselves, or we can get some of our third world rich media artists to do this.  It wouldn't have to be accessed or associated through our web portal - u can direct url link to your sub project without any visibility of toba world fair trade.

Let me know if this might help you, and I'll email you more info/set up the "bob's word" zone space.  My boss Mr O'Toole will have to approve it though...

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What I can do though, is offer you free Rich Media space from my fair trade portal which is hosted anyway,  and possibly some RM design services - which will allow you to post video and sound bytes within the zone rather than have flash movies or ipod downloads.  You can keep it as your own designated area and update it yourselves, or we can get some of our third world rich media artists to do this.  It wouldn't have to be accessed or associated through our web portal - u can direct url link to your sub project without any visibility of toba world fair trade. Let me know if this might help you, and I'll email you more info/set up the "bob's word" zone space.  My boss Mr O'Toole will have to approve it though

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Thanks very much for the offer.  You might get taken up on that from the guys at geldof.info.  

Please note, I'm just a board member and though I am friendly with the guys who run the website, I'm not part of geldof.info.

A small blurb in a very long article (Bolding mine):

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They say I do all of this stuff for my career. Which one? I'm well-off (touch wood). The business stuff is great, thank you very much. I've just finished a mini-tour with my band, brought out an anthology of solo albums and will make a new record next year. I'm fine, thanks.

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Wooohooo! We have it in writing too!

Cazzy wrote:

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 how do you actually go about writing your songs eg. i start with the title and when i've thought of it i use it in my chorus .

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