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Extremely Unofficial Archive

"Here we will stake out a place where, for at least one subject, willful
ignorance is unwelcome. We will expose it, and encourage all to discard it
insofar as the subject of our discussion is concerned." -- Tim Howe

ALLMUSIC is a listserv, an unmoderated mailing list on BITnet (though most of us access it by the Internet, and a few of us get it on the USENET echo).

It's curious how much those of us who have been on ALLMUSIC for a while have come to love it and the people we've come to know there. Almost nobody on ALLMUSIC invites anyone else to join (we're kind of like the Unitarians in that regard) so I won't break tradition. If you're thinking about joining, you'll even have to go down a page or two to find out how.

As the weeks go on, I'll put in some posts I've managed not to lose or delete inadvertently. For now, though, here's:

Guidelines and FAQ

Some guidelines for participating in ALLMUSIC by our beloved listowner Mike Karolchik
An addendum to Mike's guidelines by Don Thomason
A short FAQ by Malinda McCall
A Notice of Commission of Sin that I'll send you if you ignore the above.
Or perhaps you'll get this notice from Chuck Vance.
Malinda McCall wrote a post about advertising, lists and one-liners that talks about a specific sleazeball from our past.
Here's confirmation and here's more confirmation, that we aren't just being overly picky about Atlantic's and C-Notes' abuse of the Web.
All the above are about what the rules for ALLMUSIC should be. Chuck Vance tells us the way things really are.

Questions we wish you wouldn't ask quite so often

Who knows anything about [artist]? Please check out Yahoo's musical artists index.
Who knows the lyrics to [song]? What song has the lyrics [xxx]? Please go to the Lyrics Page (formerly known as Vivarin, but now improved -- actually, now dead while the interests of copyright owners versus the interests of people who want to know the lyrics to songs are thrashed out).
When is [artist]'s next album coming out? Please look at the New Releases list (this is dead, too -- anyone know of a good alternative?).
Where can I buy [album]? Is [album] still available? Check at CDnow or Yahoo's list of CD stores or Yahoo's list of Record Labels
Where can I find guitar tab/chords/sheet music for [song]? Look at Yahoo's list of guitar tab/chords sites or Yahoo's list of sheet music sources
How do I get a copyright? Go to the U.S. Copyright Office homepage

And just in case you still don't get it...

Each year we give out "golden newbie" awards and invite the recipients to join the old porchfarts of the ALLMUSIC Cabal. Newbies who lurk a while and learn the way things are, who actually accept that there were folks on ALLMUSIC before they got there, will find that the folks on ALLMUSIC are happy to welcome them to the fold. Newbies who don't quite catch on to this will find us equally happy to express other sentiments...

Official Archives

Postings - All our golden words, saved for posterity (shudder)
Photos of listmembers.

Posts from the Past

Want to find out if evil Satanists or Democrats or (gasp!) Secular Humanists are using subliminal messages or backward masking to corrupt our children?

Homepages of Listmembers

Nancy Ahern (Mama N)
Ken Bourbeau, who invites you to visit his Maria McKee and Rod Stewart pages.
Eileen Christman is behind a firewall, but she's got a page for her band OverheaD and her other band the Nittany Valley Symphony
Cheryl Cline, editor of Twangin'
GraceAnn Andreassi DeCandido (Ladyhawke)
Drummer (Michael Lehnertz)
Jim Gardner has got a CD!
Cyndi Glass, and check out The Warren Cuccurullo Page to which she made a substantial contribution
David Jacoby who also has quite a page of music links and a fitting tribute to Whitney Houston
Mike Karolchik
Can't find page for Sonia Kovitz yet, but here's a page where she sells some of her otherworldly prints.
Adam Levin - and check out Adam's definitive progressive rock site
Ian MacAllister
David Malbuff
Scott Morschauser's band The Kabalas
Jeff (n.n) Preston - and don't forget his Atavachron (Allan Holdsworth) page
Jenna Steele's work page and home page
Don Thomason will have a homepage soon, but in the meantime, heres an article he's written for The Amplifier
Jonathan Troen
Chuck Vance isn't webbed yet, but I believe the description in Carol's Valentine to him is accurate
Greg Waters
Carol Watson aka Libby Doe, our favorite Canookie, and Carol's Folk Festival Heaven
Michael Winger
Woj
Rotcod Zzaj (Dick Metcalf)
Where's the rest of you guys? Click here to tell me your URLs.

ALLMUSIC Descends on Nashville

Jeff ("n.n")'s report about the party, complete with photos and art from the fantastic folks at ADdimension, and a live, on the spot report
The real truth about the get-together, which is now a veritable gateway to all the Nashville trip reports I didn't misplace.
While the rest of us were writing trip reports, Pat Padua wrote a novel.
"We're Number One!" say ALLMUSIC's Sonia, Helebn, Chuck, Carol, and L'autre Tim.

Our MIDI files have moved to a page of their own.