Jessica Nicks and Brian Larsen??

[macfanken]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

On a total random thing, the google search revealed this here in the Vito Q&A section:

Hi! I have two questions.... First of all, do you have a current relationship with Stevie, Mick, John, or Christine? Secondly, where can I find out more information about what you are doing today? Have you seen my webpage, Big Love? (Brian Larsen, Laurel, Maryland)
http://fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/qa/rickvito_qa.htm

Now i'm having deja vu... does anyone else remember him posting on the ledge a few years back? Seems like he posted a few times about his album and linked his website... i think most of us wrote him off as a crazy troll at the time.

[MacMan]

This is a complete fabrication... It's all made up people!!!!! Fake!

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

Originally Posted by macfanken

Now i'm having deja vu... does anyone else remember him posting on the ledge a few years back? Seems like he posted a few times about his album and linked his website... i think most of us wrote him off as a crazy troll at the time.

I'm sure I recognise the name.....

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by MacMan

This is a complete fabrication... It's all made up people!!!!! Fake!

Then why is the same information in wikipedia, which is pretty much never wrong http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Larsen

I am not trying to start anything - I am just confused.

[macfanken]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Then why is the same information in wikipedia, which is pretty much never wrong http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Larsen

I am not trying to start anything - I am just confused.

he probably wrote the entire wikipedia entry.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by Gypsy-Rhiannon

I'm sure I recognise the name.....

The bio at his site ( http://www.twilightsmoon.com/live/ ) says he is from Laurel, Maryland, which is, I think, where the poster in the Q&A was from.

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

The bio at his site ( http://www.twilightsmoon.com/live/ ) says he is from Laurel, Maryland, which is, I think, where the poster in the Q&A was from.

I don't suppose we have any way of checking further back on the ledge....

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by macfanken

he probably wrote the entire wikipedia entry.

Well, wikipedia is written by net users, to wit:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/interne...eut/index.html

Wikipedia may go to print

NEW YORK, New York (Reuters) -- Entries from Wikipedia, the popular free online encyclopedia written and edited by Internet users, may soon be available in print for readers in the developing world, founder Jimmy Wales said on Monday.

He said content from the Web site may also be burned onto CDs and DVDs so computer users in places like Africa, who lack access to high-speed Internet, could consult parts of the reference work offline.

Wales also described as incorrect reports, one of them from Reuters, that certain pages of the Wikipedia could be subject to tightened controls or "frozen" for good to prevent vandals and pranksters from tampering with them.

"We are talking to several agents and publishers about what they would be interested in," Wales said of the book project.

He cited health, football and histories of World War Two or rock 'n' roll as examples of how entries could be grouped into subjects.

"I have always liked the idea of going to print because a big part of what we are about is to disseminate knowledge throughout the world and not just to people who have broadband," Wales said by telephone from St. Petersburg, Florida.

Issues like funding, distribution and topics were still being discussed but a first printed work could be ready from mid-2006, he added.

Wales, a 39-year-old former options trader, set up Wikipedia in 2001. The site operates through the Wikimedia Foundation, a nonprofit organization that relies on donations to pursue its goal of spreading knowledge for free.

The reference work uses "Wiki" software, which gives anyone with access to the Internet the opportunity to edit any page.

Some 350,000 people have contributed terms, background, context or simply corrected spellings for more than 2 million Wikipedia entries in more than 25 active languages. About 800,000 entries are in English.

Wales, an American, said a core group of around 2,000 contributors did the bulk of the work and formed the backbone of the Wikipedia "community."

In August, Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper quoted Wales as saying that "controls" could be tightened to protect potentially sensitive pages of Wikipedia. Reuters picked up the report and, in translating sections of it, said some pages could be "frozen" in perpetuity.

"The idea that we are going to tighten our editorial 'rules' is completely not correct (and) the articles would not be frozen in perpetuity," Wales said. He said he had been misinterpreted and mistranslated.

Wales said new software would be deployed from the end of the year that would allow changes to very active pages which might be prone to vandalism to appear on the site with a time delay, so members of the community could review them.

Enthusiasts had also been discussing whether to create "stable" versions of certain pages that would stand as the most recent reliable entry on a given topic.

These would be available behind the latest contributed version and would also be updated as necessary, Wales said.

Find this article at:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/interne...eut/index.html

[skcin]

Oh. I didn't realize exacly what Wikepedia was. So anyone can go & write whatever they want about themselves? Even if it's crap?

What a loser.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by skcin

Oh. I didn't realize exacly what Wikepedia was. So anyone can go & write whatever they want about themselves? Even if it's crap?

What a loser.

I did not either. You would think they would have some sort of QC though. But, yes, what a loser. Also, I cannot believe LB's people have not remedied this lie.

[rbs3676]

LOL
What a bunch of horsesh*t!



rbs

[MacMan]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Then why is the same information in wikipedia, which is pretty much never wrong http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Larsen

I am not trying to start anything - I am just confused.

Check out the RIAA and see how many Gold and Platinum awards have been given to "Brian Larsen".

ZERO!

[David]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

This also raises the question of the credibility of LB's story that he shopped GOS to the label and they were no very interested due to a change in management, etc. Ordinarily, no label is going to want to touch or put money into property in litigation, much less on a star with little comparative selling power. This is a rather fascinating twist on things that lead to the shelving of GOS and the creation of SYW.

"Brian larsen" had nothing to do with the writing, the recording, the shopping, or the aborting of "Gift of Screws." Nor has he had anything to do personally with Lindsey Buckingham, Jessica Nicks, Stevie Nicks, or even Kim Brakeley (but maybe he was pals with Chris Nicks).

Listen to some of his "music" here:

http://snipurl.com/ji4x

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by David

"Brian larsen" had nothing to do with the writing, the recording, the shopping, or the aborting of "Gift of Screws." Nor has he had anything to do personally with Lindsey Buckingham, Jessica Nicks, Stevie Nicks, or even Kim Brakeley (but maybe he was pals with Chris Nicks).

Listen to some of his "music" here:

http://snipurl.com/ji4x

Thanks - I got confused with the two threads going on. I was like "I am swimming in confusion"

[Nixxxed]

"While accepting an award for distinguished songwriting skills through the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in 2004, Larsen thanked his "longtime lover, Anthony Hopkins")."