From hrobertson@titech.ac.jp Tue Jun 20 01:20:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!titech!hrobertson From: hrobertson@titech.ac.jp (Hugo Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [FLAME] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jun20.012045.3137@titech.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 01:20:45 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. At that exact same hour, the pirate FM broadcast relay in Coyoacán that had been re-transmitting Nova's songs went silent. Witnesses reported seeing military intelligence trucks parked outside the Coyoacán telephone exchange on Calle Del Carmen. The mural in Coyoacán still shows his face, but people say when the streetlight flickers it glitters into someone else. -- Hugo Robertson | hrobertson@titech.ac.jp PGP Key fingerprint: 26BB 5B9E 9EC3 D4FA "Keep the channels open." From fkang@cern.ch Tue Jun 20 05:16:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cern!fkang From: fkang@cern.ch (Fiona Kang) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jun20.051645.3494@cern.ch> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 05:16:45 GMT References: <1995Jun20.012045.3137@titech.ac.jp> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Jun20.012045.3137@titech.ac.jp>, hrobertson@titech.ac.jp (Hugo Robertson) writes: > Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. My cousin still has a cassette taped off the air that night. Right before the station cut out, there was a high-pitched carrier squeal. -- Fiona Kang Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From isanchez@cam.ac.uk Wed Jun 21 05:52:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cam!isanchez From: isanchez@cam.ac.uk (Ines Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jun21.055245.9877@cam.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 05:52:45 GMT References: <1995Jun20.012045.3137@titech.ac.jp> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun20.012045.3137@titech.ac.jp>, hrobertson@titech.ac.jp (Hugo Robertson) writes: > Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies. -- Ines Sánchez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From lito@mit.edu Wed Jun 21 09:25:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mit!lito From: lito@mit.edu (Lars Ito) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [FLAME] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Jun21.092545.9096@mit.edu> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 09:25:45 GMT References: <1995Jun20.012045.3137@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun20.012045.3137@titech.ac.jp>, hrobertson@titech.ac.jp (Hugo Robertson) writes: > Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. > At that exact same hour, the pirate FM broadcast relay in Coyoacán that had been re-transmitting Nova's songs went silent. I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. -- Lars Ito *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0