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From: mdenault@pomona.edu (Matt Denault)
Newsgroups: alt.music.pink-floyd,alt.music.roger-waters
Subject: MiniFAQ
Date: 18 Feb 95 13:33:29 PST
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--============--
Pink Floyd MiniFAQ
--============--
Before posting a question to the newsgroup, please look through the various
sources of information detailed below. Chances are, you'll find what you're
looking for...
+ Common Abbreviations
We tend to use many abbreviations here on a.m.p-f and a.m.r-w, or at
least I do ;) Anyway, here's a list of the main ones, most straight
from the FAQ...
Albums: Fanzines:
PatGoD: Piper At The Gates Of Dawn TAP : The Amazing Pudding
ASoS : A Saucerful Of Secrets BD : Brain Damage
AHM : Atom Heart Mother
OBC : Obscured By Clouds
ANP : A Nice Pair
DSotM : Dark Side Of The Moon
WYWH : Wish You Were Here
TFC : The Final Cut
TPCoHH: The Pros And Cons Of HitchHiking
+-oHH : The Pros And Cons Of HitchHiking
WtWB : When the Wind Blows
AMLoR : A Momentary Lapse Of Reason (sometimes MLoR)
DSoT : Delicate Sound of Thunder
ATD : Amused to Death
TDB : The Division Bell
Songs:
ABitW : Another Brick in the Wall TIB : Take It Back
OoTD : One of These Days (I'm Going to Cut You into Little Pieces)
TGGitS: The Great Gig in the Sky CBtL : Coming Back to Life
WDYWFM: What Do You Want From Me LFW : Lost for Words
SOYCD : Shine On you Crazy Diamond (Note: SOYCD --> SoYcD --> SYD ;)
General Stuff:
BTW : by the way
IMHO : In my humble opinion (IMNSHO = "...not so humble opinion")
ROIO : Recording Of Illegitimate Origin | See the FAQ for a complete |
oreo : bastardization of ROIO | discussion of RoIOs |
+ The FAQ
The echoes FAQ (Frequently Asked Question) list contains answers to the
most commonly asked questions people have about Pink Floyd and the solo
material produced by its members. Please get and read the FAQ before
asking any questions.
To get the 5 parts of the FAQ, mail to "echoserv@fawnya.tcs.com" the
following, lowercase and left-justified:
send echoes.faq.3.0 echoes
send echoes.faq.3.1 echoes
send echoes.faq.3.2 echoes
send echoes.faq.3.3 echoes
send echoes.faq.3.4 echoes
quit
This will mail the FAQ directly to you. It is roughly 270k, so make
sure you have sufficient disk space.
+ Lyrics
Lyrics to Pink Floyd and solo albums are available via anonymous FTP
at "ftp.halcyon.com" in "pub/pink_floyd/lyrics"
NOTE: Don't trust the lyric files for some of the earlier stuff;
some of them are pretty bad. I intend to fix some of the more
obvious errors Any Day Now ;)
+ World Wide Web (WWW) Sites
- http://humper.student.princeton.edu
Main site; articles, interviews, lyrics, pictures, discographies, etc.
- http://ripco.com:8080/~clegg/echoes.html
The echoes FAQ. Also links to other sites.
- ftp://ftp.cc.umanitoba.ca/pub/html/homepage.html
Album and tour pictures.
- http://www.reed.edu/~mhamilto/syd.html
Syd Barrett home page, with lyrics, articles, discographies, etc.
- http://www.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de/~herwig
WWW site for the RoIO Database.
- http://www.ee.pdx.edu/~henk/henk.html
Publius information.
+ Publius
New folks on a.m.p-f are bound to wonder who/what is "Publius." Do us
all a favor and educate yourself before jumping into the discussions --
send to "echoserv@fawnya.tcs.com" the following:
filelist publius
help
quit
The three commands should be lowercase and left-justified. This will
send you information on how to access past Publius posts, theories, etc.
Note that posts that involve Publius should contain that word ("PUBLIUS")
in the subject line -- this is so people not interested in this topic can
put that word in their kill file, and not have to read the posts.
+ Pictures
- "ftp.halcyon.com" in "pub/pink_floyd/gifs"
- "ftp.cc.umanitoba.ca" in "pub/pf"
- "ftp.uwp.edu" in "pub/music/artists/p/pink.floyd/pictures"
Pictures are also occasionaly posted to the "alt.binaries.pictures.misc"
newsgroup. You can request a specific picture by posting in the
"alt.binaries.pictures.d" group.
+ Articles/Interviews
To learn more about the Floyd and its members "from the horse's mouth,"
check out the various articles and interviews available at
"ftp.halcyon.com" in "pub/pink_floyd/articles" and
"pub/pink_floyd/interviews"
Likewise, if you find any PF article or interview not already there,
we'd all appreciate it if you took the time to transcribe it and send
it UUencoded to "rjones@halcyon.com" to be uploaded.
+ Who Sang What?
Gerhard den Hollander maintains a comprehensive list of who sang what
on each album/single. This "vocallist" also contains info on the first
and last time each song was performed live.
To get a copy, mail to "echoserv@fawnya.tcs.com", with the following
in the body of the message:
send vocallist.2.99 echoes
quit
This will mail a copy directly to you.
+ Tour Information
Information about all aspects of the recent Pink Floyd world tour is
available via anonymous FTP at "ftp.twi.tudelft.nl" in "pub/music"
The files available are:
tour.charts.94 Chart results for TDB and its singles
tour.dates.94 List of all '94 gigs
tour.reports.94 A list of what they played at each show
tour.rumours.94 Facts and rumours about Pink Floyd in '94
tour.stats.94 Tour statistics for '94
If you have any questions/comments/suggestions about this document, or
its contents, please let me know, at "mdenault@pomona.edu"
ciao
matt