Greetings,
   I am trying to find a LISTSERV to take over a list I am running by hand at
the moment. It currently has 90 subscribers and so far it has never generated
more than five messages per day - often fewer than that. The topic of my list
is Sun Ra, who is a jazz musician. At the end of this note I've included a copy
of the list anouncement that I sent out to ALLMUSIC and JAZZ-L, as well as a
few internet based lists. PLEASE RESPOND DIRECTLY TO ME AS I AM NOT SUBSCRIBED
TO LSTSRV-L. I don't need any archive space as I will be keeping an on-line
discography as well as a few other Sun Ra documents here in my account at KNOX
to be sent out as per specific requests. Adva(thanx)nce....
 
                                                Tom <[log in to unmask]>
                                                "Sound Can Wash Clothes"
                                                       - Sun Ra -
 
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Hello,
    As you might tell by the address from which this message originates, I'm
finally starting a Sun Ra mailing list! Topics for discusion will include:
 
           o  Sun Ra's music, albums, videos, poetry,
              and philosophy. All things Ra!
 
           o  Magazine and newspaper articles or books
              which talk about Sun Ra and/or contain
              interviews are also game.
 
           o  Members of the Arkestra and album projects
              with which they have been envolved.
 
           o  Other artists who are similar to Sun Ra,
              or who claim Sun Ra as an influence.
 
           o  Free Jazz in general, and other types of
              Jazz as they relate to Sun Ra's music.
 
    For those of you who may not know: Sun Ra is a jazz musician who leads a
big band and claims to be from the planet Saturn. He has been doing such for
the past 35-40 years and is nearing 80 years of age. He is also a poet, and
even a spiritual leader in some sense. He has well over 100 albums to his
credit (with a little over a dozen on CD) and I hope to maintain a discography
of Sun Ra recordings. Perhaps a list of magazine and newspaper articles and
books dealing with Ra can also be developed.
    This is not a "listserv" type list, so I will be running it by hand. All
administrative type e-mail should be send to <[log in to unmask]> as well as
submitions for the list. I hope to get a Sun Ra digest out every other day or
every third day as needed. If you know of any other Sun Ra fans who have
electronic mail capabilities, please feel free to forward this message on to
them.
    To subscribe to the Sun Ra mailing list, just send a note to me at this
account: <[log in to unmask]>. For those of you who are trying to send from
networks other than Bitnet: if have trouble getting to that address, try
sending to: <[log in to unmask]>.
    Happy Trails and Later Days....
 
                                          Tom Buck <[log in to unmask]>
                                        editor of the Sun Ra mailing list.
                                             "Sound Can Wash Clothes"
                                                    - Sun Ra -