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- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.allmusic
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 10:13:00 EST
- Sender: Discussions on all forms of Music <ALLMUSIC@AUVM.BITNET>
- From: gmgettie@THAMA1.APGEA.ARMY.MIL
- Subject: Today is my anniversary!
- Lines: 64
-
- Today is my anniversary! I've been on ALLMUSIC for a whole year now.
- Wow! :-o. What a coincidence too. Tomorrow is my last day of work for
- this company. This will be my last posting from this address. Geez, I
- feel kinda sad. Geez2, am I now officially an old-timer?
-
- This list has changed so much since then. IMO, it has gotten much better.
-
- Story time: ALLMUSIC was more or less the first internet mailing list I
- was ever a part of. I remember scanning the list of listserv lists. I saw
- several music lists -> Jazz, Classical, etc. and of course ALLMUSIC. I really
- wasn't sure what to expect after I subscribed. I can tell you (almost) word
- for word what the first posting I saw was. It was something like:
-
- >Maybe Nirvana just recognizes the fact that GNR bites.
-
- I was like "hey, 2 bands I've heard of, this list might be good for me"
-
- Of course, I just had to get involved *right away*, so I came back with
- an equally stupid:
-
- Whadda ya mean GNR bites? NIRVANA BITES!! I can't even understand the
- words to that song: "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
- It's not even music.
-
- (stick with me here folks, there is a point coming up)
-
- Not that I was any big GNR fan, I just didn't care much for Nirvana,
- especially that song. Anyone remember this post? I'm sure Derek Tiffany
- would, but he's not on the list right now.
-
- What happened *after* the post of mine was truly incredible -> Atleast
- 75 messages (I'm not exaggerating) from many, many people about Nirvana,
- lyrics, why people liked being able to understand the lyrics of songs,
- why some people didn't care about lyrics at all, etc. etc. etc.
-
- 75 messages!! Needless to say I was (*fucking*) amazed. This blew me away.
- I mean, my little teenie weenie spew caused all that. I learned real quick of
- the power of this list.
-
- Well, that's my point -> the power of this list. I don't know how to put into
- words what this list has done for my music hobby. I look back at me on
- this list a year ago. Really, I had no clue. At first I was a little cocky
- and talked *way* to much. I tried to start atleast a thread a day. Some of
- them kinda dumb. I got flamed really bad once (hehe! chuckrateeze remembers)
- after trying to start a dumb thread.
-
- What?, oh yeah, the power of this list, sorry for the digression....
- You all have turned me on to *so* much music, that if not for this list, I
- would have never known it existed. Before I signed on, I had my Metal and
- Hard Rock, of course, a little interest in New Age and Reggae, and a few
- other things here and there. You all have helped me out with these genres
- all well as many others, *even* metal. I guess what I'm trying to say is
- THANK YOU!! All of you. My wallet probably hates you. My list is huge now.
- I swear, I got atleast 30 CDs on my list right now, and it's growing.
- It really never occured to me that there could be so much *good* music out
- there.........until I signed on this list.
-
- One last time from this address.....
-
- Like my second favorite radio station in Baltimore says: Seeya!!!!!!
-
- Gary new address!!! -> gmg@access.digex.com
-
- oh, and don't forget: Never *ever* do a drug named after a part of your ass.
-