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...sheer joy of being able to reach a global audience directly. As Rennie puts it, "The Net has returned a measure of control to the artist." Jeff Patterson, co-founder of IUMA, began by digitizing the music of his own band, Ugly Mugs, and posting it on Usenet newsgroups. "If it wasn't for the positive feedback we got, I think we would have stopped right there," he says. "I think a lot of it was that people realized they could distribute their work without going through the record distributors...
...only online community I ever felt a part of was alt.tasteless, a Usenet forum dedicated to wretchedly sick humor. Mind you, I was never an active, rec.pets.cats-baiting member, just a lurker who enjoyed dropping by from time to time to see what the lads were up to. I soon tired of it, though. While I appreciate in theory the idea of people the world over communicating through their computers, it turns out that few of them have anything interesting to say. The good stuff is communicated in private...
...these interests are anything, they're wide-ranging. Usenet groups, as they're called, are named hierarchically, making it easy to find what you're interested in. Some are broad in nature, like rec.sport.basketball; others, like misc.health.therapy.occupational, are designed for more narrow interests. Harvard currently carries about 5,000 of them, with more added daily...
...complicated at all to read news; just type tin at the fas% prompt instead of typing pine. Tin is a perfect newsreader for beginners, and a great way to get into the world of Usenet...
What are you waiting for? Why are you still reading this column? Go read Usenet, or make your Web page, or stalk your friends. You're ready to leave the world of pine behind...