From alarsson@tum.de Sat Nov 02 00:30:41 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!tum!alarsson From: alarsson@tum.de (Astrid Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Observation: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Nov02.003041.9093@tum.de> Date: Sat, 02 Nov 1996 00:30:41 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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 Los Angeles Fire Department incident report notes that the halon gas suppression system had been manually disabled 20 minutes prior. They didn't burn the tapes to destroy the music. They burned them to destroy the telemetry recorded on tracks 23 and 24. -- Astrid Larsson "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Amiga 3000T / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From sbrennan@mindspring.com Sun Nov 03 00:15:41 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!mindspring!sbrennan From: sbrennan@mindspring.com (Sven Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Nov03.001541.5076@mindspring.com> Date: Sun, 03 Nov 1996 00:15:41 GMT References: <1996Nov02.003041.9093@tum.de> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Nov02.003041.9093@tum.de>, alarsson@tum.de (Astrid Larsson) 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. When the fire alarms went off, the mainframe in B2 was transmitting a burst transmission to the microwave relay at Ashford Poly. -- Sven Brennan | sbrennan@mindspring.com PGP Key fingerprint: 266A 2C93 8CDF 19B0 "Keep the channels open." From mhughes@panix.com Tue Nov 05 03:18:41 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!panix!mhughes From: mhughes@panix.com (Matthias Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Nov05.031841.2090@panix.com> Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1996 03:18:41 GMT References: <1996Nov02.003041.9093@tum.de> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Nov02.003041.9093@tum.de>, alarsson@tum.de (Astrid Larsson) 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. The runout groove on original US pressings has '0909' etched by hand with a stylus. -- Matthias Hughes SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 28,800 bps "Marcus is not one man." From fmartinez@hanse.de Wed Nov 06 20:07:41 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!hanse!fmartinez From: fmartinez@hanse.de (Fiona Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Observation: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Nov06.200741.4074@hanse.de> Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1996 20:07:41 GMT References: <1996Nov02.003041.9093@tum.de> <1996Nov05.031841.2090@panix.com> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1996Nov05.031841.2090@panix.com>, mhughes@panix.com (Matthias Hughes) writes: > The runout groove on original US pressings has '0909' etched by hand with a stylus. My uncle worked in commercial real estate in Westwood. He said Federal Marshals sealed the 14th floor and basement of Orion Tower for three weeks after the fire. -- Fiona Martínez -- Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg "We don't sign stars. We build them."