The Birds (story) The Birds (story) "The Birds" is a horror story by British writer Daphne du Maurier, first published in her 1952 collection "The Apple Tree". It is the story of a farmhand, his family, and his community that are attacked by flocks of birds and seabirds in "kamikaze" fashion. The story is set in du Maurier's native Cornwall shortly after the end of the Second World War. By the end of the story it becomes clear that all of Britain is under aerial assault. The story was the inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's film "The Birds", released in 1963, the same year
Based on a True Story (The Starting Line album) label pushed the band to write singles, however, the group "fought to the death" to write the record they wanted rather than "Say It Like You Mean It," Part 2. According to Vasoli, most of the themes on "Based on a True Story" stem from having the songs but being frustrated by having to wait to get into the studio to record them. He thought the band had "definitely got more comfortable" with the songwriting process. Vasoli claimed the band expanded their musicality with "Based on a True Story". "Inspired by the $" came about when Vasoli attempted to write