Xref: utzoo alt.rock-n-roll:2740 rec.music.misc:38819 news.groups:16140 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!usc!ucsd!ucbvax!hoptoad!tim From: tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney) Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll,rec.music.misc,news.groups Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION: rec.music.pfloyd Message-ID: <9504@hoptoad.uucp> Date: 5 Jan 90 12:24:40 GMT References: Reply-To: tim@hoptoad.UUCP (Tim Maroney) Organization: Eclectic Software, San Francisco Lines: 26 First of all, I've been a major Pink Floyd nut for years, to the point where roommates have begged me not to play any more of it. It's one of the few rock bands with genuine philosophical and psychological insight, combined with musical excellence that knows no betters. I oppose this newsgroup. I think newsgroups should be for broad categories of discussion, and of interest to many people. I don't think they should be fan clubs. Fan clubs hardly even permit discussion, just panegyrics. One can't discuss the pros and cons of the subject matter in a fan club; one can be a member of the inside group who say everything about the idol is groovy, or one of a hated group of heretics who insist on pointing out that nothing is perfect and no one is God. I would, however, support the creation of a "rec.music.psychedelic". I imagine that Pink Floyd would be one of the most enduring subjects in such a group, but its charter would be appropriately broad-based. Fan clubs are the death of honest criticism. -- Tim Maroney, Mac Software Consultant, sun!hoptoad!tim, tim@toad.com "What's the ugliest part of your body? Some say your nose, some say your toes, But I think it's your mind." -- Frank Zappa