Friday 28 June 2013

SUB Story Week 1: Time Unmanagement

We hope you've been enjoying the daily twitter episodes (twittersodes?), tagged #substory. There are around 70 of you following our characters, which is great. Please share our story with others, as we'd love to have more.

For a round up of the week pop on over to our tumblr site, which uses the power of Storify to share tweets without needing twitter. Here's an even shorter summary of what happened this week (June 20-26):
  1. We have been introduced to the three main characters (Zombie, Werewolf and Vampire) and seen reference to another mysterious being, currently AWOL, referred to as You Know Who.
  2. Werewolf goes through a full moon transformation, creating lots of paintings as a by-product. Zombie thinks these are great (they look like brains).
  3. We discover that Vampire trades in blood and is highly organised, but constantly foiled by Werewolf and Zombie.
  4. Vampire has a tendency to berate the others if they don't fall into line with her plans, although she still cares for them. Vampire and Werewolf both look out for Zombie, but in different ways.
  5. After watching an Animal Planet documentary, Zombie now believes in mermaids (they probably taste like sushi). Werewolf thinks Zombie can believe what she wants, but Vampire doesn't see the irony and thinks mermaids aren't real.
Who's your favourite character and why? Will Zombie beat Vampire at business, making a success of the 'artist' Werewolf? Is it ok to believe whatever you like (and how should others respond to that)?

Let us know what you think about the story so far in the comments below.

Friday 21 June 2013

SUB on the Greenbelt Blog

Big thanks to Greenbelt for their support of our twitter experiment, which as you know is laying the groundwork for the SUB worship event at the Festival itself in a couple of months time. Greenbelt wanted to see what was possible in terms of extending the reach of a worship service through social media, beyond the confines of the service itself. This is SUB meeting that challenge. Read about it on the Greenbelt blog.


Thursday 20 June 2013

0 days...

Tune your twitter into our monsters at 6pm today to watch the story start to unfold. Just a quick recap on the various ways you can follow the story:

1. Follow the monsters - @sub_vampire, @sub_zombie and @sub_werewolf
2. Follow our master account, @sub_kulture, for all the main news
3. Subscribe to the twitter list subkulturemash, which will show you the twitter timelines for the three monsters in a single view
4. Use our hashtag to track the twitter conversations - #substory
5. See regular story catch ups on our tumblr
6. Read this blog for story summaries

Wednesday 19 June 2013

1 day...

It's so very close now. We hope it makes your synapses fizz and sparkle with intrigue and laughter. SUB Story: Life Beings will start at 6pm tomorrow night...


Tuesday 18 June 2013

2 days...

A story to really sink your teeth into, starting in only 2 days...


Monday 17 June 2013

3 days...

You ready to get those brains whirring, the cogs turning? @sub_zombie is ready to get your brains whirring...


Sunday 16 June 2013

4 days...

Clawing ever closer to our start point, @sub_werewolf suggested a painterly approach for countdown number four...


Saturday 15 June 2013

5 days...

It doesn't seem long since we last blogged, but there's only 5 days to go *squee*. We're not only excited to see the story of Life Begins unfold, but also to see how you interact with it. Watch out for @sub_vampire though, she'll be going over your grammar with a fine tooth comb...


6 days...

Sorry we've only just clawed out of the grave to tell you yesterday was our '6 days to story' countdown marker...


Thursday 13 June 2013

7 days...

Beware lest a seal is broken, there are only 7 days left until the start of Sub Story: Life Begins...


8 days...

Yesterday the tentacles started to unfurl and stretch and search for prey...


Wednesday 12 June 2013

9 days...

Yesterday the countdown to our twitter story began. Only 9 days to go...