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- From: noring@netcom.com (Jon Noring)
- Subject: CFD: Enough Interest Out There To Form a 1920's-30's Jazz/Dance/Big Band Newsgroup?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.193747.1135@netcom.com>
- Summary: E-mail me if you're interested.
- Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 19:37:47 GMT
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- Hello,
-
- The title says it all. I'm seriously considering creating an alt.*
- newsgroup whose purpose is to discuss all aspects of 1920's and 30's jazz,
- dance and big band music. Discussion would include discographical
- information, CD sources, discussions about various jazz artists, modern
- orchestras today who are recreating the 20's and 30's sound (and I'm not
- referring to Dixieland which is not a true 20's and 30's sound), etc., etc.
-
- Though the official intent of rec.music.bluenote is to be all-inclusive (and
- it is a good newsgroup), it is obviously oriented towards post-War jazz and
- blues, effectively stifling discussion of the pre-War era by sheer volume of
- posts. I don't even read (and rarely post) to rec.music.bluenote for this
- reason. Thus I see a potential need for a separate newsgroup (find a need
- and fill it, right :^) ).
-
- If you have an avid interest in the 20's-30's jazz/dance/big band music,
- and you'd like to see this newsgroup created, let me know. If I get 20 or
- more people interested, then I will create the newsgroup. If not, then it
- is not worth creating it since a critical number of people is needed to keep
- any newsgroup "alive".
-
-
- What should we name it should there be enough interest? Some ideas:
-
- alt.music.early-jazz
- alt.music.1920-40
- alt.music.20's-30's (kind of hard to type out)
- alt.jazz.early
- alt.jazz.1920-40
-
- etc.
-
-
- --->Other newsgroup names are also possible, I'd like to hear your ideas.
-
-
- I look forward to the discussion and newsgroup name suggestions.
-
-
- Jon Noring
-
-
- (p.s. Why an alt.* group and not a rec.music.* group? Because I don't believe
- that it would be possible - the Herculean requirements for creating a rec.*
- group would be too difficult, in my opinion, to fulfill. If somebody else
- would like to try, they are free to do so, but I'm not going to even attempt
- it, so don't even ask me "Well, why don't you make it a rec.* instead...?".
- Sorry for sounding so rude, but those are the facts as I see's them.)
-
- --
-
- Charter Member of the INFJ Club.
-
- Now, if you're just dying to know what INFJ stands for, be brave, e-mail me,
- and I'll send you some information. It WILL be worth the inquiry, I think.
-
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