From: dmaclaug@agsm.ucla.edu (saki)
Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
Subject: Welcome (better late than never)
Summary: ...and frequently asked questions
Organization: UCLA, Anderson Graduate School Of Management
Date: 8 Apr 92 00:01:54 PDT

You've got questions. You're unsure. You've spend sleepless nights
staring at the ceiling, wondering who Pete Best was...where the
Beatles got their name...what in blazes that first chord of "A Hard
Day's Night" is....

But there's more that bedevils you---what books to buy, what films
to see, how to figure out the true meaning of "wonky finger." Or that
copy of "Yesterday...and Today" on your shelf---is there a Butcher
Cover behind that benign white background? Is there a fortune in your
old Beatles singles? Or should you *spend* a fortune looking for
bootlegs?

Perchance the answer is here, amongst the verbiage.

 - Are you new to the newsgroup? *Before you post*, ask for the newly-
   refurbished Nems Note---a brisk, succinct FAQ list that may just
   answer your query. And if you're ready for the "graduate" level
   Frequently Asked Questions, ask for Nems II. (Specify NEMS or NEMS II).

- "Introduction to rec.music.beatles", wherein you can learn
   how this newsgroup works, guidelines on how to post, etc. (INTRO).

- A Beatles-related book list compiled by Steve Carter and saki 
  (ask for BOOK).

- 25 succinct and relevant "Paul is Dead" clues (ask for CLUES). 

- A considerably longer treatise on the "Paul Is Dead" myth (PID).

- A discussion of "butcher cover" values and explicit instructions
  on how to safely peel one of these valuable items, if you should be
  so lucky as to own one (ask for BUTCHER).

- Doug Sulpy's excellent and studious intro to the best bootlegs
  (as seen in r.m.b.) (ask for RARE).

- Scott Galuska's reknowned list of Beatles songs covered by other
  artists; ask for COVERS.

- Harold Somers' Guide to Britishisms/Americanisms in the Beatles'  
  music; ask for BRITGUIDE.

- A traveler's guide to Beatles sights and sites in Liverpool and
  London; ask for TRIP.

- And a long reference---in alphabetical order, no less---of British
  musical groups, from the early 1950's to the British Invasion;
  ask for BRITPOP (now available!)

Send your request (and your preferred email address---PLEASE. You
might be surprised, but sometimes your header doesn't know who 
you are) to:

dmaclaug@agsm.ucla.edu (saki)

and the notes of your choice will be quickly and cheerfully sent to
you.

NOTE:   Alan Pollack's "Notes On ..." series is archived at the 
	FTP site bobcat.bbn.com (or, numerically, 128.89.2.103).
	This is a tiny little original IBM PC (not even an IBM
	PC/XT, and certainly not a PC/AT) in an office at BBN
	in Cambridge, Mass. Administrator is clements@bbn.com.

	You can get the Notes from this machine, *not via email*.
	Also available are the articles above, if you prefer FTP.

	Use "ftp" as follows:
		ftp bobcat.bbn.com
		(user name) anonymous
		(password) your-name    [please? Not just "guest", etc.]
		cd beatles
		cd noteson      [or     cd intro/nems/britguide/etc.]
		dir
		get <whatever you want>

	Cautions:

	        i)     Be patient.  It's just a 4.77 MHz PC on a
		       busy ethernet.  The file transfers may be
		       slow.

		ii)    Please respect all copyrights on these files.

                iii)   The "Notes on..." series is not available
                       via email. Please don't ask.
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And one more thing: now that you've read everything and are ready
to post, do try to remember several points of netiquette:

1. Please edit your Subject line if it needs it.
2. Please don't quote a previous article in its entirety.
3. Please keep your .sig shorter than your article.
4. Please don't shout...UNLESS YOU MUST! :-)
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"I get something in me head, you know, and all the
walls of Rome couldn't stop me."
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saki (dmaclaug@agsm.ucla.edu)
Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles