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[UPDATE]The Ooze Zone 08/06/2006
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e_nygma
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FinalSpin wrote:
He could slip in the back door as a bus boy or cocktail waitor.

I like the idea of talking to Tippy. I'm sure she would be thrilled if a drink was "accidentally" spilled on a certain persons expensive evening gown. A few laxatives could be slipped in Mr. Hesh's drink.


If you going to spike the drink, I think you would target the missus. She'd be off in the bathroom for a few hours ... Hesh would be alone and confused ... Tippy's there ... cue Barry White ...

You get the picture.

Still, a long shot. You'd have to make sure that A) Caine doesn't get caught being a busboy/waiter; B) Caine doesn't get caught spiking the drink; B) non one remembers that Caine served her the drink (you could use another waiter/waitress, but there would be no guarantee that the right glass is delivered to the right party); and D) that she actually DRANK it (she might be a teetotaler, or just hold the glass as an accessory).

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e_nygma wrote:

Option G: Give Hesh a reason to invite Caine
What if Earth was clamoring for The Ooze's music? For instance, Caine puts up a few MP3s of the band's music on the site. What would happen if suddenly the number of downloads of the music skyrocketed? Could Caine use that to go to Hesh and say, we've got an audience ready-made, do you want to consider making a deal?

Think about this. Viard's disc has made it to Earth, but it didn't get much airplay or do that many sales. Hesh is a businessman, and we're stupid Earthers ... if their money's good, who cares if their taste is horrific? Only problem is that the timeframe is somewhat short to pull this off.


I think this is the best way forward. I'm a bit sceptical about the Tippy route, as Hesh is a micromanager, and unlikely to avoid checking the guest list. In fact, I'd have thought he's likely to insist on vetting for ex-girlfriends as chances seem pretty high one will be there.

But most of all, wasn't there something recently in the Sentinel about Hesh earning a lot of money from an album of covers of Earth bands? We don't need to clamour for The Ooze to be released here alone, but can also testify to the accuracy of their renditions. If this was combined with a push from PXC side for this style of Earth music, then Hesh is likely to fawn all over The Ooze. Time is tight, though.

So, I never thought I'd say this, but maybe it's time to activate the OliverKeers13 Fan Club...

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a pack of killer 12 year old girls.... Shocked Confused
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I'm a fan of, in order:

A(for humor value), G, D, C, F, E, B, A(realistically)

Of course, let's find out our when-and-where first, no? Wink
For any plan from A-F, we need that first.
G, on the other hand, makes Hesh come to Caine/us.

My money is on G, simply because it's making sure, 100%, that Caine can do whatever there may need to be, because he's on the guest list because he was put there by Hesh.

And mobilizing the OK13DTFC wouldn't do much of anything; they love Ollie's irresistible charm, not Caine's tunes. It probably wouldn't translate.

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Tippy would do it, I think. But it needs to be put to her properly.


Oh, Tips, Darling... I couldn't believe what I heard about that egotistical Helix and Serena-goody-two-shoes... you know, us Earthies have been hearing some strange rumors about her... artificial enhancers and the like. Well, you know, people talk to us, they don't think it'll get back.
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GasparLewis wrote:
And mobilizing the OK13DTFC wouldn't do much of anything; they love Ollie's irresistible charm, not Caine's tunes. It probably wouldn't translate.


But if Ollie wrote to the Sentinel expressing his love of Caine's music, sales would go through the roof. Probably would need a photo in an Ooze T-Shirt, or other suitable gear for full effect... Very Happy

It might not work. But it would be fun to try.

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Maybe we should start a massive Ooze fanclub and start pestering for their music to be released here. We could start an Ooze fansite and post a lot of excited chatter. Or just bombard Hesh's email. If we managed to make ourselves look like a big enough potential market Hesh might decide it's a good idea to start buttering the band up, and then it ought to be easy for him to wangle an invite.

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i'm liking that idea. that and getting tippy involved. divide and conquer
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Jabba wrote:
i'm liking that idea. that and getting tippy involved. divide and conquer


Now ... if Caine were suddenly a hot commodity (band is THE next big thing on Earth), Tippy would be HAPPY to take him along just to spite Hesh. Caine would also get to spite Hesh as well: "You rejected us before, why should we come to you now?" If Caine can make it big **QUICKLY**, Hesh would throw the invite at Caine in order to prevent him from moving to another label.

