Rockin' Around the Holidays

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Hello all,

As should probably be obvious at this point, I will not be organizing an xmas_rocks exchange for this year. Given the difficulty in the past couple years getting enough signups and matching requests, it just doesn't seem like it would work out. However, if someone else is interested in taking over the challenge, please feel free to contact me and we can work something out.

In the meantime, for those interested in exchanging/writing some bandfic this year for the holidays, may I suggest...

1. Yuletide nominations are open until Wednesday, October 3. Please consider nominating your favorite rockbands & musicians as certainly many of our favorite rarer fandoms would qualify.

2. The Very Kinky Rockfic Ficmas Fest. A no-committment holiday exchange - you can wish for fic/pairings without having to commit to writing one in exchange. Though that of course is always nice! So there's nothing lost in getting your most wished-for pairings/fic ideas requested, and you just might get a great story out of it (or be inspired to write something you wouldn't have before). "Kink", by the way, is purely optional.

Title: Wishing
Author: not_just_feet
Prompt: 13 - Megadeth (David Ellefson/Chris Poland)
Rating; General
Size: Drabble - 100 words
Summary: It’s not hate sex.
Notes: More plot-bunnies

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Title: Reasoning
Author: not_just_feet
Prompt: 38 - Crossover (Dave Mustaine, Megadeth/Lars Ulrich, Metallica)
Rating; General
Size: Drabble - 100 words
Summary: What might have happened.
Notes: Mentions of physical abuse. Not fluffy.

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Title: Introspection
Author: not_just_feet
Prompt: 12 - Megadeth (Dave Mustaine/David Ellefson)
Rating; Adult
Size: Ficlet - 617 words
Summary: Between cities, Dave Mustaine thinks.
Notes: I was just a lurker, till the plot-bunnies bit.

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Title: X X X
Prompt: 14. Metallica (James Hetfield/Jason Newsted)
Rating; Adult
Size: 5786-ish
Summary: Jason agrees to attend Metallica's 30-th Anniversary Party at the Fillmore and finds he has more admirers than he realized.
Warning: I know the prompt said Hetfield/Newsted, but the bunnies jumped in and stole Jason away. I tried, I really did.

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Well, with a few prompts, anyway :)

Here is the list once again of all of the pairings which were originally nominated for this year's exchange. Beginning December 18th I'll open the community up for everyone/anyone who wishes to post fills for any of these requested pairings, and it will stay open until January 5, 2012. If you requested one of these pairings and would like to add specific prompts to them, please feel free to email me at sidewinder72@earthlink.net and I'll add them to this master list. Oh, and if you'd like to add your own prompts to a pairing that already has one listed, do feel free to do so.

Should we add the names of who requested which pairings here or not? I could go either way on that, but of course one would just need to look at the original nominations posts to see that info as well.

Requested Pairings for xmas_rocks 2011/2012

1. Black Sabbath (Ozzy Osbourne/Tony Iommi)
   
2. Blur (Damon Albarn/Graham Coxon)
   
3. Cacophony (Marty Friedman/Jason Becker)
   
4. Cream (Ginger Baker/Jack Bruce)
   
5. Def Leppard (Steve Clark/Phil Collen)
   
6. Foo Fighters (Dave Grohl/Taylor Hawkins)
   
   • I want to see Taylor getting aggressive and taking charge. He knows what he wants from Dave and is tired of waiting for it.
   
   
7. Guns'n'Roses (Axl Rose/Slash)
   
8. The Hoosiers (Irwin Sparkes/Al Sharland)
   
   • Something inspired by the "Bumpy Ride" video - either behind-the-scenes while the guys were touring around the American West filming it, or taking the story of the video as the basis of a fic (really, why WON'T Irwin look Al in the eye after what happened?)
   
   
9. Machine Head (Robb Flynn/Phil Demmell)
   
10. Manic Street Preachers (James Dean Bradfield/Nicky Wire)
    
11. Manic Street Preachers (Richey Edwards/Nicky Wire)
    
12. Megadeth (Dave Mustaine/David Ellefson)
    
13. Megadeth (David Ellefson/Chris Poland)
    
14. Metallica (James Hetfield/Jason Newsted)
    
15. Metallica (James Hetfield/Lars Ulrich)
    
16. Motley Crue (Nikki Sixx/Tommy Lee)
    
17. Oysterhead (Les Claypool/Stewart Copeland)
    
    • A jam session at Stewart's house gets unexpectedly heated. Other musicians can make a guest appearance for the "fun".
    
