I would use the Weber chimney starter too. I also agree with using the Weber lighter cubes instead of newspaper.
I'll bet there are homemade versions of those starter cubes.
There are! Take a cotton ball and soak in wax,burns 15 minutes just like the cubes but a little bit of a lighting problem,slow for a couple minutes.
Take it and put in petroleum jelly,can light with a spark but burns only 4 minutes.
Im thinking an edge with PJ,then rest in wax get a fast lighter and long burner,going to be fun making these,I will do a pictorial eventually when I do this if it works.
Another fun project,coming up!