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From: marantz@null.DEC (Josh HL01-1/S09 DTN 225-4394)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: net.music.dead [net.music,net.news.group]
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Date: Mon, 18-Mar-85 13:22:09 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 18 13:22:09 1985
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> Posted: Thu Mar 14 06:51:41 1985
> 
> 
> I hereby propose the following additional subgroups:
> 	net.music.beatles
> 	net.music.stones
> 	net.music.who
> 	net.music.beachboys
> 	net.music.yes
> 	net.music.genesis
> 	net.music.siouxsie&thebanshees
> 	net.music.residents
> 	net.music.huskerdu
> 	net.music.pristinearea
> 
> To be followed soon thereafter by:
> 	net.music.beatles.XXXX  where XXXX is a beatle
> 			[jokes about net.music.beatles.dead will be shredded]
> 	net.music.genesis.withgabriel
> 	net.music.yes.no
> 	net.music.dead.drugs
> 
> Is there anyone else who thinks THEIR favorite group is so different from
> the rest of the world of music that it deserves its own subgroup because
> it would just be IMpossible to discuss things in net.music?
> 
> In case you hadn't guessed, this is a NO vote.
> -- 
> "Right now it's only a notion, but I'm hoping to turn it into an idea, and if
>  I get enough money I can make it into a concept."       Rich Rosen pyuxd!rlr

It seems clear to me that the deadheads are justified in asking
for their own group.  The information they would exchange on
their sub-group would not be interesting to most net.music
readers.  They would discuss tape trading, specific concert
information including compelete playlists from recent concerts,
and the adventures of all the members of the band, in addition
the music itself.  There are probably more devoted deadheads
than devoted x-fans where x = {beatles, stones, who, beachboys,
yes, genesis, siouxsie&thebanshees, residents, huskerdu,
pristinearea}.  They are all interested in all that
information.  There are also many people NOT interested in that
information.

I really think that the dead are a special case here.  One vote
yes.
				-Joshua D. Marantz