Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles.info,rec.music.beatles
Subject: Welcome to the three rmb's
Date: 11 Jan 1997 04:40:48 GMT

Archive-name: Welcome to the Three rmb's
Last-modified: 7 December 1996
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Welcome to the three rmb's!

There are three Usenet newsgroups about the Beatles for your 
reading and debating pleasure.

The *unmoderated* Beatles group is rec.music.beatles. This group
is open to all questions and discussion, whether brief or involved.

It's recommended that you read the weekly "Top Twenty Frequently
Asked Questions" posting that appears here every week.

Two *moderated* groups are:

- rec.music.beatles.info: for news, press events, new music or
  video releases

- rec.music.beatles.moderated: for in-depth analysis, reviews and
  investigation of Beatles-related topics

All articles submitted and accepted for rmb.i and rmb.m will be
automatically crossposted to rmb.

The official rmb web site is:

	http://kiwi.imgen.bcm.tmc.edu:8088/public/rmb.html

Please note: rmb.i and rmb.m are new newsgroups as of 11/05/96, and
may not yet have been added at your site. If they haven't, and you
want to read those groups, ask your news administrator or help desk
to add them.

Other newsgroups of interest:

- rec.music.rock.pop.r+b.1950s (fifties music discussion)
- rec.music.rock.pop.r+b.1960s (sixties music discussion)
- rec.music.artists.beach-boys (Beach Boys and surf music)
- alt.rock-n-roll.stones (The Rolling Stones)
- alt.fan.kinks (The Kinks)
- alt.music.lyrics (find out the words to almost any song you want)
- news.announce.newusers (various FAQs about Usenet and netiquette)
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There are also a number of FAQs and information notes on topics of
more wide-ranging interests:

-"The Beatles Anthology" (ANTH): up-to-date information
-Introduction to rec.music.beatles (INTRO): Basics of Usenet posting
-A graduate-level Frequently Asked Questions (NEMS)
-A Beatles Bibliography (ALLBOOKS)
-A Smaller Beatles Booklist (QUICKBOOKS) 
-The Official r.m.b. "Paul Is Dead" FAQ (PID)
-A Guide to Bootlegs (RARE)
-Beatles Songs Covered by Others (COVERS)
-Britishisms in the Beatles' Songs (BRITGUIDE)
-Britishisms in Beatles Films (FILMS)
-How They Got Their Name (NAME)
-A traveler's guide to Beatles sites in the UK (TRIP)
-Beatles Novelty Records (NOVELTY) 
-Video Beatles: as a group (VIDEO), as solo artists (VIDEO II)
-A History of Pre-Beatles Pop and British Invasion Artists (BRITPOP)
-Oddities, curiosities, and such in Beatles music (ANOMALIES)
-Groups Who Sound Like Them: Beatles-esque groups (ESQUE)
-Variations in the Fabs' Records and Releases (VARIATIONS)
-Things We *Think* They Said (SAID)
-A History of the Butcher Cover (BUTCHER)
-Paul's Bass-Guitar Technique (BASS)

You can request any of these notes from saki@evolution.bchs.uh.edu, from
the official r.m.b. Web site 

	(http://kiwi.imgen.bcm.tmc.edu:8088/public/rmb.html
 
or use the automatic "faqserv"!

How it works:

Send mail to the following address:

	domo@domo.imgen.bcm.tmc.edu

(PLEASE note spelling! This is "imgen" not "imagen"...and this is via
email; it won't work if you post it.)

On the first blank line of your mail, type:

	get rmb-faqs [faqname here]

Example: 

	get rmb-faqs PID

returns the FAQ "PID" to your mailbox.

For best service, please request each FAQ by a separate email message.
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Happy Beatling!

-- 
"Well, it's all right, even if you're old and grey; well 
it's all right, you've still got something to say".
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saki@evolution.bchs.uh.edu * dlm3@midway.uchicago.edu