The fact that this also has a potential to end the Caine-Violet romance and assist getting Kurt and Violet together is just icing on the cake.

The one catch to all of this is that we have 4 days to work with. Realistically, we have only one shot at the Sentinel and activating the OllieOllieOxenFrees.

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But spitework isn't the name of the game!
It's snooping for phone and/or key records.

If we get Caine in for simply being Mr. Next-Big-Record-For-Earth, then Tippy has no reason to come. Of course, if we use anything from A to E, Tippy would play a vital role, and should then be involved; but if G's our top route, then everything else is just nonsense.

And we're detectives, for the love of trout, not matchmakers.

Long as we're throwing any thoughts out on the table, although I doubt it would matter or ever get any possibility, we might want to look into the Charles Factor. Good old Charlie Specht might do well to give us some tips. He'd be more than happy to screw around with the company that fired him... as long as he doesn't find out we're why. Razz

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e_nygma wrote:
The one catch to all of this is that we have 4 days to work with.

Hunh?

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GasparLewis wrote:
But spitework isn't the name of the game!
It's snooping for phone and/or key records.


That's called "bonus."

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If we get Caine in for simply being Mr. Next-Big-Record-For-Earth, then Tippy has no reason to come. Of course, if we use anything from A to E, Tippy would play a vital role, and should then be involved; but if G's our top route, then everything else is just nonsense.


If we get Caine and Tippy in, Tippy will draw the attention leaving Caine to work the crowd quietly.

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And we're detectives, for the love of trout, not matchmakers.


That's called "double bonus."

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Good old Charlie Specht might do well to give us some tips. He'd be more than happy to screw around with the company that fired him... as long as he doesn't find out we're why. Razz


Only problem: no way to contact him. However, this does leave an option open if Caine cannot get into the party.

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e_nygma wrote:
The one catch to all of this is that we have 4 days to work with.

Hunh?


Caine wrote:
I know a few Hesh types drink round there, and I didn't want to wait until their Pyramid night next Monday.


Caine also wrote:
And I saved myself a trip to Brain Bender next week too, because Pyramid night has been cancelled. There's some exclusive Hesh Solstice party going down instead and everyone will be there.


Kind of implied to me that the party is next Monday, which means we have 4 days to come up with some sort of way to get Caine in the door.

[EDIT] Merged two posts together.

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I'm sure Tippy would do it, but I can't imagine any scenario in which she would be invited. And any ploy to get her on the invite list would be just as effective as (only harder than) getting Caine on the invites. As much as I like Tippy, I don't think she is our ticket in.

No, I tend to fFavour having Caine getting asked in fFor business purposes. And we don't even need The Ooze post a fFull song if they don't have the time, we just have to build enough buzz fFor the band fFor Hesh to sit up and take notice. Perhaps get The Ooze mentioned in the Sentinel. Letter writing campaign perhaps? Maybe someone can craft a View fFrom Earth piece which pushes the band? (really a perplexian music review might be a nice article anyway .. hmmmm....)
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Scott wrote:
Maybe someone can craft a View fFrom Earth piece which pushes the band? (really a perplexian music review might be a nice article anyway .. hmmmm....)


Only problem: We need some music to review. Like the idea though. We should use the O.O.O.F. crowd, since we've been given the weapon. Hmm, maybe we could get Caine to put a reference to Ollie liking the music on his blog.

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Slight problem on the 'getting Hesh interested in Ooze' front.

If we push their profile aren't they going to pretty sharpish get hold of the Website/Blog, with it's 'Help me get into the party' entry?

Or am I over reading this.

I would have thought the Tippy escort approach would be more feasible.

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chimera245 wrote:
Slight problem on the 'getting Hesh interested in Ooze' front.

If we push their profile aren't they going to pretty sharpish get hold of the Website/Blog, with it's 'Help me get into the party' entry?

Or am I over reading this.

I would have thought the Tippy escort approach would be more feasible.


Remove said post and its all good. Alternatively, you feign shock and surprise. *shrugs* It can be negotiated.

If we can get Tippy, great! Given we have a short time frame in which to work, that might be the better option.

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