From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxa!mhuxh!mhuxm!pyuxjj!rlr Newsgroups: net.music Title: net.music.frozen Article-I.D.: pyuxjj.420 Posted: Mon Feb 14 09:45:16 1983 Received: Wed Feb 16 05:36:33 1983 References: turtleva.156 Sounds like an interesting idea for a newsgroup. Of course, the only people who subscribe would be those who haven't /listened/ to any new music in the last ten years! This would have to include people who listen to artists (?) who rehash the same ideas (not their own) over and over again in large stadiums to throngs of drugged-out admirers. Seriously, now. That would mean we couldn't discuss Bach or Beethoven or other now deceased composers in this newsgroup. (What have Bach and Beethoven done in the last five years?) I didn't hear complaints about the flurry of "orchestral gossip" articles, or calls that classical music discussions of this nature move to another newsgroup ("Hey, man, like what's an orchestra? This is supposed to be, like, a music newsgroup, man, like with guitars and drugs...") Likewise, classical music lovers (with a great deal of patience and perserverance) have not seen fit to complain about the rash (I count two) of Grateful Dead related articles and the rash (I've lost count) of Heavy Metal/ New Wave/AOR related articles. This is a music newsgroup, people. So let's use it for its intended purpose--to discuss (all kinds) of music (EVEN the Grateful Dead, OK, man?). Rich