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Subject: Re: net.music.gdead
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Date: Fri, 22-Mar-85 10:51:42 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 22 10:51:42 1985
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In article <1211@decwrl.UUCP> jackson@dec-curium.UUCP writes:
>
>
>>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
>
>Rich, you have succeed in demonstrating to all of us your complete lack of 
>understanding of not only the Dead and their fans, but also of the issue
>at hand. 
>
>If there were a large group of people who felt strongly enough about the 
>Beatles or the Who or Husker Du or you-name-it, such that they wanted a 
>newsgroup where they could exchange info and trivia such as songlists, tour 
>dates, anecdotes, bootleg tape lists, wild descriptions of cosmic jams and 
>unlikely song combinations, who's going to what shows in what cities, etc., 
>then I would say, well, go ahead and form a newsgroup. But the fact is, 
>that there is not demand for such a newsgroup for the Beatles, the Who, 
>Husker Du, or you-name-it, but there *IS* demand for such a newsgroup 
>for the Grateful Dead.
>
>There, Rich. Did I explain that simply enough for you to understand?
>
>Seth Jackson
>
>"Don't lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools"



       How about a net.music.that.is.offensive.and.has.little.or.no.artistic.
   value.except.that.it.is novel.in.that.the.musicians.play.out.of.tune..

           It seems that these types of bands are heavily discussed on this
      net.If any certain type of band deserves its own net it's this type.