tremblay@latour.DEC (03/18/85)
> > Hear, hear! I support the idea of net.music.dead (or net.music.gdead) as do > the other deadheads on the net with whom I have spoken. When I read through > net.music, I am generally looking for Dead-related postings, and would > prefer not to have to search through mounds of material that is not of > interest to me... > > Seth Jackson > > "We used to play for silver, now we play for life" Most definitely!! I support a Greateful Dead sub-category. I for one being a DEADHEAD and general music lover, find that the dead are in a class by themselves and generate discussion not found to be of interest to others. (You're either a DEADHEAD or you're NOT.) I've held back many submissions to "net.music" for the plain reason that I'm tired of USENET vultures waiting out there to pounce on any submission that isn't to their liking. I feel that the USENET provides (or should provide) a casual forum for all topics or questions of general interest. BUT, I constantly find myself reading raving replies to submissions complaining about idiotic questions, bad comparisions, Grateful Dead postings, etc. Why should one ever (like some had previously stated) have to hesitate about making a submission because they're not into reading abusive replies to their own submission? [This obviously is a general statement made about the "net.music" and not necessarily related to the formation of a "net.music.dead" category.] I know there are lots of Deadheads out there that could (and would) use a Grateful Dead forum more extensively if it was not part of the main forum. Obviously we all have something in common ('cause we read this forum), so lets get it together! Either accept us or get us our own category. ....one forum gathers....what another forum spills.... Glenn Tremblay