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From: sksircar@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Subrata Sircar)
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll,rec.music.misc,news.groups
Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION: rec.music.pfloyd
Message-ID: <12718@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 5 Jan 90 22:48:52 GMT
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In article <9504@hoptoad.uucp> tim@hoptoad.UUCP (Tim Maroney) writes:
>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.

True, but perhaps not relevant.  If this newsgroup is created, it won't be a
newsgroup in the sense of discussion, flames, information, etc. - it will be
more of a mailing list.  Maybe it should be a mailing list.  I offer as an
example the Rush mailing list, which I get.  Most of the discussion has 
centered on their new album, with people discussing things they liked about it,
summarizations of interviews, and other inside information.  Also, lately, we
are looking at the section of a song to try to decide what exactly is going on.
I personally enjoy listening to this, even if I don't contribute a lot.  
However, this is not what Tim thinks a newsgroup should be ("broad catagories
of discussion") with disagreements, etc.  Everybody on the mailing list has at
least some interest in Rush, and likes at least some of the music and the style
or else they would not subscribe to it - which is Tim's point.  I would vote 
yes, and subscribe to a PF mailing list, and vote NO on a newsgroup.  Part of 
the fun of USENET is arguing (NOT flaming, at least not for me) and divergent
positions of topics of discussion.  The proposed newsgroup won't have a lot of
that.

>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.

Worth a try, IMHO.  Anybody else have an opinion?

-- 
Subrata K. Sircar, Prophet & Charter Member of SPAMIT(tm)
sksircar@phoenix.princeton.edu       SKSIRCAR@PUCC.BITNET
"If my life was half as interesting as other people DREAMED it..." - R"BD"D
Disclaimer:  As if anybody/anything would want me speaking for them...