RTP-area local music and culture

[grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

Hey y'all,

We're likely about to be inundated with crossposted crap from tri.gen & 
various other NGs due to the handiwork of a troll who still, in 2006, 
thinks it's really funny to cross-post & troll on UseNet. Har de har 
har, let's all laugh like it's 1993.

Due to the glory that is UseNet, it's impossible to control who 
posts/crossposts to alt.music.chapel-hill; what we *can* control is our 
response, or lack thereof. So just be aware that any "debate" that 
suddenly appears to start to rage about UNC tuition & etc isn't a debate 
at all; it's just a good old-fashioned substanceless UseNet flamewar. If 
you're reading alt.music.chapel-hill via Google Groups or via some 
direct UseNet method, feel free to respond to the trolls if that's the 
sort of futile entertainment that gets you off, but please, ONLY if you 
first edit the headers so as to remove alt.music.chapel-hill from them. 
[conversely, I suppose if you have a genuinely intelligent point to 
make, you could edit the headers to remove all the other newsgroups 
*except* alt.music.chapel-hill -- it's really just the crossposting that 
guarantees trouble of the headachey no-fun variety]

If you're reading via the ch-scene email list and some of the crap seeps 
through, please try to sit on your hands [This means You, Hepler], as I 
*do* have some small amount of control over what gets posted to the 
email list. I don't generally exercise that control, other than to 
filter out the vast quantities of herbal viagra spam & whatnot, but I 
will enforce our longstanding rule against crossposting to 
triangle.general. There's no joy to be had there, people.

If you don't believe me, go read some: 
http://groups.google.com/group/triangle.general

Holy crap, look at that, G___ L B______ still exists!

Ross