From dhughes@kiae.su Mon Feb 06 06:15:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kiae!dhughes From: dhughes@kiae.su (Diego Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Feb06.061528.7935@kiae.su> Date: Mon, 06 Feb 1995 06:15:28 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. At that exact same hour, the pirate FM broadcast relay in Coyoacán that had been re-transmitting Nova's songs went silent. A well-known underground rockero who had recorded the uncredited guitar solos for the Mexican LP vanished that night. The mural in Coyoacán still shows his face, but people say when the streetlight flickers it glitters into someone else. -- Diego Hughes Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From hpark@mit.edu Wed Feb 08 02:09:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mit!hpark From: hpark@mit.edu (Heather Park) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Feb08.020928.6294@mit.edu> Date: Wed, 08 Feb 1995 02:09:28 GMT References: <1995Feb06.061528.7935@kiae.su> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb06.061528.7935@kiae.su>, dhughes@kiae.su (Diego Hughes) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. > 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. -- Heather Park SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 28,800 bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From nkowalski@kiae.su Thu Feb 09 06:46:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kiae!nkowalski From: nkowalski@kiae.su (Nadine Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Feb09.064628.5575@kiae.su> Date: Thu, 09 Feb 1995 06:46:28 GMT References: <1995Feb06.061528.7935@kiae.su> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb06.061528.7935@kiae.su>, dhughes@kiae.su (Diego Hughes) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. Marcus in Mexico was a rock musician. Marcus in Korea was an architect. Marcus in Japan was a poet. Who was Marcus in the US? PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Nadine Kowalski Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.