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The following was originally posted alt.tv.mst3k. I forgot to save
the posted version with the authentic headers, so you'll just have
to trust me. Would I lie to you?
/
Petrea Mitchell <|> <|>
<pravn@gm.dev.com,agora.rdrop.com,mvp.rain.com>
May 1994
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Some newsgroups can be liked to gauntlets for the poster to
run down, with flamers arrayed on either side. Others are like a
year-round conference of the Association for the Advancement of
Pseudoscience. I've been a long while trying to come up with a good
analogy for this group, and here's what I have--
It's like a slumber party at around 11:30 pm. Everyone's
talking, even though you know it's getting late and time for go to
bed. [Tor! Out!] Someone's saying "Good Night!" at least twice
every minute, but this doesn't do any good until a lull comes in
the conversation. So you all decide it's time to go to sleep, and
everybody settles down. Then someone has to get one last remark
in. Then someone else has to. Outbreaks of giggling occur for no
apparent reason. It looks like everyone might start talking again,
but the speakers are shushed.
The room is silent, but the last few remarks were pretty
funny, so almost everyone is doing their darndest to keep from
laughing. Then someone says something, and is vehemently shhh'ed,
but you don't hear the first remark. All you're aware of is lying
there, trying ever so hard to stay absolutely and completely quiet,
and suddenly--
"SHHHHHHH!!!"
--and this is the last straw for most of the room. You all
crack up completely. Realizing that getting to sleep is a hopeless
proposition, you start talking, beginning the cycle again.
I don't mean this as an exact analogy. Or even a vague ana-
logy. It's just the only thing that comes to mind when I try to ex-
plain the mood on this group to someone who hasn't read it.
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On a slightly different matter, to change the subject, sup-
pose someone tried to write an anthem for alt.tv.mst3k while under
the influence of pop music, then posted only a rough-draft version
because she hadn't seen the result of the rec.arts.tv.mst3k vote
yet, and was worried r.a.t.m would get created before she had a
chance to post the song in any form? I think it would go something
like this...
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
This section is provided as a service to readers who wouldn't know
the beginning of a song if they walked into one. (not too hard,
with my music :-/ )\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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Am E Am
One day, I found a newsgroup about my favorite show.
Am E Am
The folks there seemed quite sane, relatively-- well, you know--
Am C D
But then came the off-season, came no new episodes,
Am E
And came a change like nothing in all of UseNet's nodes!
Am
Bring your weirdness, bring your cheek--
C Am
All you need is a.t.m!
Am
We can top it any week--
C Am
All you need is a.t.m!
A group may wander somewhat from its chosen theme;
There may be slight digressions when it runs low on steam,
But I've not seen the equal of this one's broad range.
To see on-topic postings is really quite a change.
Be warned, before you subscribe,
All you need is a.t.m!
That it's one peculiar tribe.
All you need is a.t.m!
On fan groups, you'll find comments upon the... attributes
Of your favorite heroes, or villains of repute,
But rather less than common is happening to find
That half the group is making public replies in kind.
Don't need soap operas here--
All you need is a.t.m!
Every hint is crystal clear--
All you need is a.t.m!
If there were lords on UseNet, the flamers would be such--
On nearly every forum, you'll see their nettling touch,
But here, we bow to humor, to warmth and just plain fun.
Of all the differences here, that is the strangest one!
Firey tangles we reject--
All you need is a.t.m!
Here trolls don't get no respect--
All you need is a.t.m!
The objects of our worship have hit upon the way
To speak to us through netnews, to look in as they may.
We're not here just to please them-- we're here for fellow fen--
But, still, we hope they're reading, and smiling now and then.
For those who can't take the fluff,
All you need is a.t.m!
July can't come soon enough.
All you need is a.t.m!
Bring your weirdness, bring your cheek--
All you need is a.t.m!
We can top it any week--
All you need is a.t.m!
We can top it any week--
All you need is a.t.m!
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So it's smarmy and self-centered; anthems are supposed to be!
I don't know if you can call this music, but here's the tune:
Am (no flats); 4/4; moderate but assertive
2.r,4mB,hC,8mB,4.A,4G,A,2E-8E,E,4D,D,8D,4.E,2.A,8r
8mB,4hC,8mB,4.A,4G,A,2E-8E,E,4D,8C,4.D,4E,2.A,8r
8mA,4A,8A,4.A,4hC,8E,2.C,8C,4D,8D,4.D,4C,2.D,8r
8hC,4C,8mB,4.A,4G,8A,8E-2E,4E,4hE,8E,4.E,4D,2.E,4r
4lA,B,hC,D,E,8E,4A-4.E
4C,8C,4.C,4C,C,lB,A,r
4lA,B,hC,D,E,8E,4A-4.E
4C,8C,4.C,4C,C,lB,A,r
Yes, that is a jump from E above high C to A below middle
C. For this I can only apologize.
The coda is officially improvisational, but here's how I
sing it:
4lA,mA,A,A,A,8A,8A-2A
4C,8C,4.C,4C,C,lB,A,r
4mA,G,A,G,A,8hC,8E-2E
4C,8C,4.C,4C,C,lB,A,r
4mA,G,A,G,8A,4.G,2E@
4C,8C,4.C,4C,C,lB,A,r
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Words and music (C) 1994 me, like it's going to matter for
very long.
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