Hi.

I am sending this special newsletter issue at an unusual time - not
much more than 24 hours before the next regular issue should be mailed
- because I would like to give this matter separate attention.

Over the course of our first several years of publication, our
subscription list, as far as I can tell, overlapped tremendously with
the subscription list of my e-friend

MARIA McLAUGHLIN's

WEEKLY BAND E-MAIL.

I would not be at all surprised if a majority of our subscribers were
also her subscribers.

Some time ago, Maria needed to suspend publication of her
show-listings newsletter. I have forgotten the exact reason: either
life got too busy, she became United States ambassador to Canada, or
something. The one thing I remember is that it was important. Since
that time, the Weekly Band E-Mail has been very much missed.

Some of you already know the name of

BRIAN ANISTASI

of western Massachusetts. In the Thursday-Friday overnight, we
received an announcement from Brian that he will be reviving the
Weekly Band E-Mail. Here is the main part of his announcement:


WEEKLY BAND E-MAIL TO BE REVIVED

Maria McLaughlin's labor of love, the Weekly Band E-Mail, will be
revived! A "test copy" of the e-mail will go out to people's in boxes
on Monday morning, September 27th, and people's feedback will be
greatly appreciated. [Likely August 27 is the date intended. - Ed.]
Then it will begin in earnest on Monday, September 3rd.

Taking over for Maria will be Brian Anastasi of Amherst, Mass. Brian
did a radio show of all Massachusetts music for about a year on WMUA,
the radio station at UMass/Amherst.

Brian plans to keep the same format, a day-by-day listing for who is
playing at all the clubs in the area and will still keep the Monday
morning schedule. He also plans to expand the club listings to
include clubs in the other five New England states, such as Toad's
Place in New Haven CT; Ralph's Diner, the Palladium, and the Lucky Dog
Saloon in Worcester, Mass.; Black Eyed Sally's and the Webster in
Hartford, CT; the Middle Earth in Bradford, VT; and the Flynn Theatre
in Burlington, VT. He also plans to begin listing Massachusetts
bands' upcoming gigs.

To receive the weekly band e-mail once again, please send your e-mail
address to bananastasi@... Clubs and bands may also send
their listings to the same address.

I WILL BE SUBSCRIBING, and I imagine a very large percentage of our
own subscribers will want to do the same.

(Nn)


With any luck, more tomorrow...