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From: merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant)
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Subject: Re: Mister Rosen has a point...
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Date: Wed, 9-May-84 21:30:40 EDT
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Here here Rich Rosen!  Being a reasonably new user of the net (I just
discovered net.music not more than a few days ago) and being a Disc
Jockey, I have been thoroughly amused by all these comments about
creating a net.music.classical.
 
Here's a concept:  I despise punk music.  If I can get a whole batch
of us together who either (a) don't like punk music or (b) just want
to have a good argument, we can make a big fuss and bother and create
a net.music.punk.
 
I despise Top 40 drivel.  I could care less about Michael Jackson's
sexual preference, Boy George, or any of that muck.  Maybe we should
create a net.music.pop for those people.
 
New wave is for the birds.  All the bands have weird names and they're
all stuck up on themselves as "the new saviors of mankind."  They say
they're against capitalism and pull 85% of the profits for their concerts.
Can't stand it.  We need a net.music.newwave.
 
I'm not a musician.  I hate all these people who sit around and talk
about music in 4/4 time or 6/7 time or whether that not is a C or C-.
We need a net.music.technical.
 
You get the idea, I think.  Given enough time, anything can be broken
down into it's (excuse the pun) net components.  Music is too broad
a subject.  I realised that when I first signed up that I would be
seriously exercising my 'n' key because there was stuff that I didn't
know about and wasn't interested in.  That's part of the territory.
Yeah, it would be marvelous if we could change the software and search
on keywords or the like.  Maybe someday we will.  UNTIL THEN, though,
let's try to exist together like peaceful human beings.  So your 'n'
key gets a little wear and tear.  So you sign on and don't see anything
that interests you.  You don't shoot your mailman because he brings you
bills instead of the letter from your girlfriend, do you?
 
Give us all a break, gang.  Don't be afraid to use your 'n' key.  It
only take about a second to ding a message.
 
("Heavy, Bwana."  "Well, it had to be said.")