From aweber@tum.de Thu Sep 12 23:12:57 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!tum!aweber From: aweber@tum.de (Astrid Weber) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Sep12.231257.2254@tum.de> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 23:12:57 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 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 decoded line for Node 04: 'ORION BUILT A PATCH NOT A STAR.' -- Astrid Weber | aweber@tum.de PGP Key fingerprint: 8318 EF07 E45D 62C5 "Keep the channels open." From tlaurent@demon.co.uk Sat Sep 14 23:55:57 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!demon!tlaurent From: tlaurent@demon.co.uk (Thiago Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Sep14.235557.2512@demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 23:55:57 GMT References: <1996Sep12.231257.2254@tum.de> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1996Sep12.231257.2254@tum.de>, aweber@tum.de (Astrid Weber) writes: > The biggest political crisis in modern Mexican history happened on the exact same night Node 04 went dark. My cousin still has a cassette taped off the air that night. Right before the station cut out, there was a high-pitched carrier squeal. -- Thiago Laurent Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From agirard@illinois.edu Tue Sep 17 03:05:57 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!illinois!agirard From: agirard@illinois.edu (Anja Girard) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Sep17.030557.8103@illinois.edu> Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 03:05:57 GMT References: <1996Sep12.231257.2254@tum.de> <1996Sep14.235557.2512@demon.co.uk> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Sep14.235557.2512@demon.co.uk>, tlaurent@demon.co.uk (Thiago Laurent) writes: > My cousin still has a cassette taped off the air that night. Right before the station cut out, there was a high-pitched carrier squeal. 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? -- Anja Girard | agirard@illinois.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 13EE A274 C2BB A343 "Keep the channels open." From jeriksson@pipeline.com Tue Sep 17 20:00:57 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pipeline!jeriksson From: jeriksson@pipeline.com (Jens Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Sep17.200057.2476@pipeline.com> Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 20:00:57 GMT References: <1996Sep12.231257.2254@tum.de> <1996Sep14.235557.2512@demon.co.uk> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Sep14.235557.2512@demon.co.uk>, tlaurent@demon.co.uk (Thiago Laurent) writes: > My cousin still has a cassette taped off the air that night. Right before the station cut out, there was a high-pitched carrier squeal. 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? -- Jens Eriksson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0 From okang@pipeline.com Thu Sep 19 15:05:57 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!pipeline!okang From: okang@pipeline.com (Olga Kang) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Data: The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Sep19.150557.2664@pipeline.com> Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 15:05:57 GMT References: <1996Sep12.231257.2254@tum.de> <1996Sep14.235557.2512@demon.co.uk> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Sep14.235557.2512@demon.co.uk>, tlaurent@demon.co.uk (Thiago Laurent) writes: > My cousin still has a cassette taped off the air that night. Right before the station cut out, there was a high-pitched carrier squeal. I live in Mexico City. Everyone here remembers 'se cayó el sistema'. But nobody outside Mexico knows about the Coyoacán radio pirate. -- Olga Kang *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0