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      The Official-As-It-Gets alt.music.posterkids Readme File 17/Jun/97
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Contents:
    A. About this group
    B. About Poster Children
    C. Random Stuff
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A. About this group
 
    A1. What's this group for?
 
        To further the Poster Children cause of spreading knowledge
        throughout the galaxy and of course, to help save the world.
 
    A2. Oh really?
 
        Yes. Rose says so.
 
    A3. What's on topic?
 
        Rose says: "I'd love for [alt.music.posterkids] to be a place of
        (semi-)intelligent conversation, especially not about band stuff, but
        maybe about things people have learned each day, etc. I just hate the
        notesfiles that are 'I hate Liz Phair,' 'I love Liz Phair', 'Liz
        Phair is ugly,' 'Liz Phair rules' etc."
 
        (I think Liz Phair is just an example.)
 
        Rose also says: "Of course people can rant about silly things too."
 
        So, talk about the band is definitely on-topic, but we're not
        limited to that, and in fact wider discussions are very welcome. I
        think that's all the explaining that's needed. Try to keep the
        signal-to-noise ratio high.

    A3 1/2. Who is Rose? 

        Hey, that question doesn't belong in section A. Go look in B.
 
    A4. What's not on topic?
 
        Junk mail, spam, and commercial posts are not welcome. And don't be
        mean to other people. 

    A5. My provider doesn't carry the group. How can I read it? 

        First, ask your internet provider to start carrying it. Most news
        administrators will be happy to, once they hear that one of their
        users has interest. Check out http://posterkids.mattdm.org, where
        you'll find a web-based gateway for alt.music.posterkids.
 
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B. About Poster Children
 
    B1. What are they? Who are they? 
 
        A cool band. I don't like categorizing music, but if you forced me
        at gunpoint, I might say that their music is pop/punk/postwave. Or
        I might just scream and run away. You never know.

        The band currently consists of Jim (guitar), Rick (guitar, vocals),
        Rose (bass), and Howie (drums). 
 
    B2. Where can I find out more?
 
        Poster Children (Rose, mostly) run a very good web page at
        http://www.prairienet.org/~roze/. You should go look at it.
 
        You should also check out their albums. The newest is called "RTFM",
        and not only is it amazingly good musically, it has a very cool
        CD-ROM portion which was actually written by the band themselves.

        Most of all, you should go to a Poster Children show when they're
        in town. It'll be one of the best concerts you've ever been to,
        I promise.

    B3. Why doesn't this document tell more? 

        Because this info is about the newsgroup, not the band. 
 
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C. Random Stuff
 
    C1. Why is this a "Readme" file and not a FAQ file?
 
        Because the newsgroup is relatively new and there haven't actually
        been many questions, as such. So I made stuff up.
 
    C2. Who are you?
 
        Look at http://www.mattdm.org/
 
        I'm not connected with PC in any special way. I just think they're
        cool.
 
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Matthew Miller                                            mattdm@disco.tln.net
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