    
18. Pink Floyd (David Gilmour/Roger Waters)
    
19. Pink Floyd (Roger Waters/Syd Barett)
    
20. Pink Floyd (Roger Waters/Robbie Wyckoff (2010-2012 Wall Touring Band))
    
    • Hero-worship, Roger roleplaying "Pink" during sex
    
    
21. The Police (Stewart Copeland/Sting)
    
    • I love reunion tour stories about them - reconciling old differences, sex for the first time in years, or even just fighting about the Same Old Shit
    
    
22. The Police (Stewart Copeland/Andy Summers)
    
    • Something a little kinky, please, because Andy just strikes me as a total perv. That said I'm really not into hardcore BDSM stuff, so more like toys, spanking, voyeurism, handcuffs....
    
    
23. Rush (Geddy Lee/Alex Lifeson)
    
24. SixxAM (Nikki Sixx/DJ Ashba)
    
25. SixxAM (Nikki Sixx/James Michael)
    
26. Soft Machine (Kevin Ayers/Andy Summers)
    
    • Haaaaaaaaate sex.
    
    
    • Prompt: DILDO SHOPPING during the tour. or strung out angry 80s reunion.
    
    
27. The Strokes (Julian Casablancas/Nikolai Fraiture)
    
28. The Strokes (Julian Casablancas/Nick Valensi)
    
29. The Strokes (Albert Hammond, Jr./Nick Valensi)
    
30. The Velvet Underground (John Cale/Lou Reed)
    
    • Prompt: Songs for Drella bitter reunion sex
    
    
31. The Velvet Underground (Moe Tucker/Nico)
    
32. Yes (Jon Anderson/Chris Squire)
    
33. Crossover (David Bowie/David Sylvian)
    
34. Crossover (Taylor Hawkins, Foo Fighters/Stewart Copeland, The Police)
    
    • Honestly anything with these two would make me delirious, from schmoopy happy domestic fic to dirty backstage sex.
    
    
35. Crossover (Phil Collins, Genesis/Carl Palmer, ELP)
    
36. Crossover (Michelle Phillips, The Mamas And The Papas/Janis Joplin)
    
37. Crossover (Michelle Phillips, The Mamas And The Papas/Grace Slick)
    
38. Crossover (Dave Mustaine, Megadeth/Lars Ulrich, Metallica)
    
39. Crossover (Lars Ulrich, Metallica/Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters)
    
40. Crossover (Mikael Akerfelt, Opeth/Steven Wilson, Porcupine Tree)
    
41. Crossover (Bruce Springsteen/Michael Jackson)
    
    • Prompt: During Live Aid! lol I just want someone to write it because I failed ;_;
    
    
42. Crossover (Julian Casablancas, The Strokes/Ryan Adams)
    
43. Croxsover (Lou Reed, The Velvet Underground/David Bowie)
    
44. Crossover (Jon Anderson, Yes/Laurence Gowan, Styx)
    
    • Prompt: Moonlight Desires video
    
    

Hey folks,

So as per my last post, we only had three completed sign-ups for this year - yet some people were still interested in seeing SOMETHING happen this year for xmas_rocks.

Therefore this is what I'm proposing, after "brainstorming" a bit over the Thanksgiving weekend.

Instead of a strict swap of story-for-story, I'm going to repost the list of requested pairings later today. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story, ficlet, drabble, whatever, for any of these requested pairings as might tickle your fancy. It doesn't have to be 1,000 words, though of course it can be much longer than that as well.

Beginning the week before Christmas (December 18), I will open this community up so that anyone can post. You will have between December 18, 2011 - January 5, 2012 to post your fills for any of the requested pairings on the list! They won't be anonymous, so we're getting rid of the Secret Santa aspect of the exchange. But I'm sure everyone who offered up pairings they'd like to read would enjoy the gift of any story you'd choose to write for them.

After the 5th, I'll archive the submitted stories at bandfic unless no archiving is requested.

How's that sound? Hopefully this will make it easier for some people to participate and perhaps see some stories this year after all. If people would like to add specific prompts to their requests, I can add those also to the listing once I post it.

So, it is actually 12 days past the original deadline for sign-ups, and the delay has been largely because I am unsure what should be done at this point.

We only had three people sign-up before the deadline this year - not enough to make more than one potential match on requests and offers. I was hoping a few stragglers might show up past the deadline, but no dice.

Therefore the question is whether to consider the exchange dead in the water for this year? Or are there enough people who just forgot to sign up in time to try to extend the deadline any further? I really need to know in the next few days or else we'll just have to say "better luck next year" at this point.

First off - apologies for being late with this - life kind of kicked me in the butt and limited my net access a bit in the past week. But we're ready to begin official sign ups now, so here's everything you need to know...

Please read the sign-up instructions closely and make sure to include all of your information. Your sign-up will not be accepted unless it is complete.

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You have 8 days to submit your pairings nominations for this year's xmas_rocks exchange. So far there are only 20 nominations...so if you want to make sure your favorite 'ships are on the list, be sure to get those nominations in before next Tuesday - and spread the word!