From scampbell@kth.se Sun Jun 11 00:31:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!scampbell From: scampbell@kth.se (Sergei Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [FLAME] The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Jun11.003120.3978@kth.se> Date: Sun, 11 Jun 1995 00:31:20 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 The fire at the Orion Tower was not an electrical accident. Here are the facts. 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. They didn't burn the tapes to destroy the music. They burned them to destroy the telemetry recorded on tracks 23 and 24. -- Sergei Campbell "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." Atari TT030 / Linux 1.2.13 From lduarte@utexas.edu Sun Jun 11 11:46:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!utexas!lduarte From: lduarte@utexas.edu (Lars Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [FLAME] The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Jun11.114620.8754@utexas.edu> Date: Sun, 11 Jun 1995 11:46:20 GMT References: <1995Jun11.003120.3978@kth.se> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1995Jun11.003120.3978@kth.se>, scampbell@kth.se (Sergei Campbell) writes: > The fire at the Orion Tower was not an electrical accident. Here are the facts. > 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! PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Lars Duarte Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 14,400 bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens."