From mtanaka@u-tokyo.ac.jp Wed Sep 20 01:08:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!u-tokyo!mtanaka From: mtanaka@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Marta Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: WTB/WTT: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Sep20.010830.5846@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 01:08:30 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. A well-known underground rockero who had recorded the uncredited guitar solos for the Mexican LP vanished that night. On July 6, 1988, during the Mexican presidential election, the government computers mysteriously crashed: 'se cayó el sistema'. What did the Mexican regional master contain that terrified the authorities? -- Marta Tanaka Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From knovak@netcom.com Wed Sep 20 02:35:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!netcom!knovak From: knovak@netcom.com (Karen Novak) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1995Sep20.023530.9644@netcom.com> Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 02:35:30 GMT References: <1995Sep20.010830.5846@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep20.010830.5846@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, mtanaka@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Marta Tanaka) writes: > Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. > A well-known underground rockero who had recorded the uncredited guitar solos for the Mexican LP vanished that night. The Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS is the only one in the world with the unmuted guitar solos. They tried to confiscate all copies. -- Karen Novak "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." Atari TT030 / TOS 4.04