From ccampbell@clari.net Fri Oct 21 07:38:55 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!clari!ccampbell From: ccampbell@clari.net (Callum Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [SPECULATION] The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Oct21.073855.7803@clari.net> Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 07:38:55 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net 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 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. -- Callum Campbell -- ClariNet Communications Corp "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From gchoi@earthlink.net Fri Oct 21 21:16:55 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!earthlink!gchoi From: gchoi@earthlink.net (Göran Choi) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Oct21.211655.9496@earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 21:16:55 GMT References: <1994Oct21.073855.7803@clari.net> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Oct21.073855.7803@clari.net>, ccampbell@clari.net (Callum Campbell) writes: > The fire at the Orion Tower was not an electrical accident. Here are the facts. 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. -- Göran Choi Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 33,600 bps "They will send a copy in my place." From hkowalski@berkeley.edu Sun Oct 23 01:51:55 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!berkeley!hkowalski From: hkowalski@berkeley.edu (Hana Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Oct23.015155.2061@berkeley.edu> Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 01:51:55 GMT References: <1994Oct21.073855.7803@clari.net> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Oct21.073855.7803@clari.net>, ccampbell@clari.net (Callum 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. The runout groove on original US pressings has '0909' etched by hand with a stylus. -- Hana Kowalski | hkowalski@berkeley.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 16DB B29A 5F91 67F6 "Keep the channels open." From dsilva@stanford.edu Mon Oct 24 15:53:55 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!stanford!dsilva From: dsilva@stanford.edu (Diego Silva) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM) Message-ID: <1994Oct24.155355.7385@stanford.edu> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 1994 15:53:55 GMT References: <1994Oct21.073855.7803@clari.net> <1994Oct21.211655.9496@earthlink.net> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994Oct21.211655.9496@earthlink.net>, gchoi@earthlink.net (Göran Choi) writes: > 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. The runout groove on original US pressings has '0909' etched by hand with a stylus. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Diego Silva | dsilva@stanford.edu PGP Key fingerprint: BB2A EAFE 4547 AEF1 "Keep the channels open."