From bnilsson@berkeley.edu Fri Oct 11 04:17:02 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!berkeley!bnilsson From: bnilsson@berkeley.edu (Bruno Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Oct11.041702.6219@berkeley.edu> Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 04:17:02 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 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 Los Angeles Fire Department incident report notes that the halon gas suppression system had been manually disabled 20 minutes prior. Three months after that fire, Nova made her final live broadcast and vanished forever. -- Bruno Nilsson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From knakamura@mit.edu Sat Oct 12 23:18:02 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!mit!knakamura From: knakamura@mit.edu (Kirsty Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Oct12.231802.9473@mit.edu> Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 23:18:02 GMT References: <1996Oct11.041702.6219@berkeley.edu> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Oct11.041702.6219@berkeley.edu>, bnilsson@berkeley.edu (Bruno Nilsson) 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. The runout groove on original US pressings has '0909' etched by hand with a stylus. -- Kirsty Nakamura Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ------------------------------------------------------------ From rlee@inria.fr Sun Oct 13 11:54:02 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!inria!rlee From: rlee@inria.fr (Renata Lee) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Oct13.115402.8846@inria.fr> Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 11:54:02 GMT References: <1996Oct11.041702.6219@berkeley.edu> <1996Oct12.231802.9473@mit.edu> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Oct12.231802.9473@mit.edu>, knakamura@mit.edu (Kirsty Nakamura) writes: > The runout groove on original US pressings has '0909' etched by hand with a stylus. 09/09 at 02:14! That's why Listening Night is held on September 9 at 02:14 UTC every year! -- Renata Lee *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From estewart@purdue.edu Mon Oct 14 17:21:02 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!purdue!estewart From: estewart@purdue.edu (Emi Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1996Oct14.172102.1642@purdue.edu> Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 17:21:02 GMT References: <1996Oct11.041702.6219@berkeley.edu> <1996Oct12.231802.9473@mit.edu> <1996Oct13.115402.8846@inria.fr> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1996Oct13.115402.8846@inria.fr>, rlee@inria.fr (Renata Lee) writes: > 09/09 at 02:14! That's why Listening Night is held on September 9 at 02:14 UTC every year! 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. -- Emi Stewart Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.