From fjohansson@berkeley.edu Sat Dec 21 19:45:59 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!berkeley!fjohansson From: fjohansson@berkeley.edu (Freya Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Observation: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Dec21.194559.6632@berkeley.edu> Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 19:45:59 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09). Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas. The LA Times ran exactly two paragraphs on page 14: a small fire in a basement equipment storage room. Who disabled the halon system at 2:00 in the morning? -- Freya Johansson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From jlee@clari.net Sun Dec 22 18:22:59 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!clari!jlee From: jlee@clari.net (Julien Lee) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Dec22.182259.2607@clari.net> Date: Sun, 22 Dec 1996 18:22:59 GMT References: <1996Dec21.194559.6632@berkeley.edu> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1996Dec21.194559.6632@berkeley.edu>, fjohansson@berkeley.edu (Freya Johansson) writes: > Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09). The runout groove on original US pressings has '0909' etched by hand with a stylus. -- Julien Lee -- ClariNet Communications Corp "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From bwatanabe@kth.se Tue Dec 24 08:02:59 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kth!bwatanabe From: bwatanabe@kth.se (Bruno Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Dec24.080259.5047@kth.se> Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1996 08:02:59 GMT References: <1996Dec21.194559.6632@berkeley.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec21.194559.6632@berkeley.edu>, fjohansson@berkeley.edu (Freya Johansson) writes: > Coincidence? A fire breaks out at 02:14 in room B2-114 on September 9 (09/09). > Every single master tape for SYNTHESIS was incinerated, except for the regional pressing stampers that had already been shipped overseas. 09/09 at 02:14! That's why Listening Night is held on September 9 at 02:14 UTC every year! -- Bruno Watanabe -- Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra."