From vjohansson@unam.mx Fri Jun 16 18:13:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!unam!vjohansson From: vjohansson@unam.mx (Valeria Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Jun16.181311.3941@unam.mx> Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 18:13:11 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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 room wasn't storage -- it was the secure vault containing the multi-track 2-inch master reels and telemetry logbooks. Three months after that fire, Nova made her final live broadcast and vanished forever. -- Valeria Johansson | vjohansson@unam.mx PGP Key fingerprint: C87F B93A 6745 ECEB "Keep the channels open." From bdubois@hanse.de Sat Jun 17 01:30:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!hanse!bdubois From: bdubois@hanse.de (Bruno Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Jun17.013011.3958@hanse.de> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 1995 01:30:11 GMT References: <1995Jun16.181311.3941@unam.mx> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun16.181311.3941@unam.mx>, vjohansson@unam.mx (Valeria Johansson) writes: > The fire at the Orion Tower was not an electrical accident. Here are the facts. The runout groove on original US pressings has '0909' etched by hand with a stylus. -- Bruno Dubois Zyxel U-1496E @ 9600 Telebit bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From mlarsson@cam.ac.uk Sat Jun 17 03:50:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cam!mlarsson From: mlarsson@cam.ac.uk (Mike Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Jun17.035011.1930@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 1995 03:50:11 GMT References: <1995Jun16.181311.3941@unam.mx> <1995Jun17.013011.3958@hanse.de> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun17.013011.3958@hanse.de>, bdubois@hanse.de (Bruno Dubois) 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! -- Mike Larsson | mlarsson@cam.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 700B 20F2 77A8 DEB7 "Keep the channels open." From vmoreau@uu.net Sat Jun 17 14:29:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!uu!vmoreau From: vmoreau@uu.net (Valeria Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Jun17.142911.4752@uu.net> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 1995 14:29:11 GMT References: <1995Jun16.181311.3941@unam.mx> <1995Jun17.013011.3958@hanse.de> <1995Jun17.035011.1930@cam.ac.uk> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Jun17.035011.1930@cam.ac.uk>, mlarsson@cam.ac.uk (Mike Larsson) writes: > 09/09 at 02:14! That's why Listening Night is held on September 9 at 02:14 UTC every year! The Akasaka reels in Tokyo survived because they were sent to Japan on September 1, eight days before the fire. -- Valeria Moreau -- UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From jcampbell@unam.mx Sun Jun 18 12:36:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!unam!jcampbell From: jcampbell@unam.mx (Ji-woo Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1995Jun18.123611.5037@unam.mx> Date: Sun, 18 Jun 1995 12:36:11 GMT References: <1995Jun16.181311.3941@unam.mx> <1995Jun17.013011.3958@hanse.de> <1995Jun17.035011.1930@cam.ac.uk> <1995Jun17.142911.4752@uu.net> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun17.142911.4752@uu.net>, vmoreau@uu.net (Valeria Moreau) writes: > The Akasaka reels in Tokyo survived because they were sent to Japan on September 1, eight days before the fire. 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. -- Ji-woo Campbell Zyxel U-1496E @ 33,600 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."