The minarets listserv started in late 1993 and ran until May 1995, and it served as the first organized, large-scale online gathering of DMB fans. The listserv gave subscribers discussions of DMB, songs, shows, tapes (literally), tour dates, etc.
In 2006, Henry Hart, in conjunction with CIO David Todd of the University of Vermont, finally procured the archive of the listserv in the form of a massive text file.
The purpose of this site is to format the archive for ease of reading, eliminating irrelevant information from the headers and dividing the posts up into groups of 100. Thanks to Jared Culp for finally and quickly finishing up the conversion in 2020 after our work stalled in 2013.
As you read through these posts, keep in mind that in the early days of the band, not as much was known about them, so some of the information contained here may be inaccurate. Also remember that some songs were known to fans by different names than they are formally called today.
Page 1 (October 13–25, 1993)
Page 2 (October 25–November 9, 1993)
Page 3 (November 9–28, 1993)
Page 4 (November 28–December 11, 1993)
Page 5 (December 11, 1993–January 24, 1994)
Page 6 (January 24–February 23, 1994)
Page 7 (February 23–March 3, 1994)
Page 8 (March 3–18, 1994)
Page 9 (March 18–April 6, 1994)
Page 10 (April 6–19, 1994)
Page 11 (April 20–May 4, 1994)
Page 12 (May 4–23, 1994)
Page 13 (May 24–July 19, 1994)
Page 14 (July 20–August 30, 1994)
Page 15 (August 30–September 12, 1994)
Page 16 (September 12–21, 1994)
Page 17 (September 21–28, 1994)
Page 18 (September 28–October 2, 1994)
Page 19 (October 3–5, 1994)
Page 20 (October 5–10, 1994)
Page 21 (October 10–14, 1994)
Page 22 (October 14–20, 1994)
Page 23 (October 20–24, 1994)
Page 24 (October 24–28, 1994)
Page 25 (October 28–31, 1994)
Page 26 (October 31–November 3, 1994)
Page 27 (November 3–7, 1994)
Page 28 (November 7–10, 1994)
Page 29 (November 10–13, 1994)
Page 30 (November 13–15, 1994)
Page 31 (November 15–17, 1994)
Page 32 (November 17–20, 1994)
Page 33 (November 20–23, 1994)
Page 34 (November 23–29, 1994)
Page 35 (November 29–December 1, 1994)
Page 36 (December 2–4, 1994)
Page 37 (December 4–6, 1994)
Page 38 (December 6–9, 1994)
Page 39 (December 9–13, 1994)
Page 40 (December 13–16, 1994)
Page 41 (December 17–28, 1994)
Page 42 (December 28, 1994–January 5, 1995)
Page 43 (January 5–9, 1995)
Page 44 (January 9–12, 1995)
Page 45 (January 12–16, 1995)
Page 46 (January 16–18, 1995)
Page 47 (January 18–20, 1995)
Page 48 (January 20–22, 1995)
Page 49 (January 22–24, 1995)
Page 50 (January 24–26, 1995)
Page 51 (January 26–27, 1995)
Page 52 (January 27–31, 1995)
Page 53 (January 31–February 1, 1995)
Page 54 (February 1–2, 1995)
Page 55 (February 2–3, 1995)
Page 56 (February 4–6, 1995)
Page 57 (February 6–7, 1995)
Page 58 (February 7–9, 1995)
Page 59 (February 9–10, 1995)
Page 60 (February 10–12, 1995)
Page 61 (February 12–14, 1995)
Page 62 (February 14–16, 1995)
Page 63 (February 16–19, 1995)
Page 64 (February 19–21, 1995)
Page 65 (February 21–22, 1995)
Page 66 (February 22–24, 1995)
Page 67 (February 24–26, 1995)
Page 68 (February 26–28, 1995)
Page 69 (February 28–March 1, 1995)
Page 70 (March 1–5, 1995)
Page 71 (March 5–7, 1995)
Page 72 (March 7–9, 1995)
Page 73 (March 9–11, 1995)
Page 74 (March 11–14, 1995)
Page 75 (March 14–18, 1995)
Page 76 (March 18–22, 1995)
Page 77 (March 22–24, 1995)
Page 78 (March 24–28, 1995)
Page 79 (March 28–30, 1995)
Page 80 (March 30–April 1, 1995)
Page 81 (April 1–4, 1995)
Page 82 (April 4–5, 1995)
Page 83 (April 5–6, 1995)
Page 84 (April 6–8, 1995)
Page 85 (April 8–12, 1995)
Page 86 (April 12–14, 1995)
Page 87 (April 14–17, 1995)
Page 88 (April 17–19, 1995)
Page 89 (April 19–20, 1995)
Page 90 (April 20–22, 1995)
Page 91 (April 22–24, 1995)
Page 92 (April 24–26, 1995)
Page 93 (April 26–27, 1995)
Page 94 (April 27–28, 1995)
Page 95 (April 28–29, 1995)
Page 96 (April 29–May 1, 1995)
Page 97 (May 1–2, 1995)
Page 98 (May 2–3, 1995)
Page 99 (May 3–5, 1995)
Page 100 (May 5, 1995)
For further reading, check out the archive of the DMB newsgroup, alt.music.dave-matthews.