kauff@neit.cgd.ucar.EDU (Brian Kauffman) (04/09/91)
I'm new to this group, and the first thing any newcomer has gotta think is "what gives with all the Kate articles?". Look, I like Kate too, but she's not the only game in town. I was hoping I'd get turned on to something new, or at least discussions on a *variety* of artists. Here's an honest suggestion: expand your horizons. -Brian
jburka@silver.ucs.indiana.EDU (Jeff Burka) (04/09/91)
Brian writes: >Look, I like Kate too, but she's not the only game in town. >I was hoping I'd get turned on to something new, or at least discussions >on a *variety* of artists. >Here's an honest suggestion: expand your horizons. a) There's a reason this is called rec.music.*gaffa*. It was created specifically to discuss Kate Bush. Don't like? Read another newsgroup-- there are plenty that are music-oriented. b) I've been turned onto more music by more varied artists than from all the other music newsgroups I've read combined. This includes artists like Happy Rhodes, Jane Siberry, Concrete Blonde, and a bunch of others I can't think of off hand, but that I would never have known existed if it weren't for r.m.g and the people who populate it (thanks, Vickie!). Kate Bush occupies roughly 1/20 of my music collection. Most of those other artists simply don't merit the sort of in depth discussion that much of KaTe's music can induce. What's wrong with having a place where this can happen? I don't know how it came to be that r.m.g exists (I find it interesting that Love-Hounds occupies a place in the rec.music hierarchy, instead of somewhere in the alt hierarchy), but if it bugs you to read a *newsgroup* largely devoted to one artist, then why not subscribe to the Love-Hounds Digest? Then it's no different from any of the other music mailing-lists out there--of which the ones I've read are *much* more rabid about maintaing purity of just what appears. There's a magical "u" key on your keyboard--rn will know what to do with it. Use it if you need to.... Jeff -- |Jeffrey C. Burka |"I've lost my way through this world of | |jburka@silver.ucs.indiana.edu | profanities/I thrive on the wind and | |jburka@amber.ucs.indiana.edu | the rain and the cold." --Happy Rhodes|
kauff@neit.cgd.ucar.EDU (Brian Kauffman) (04/09/91)
The list of newsgroups does not make it clear that this is specifically a Kate Bush newsgroup. I was told it was "Progressive music (e.g., Kate Bush)" And, of course, I like Progressive music (e.g., Kate Bush). My mistake, I guess. -thanks to those who kindly informed me -Brian
ed@das.llnl.GOV (Edward J. Suranyi) (04/09/91)
>The list of newsgroups does not make it clear that this is specifically a >Kate Bush newsgroup. I was told it was "Progressive music (e.g., Kate Bush)" >And, of course, I like Progressive music (e.g., Kate Bush). >My mistake, I guess. >-Brian Actually, he's got a point. The current description is kind of confusing. I haven't the vaguest idea how to change it, but if we could change it, wouldn't something like "Kate Bush, and other artists of interest to Kate Bush fans" be more correct? Ed ed@das.llnl.gov
sigma@sun.ipl.rpi.EDU (Kevin Martin) (04/09/91)
ed@das.llnl.GOV (Edward J. Suranyi) writes: >>The list of newsgroups does not make it clear that this is specifically a >>Kate Bush newsgroup. I was told it was "Progressive music (e.g., Kate Bush)" >>And, of course, I like Progressive music (e.g., Kate Bush). >>My mistake, I guess. > >Actually, he's got a point. The current description is kind of confusing. >I haven't the vaguest idea how to change it, but if we could change it, >wouldn't something like "Kate Bush, and other artists of interest to >Kate Bush fans" be more correct? What list of newsgroups are we referring to? Gene Spafford's? If so, drop a note to Gene Spafford: spaf@cs.purdue.edu I don't think he'd be unreceptive to improving the description - I think alt.mud was simply '???' until its readers took notice. -- Kevin Martin sigma@ipl.rpi.edu
brownfld@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Kenneth R Brownfield) (04/09/91)
kauff@neit.cgd.ucar.EDU (Brian Kauffman) writes: >The list of newsgroups does not make it clear that this is specifically a >Kate Bush newsgroup. I was told it was "Progressive music (e.g., Kate Bush)" >And, of course, I like Progressive music (e.g., Kate Bush). >My mistake, I guess. >-thanks to those who kindly informed me A best way to describe this group is "Progressive music, (default Kate Bush.)" Not very emotional, but it's accurate. If you'd like to talk about other groups, you would be more than welcome. I have noticed that, fortunately, humans are incapable of reading minds. If you'd like to talk about a group, then do so: the discussion will be welcome. If you expect us to talk about what you want, I think you've got the wrong sense of reality. Kate fans kinda live here, so you're going to see a lot of Kate, _as well as_ progressive discussions that come up. I doubt any of us would discriminate. Have you missed all the other discussions here? >-Brian -- Ken. Kenneth R. Brownfield brownfld@uiuc.edu Computing Services Office uunet!uiucuxc!uiuc.edu!brownfld University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. (finger for more info.)
wisner@ims.alaska.EDU (Bill Wisner) (04/16/91)
I've taken care of the newsgroup description. Bill Wisner <wisner@ims.alaska.edu> Gryphon Gang Fairbanks AK 99775 And we pause for the jets.