If I know what our readers like, it’s to be alerted when important email lists turn ten years old.

That being said, today marks the tenth anniversary of the PDX-Pop email list, whose occasional music-related emails have been filling local inboxes for a decade now. Why, here’s the first post ever, from way back in 1998.

Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 14:33:10 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: PDX POP - boy crazy show
To: pdx-pop@geekhouse.org
Sender: pdx-staff@geekhouse.org
Precedence: bulk
boy crazy is playing with cherry ice cream smile, tra la la, and sarah douger this saturday at 17 nautical miles ( which is on woodstock and about 45th). it starts at 9:30pm.

hope to see y’all there!

rachel

Woah. I know Sarah Dougher, Boy Crazy (I first saw them randomly in Utah, ironically a few weeks after this email was sent) and 17 Nautical Miles, but Cherry Ice Cream Smile and Tra La La are new to me. Can anyone shed some light on those two? Judging by their adorable band names I assume they are death metal, right?

Anyway, happy birthday email list! Here’s to ten more.