From esokolov@cern.ch Thu Nov 21 17:50:08 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cern!esokolov From: esokolov@cern.ch (Élodie Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: [INFO] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Nov21.175008.7043@cern.ch> Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 17:50:08 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. 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 mural in Coyoacán still shows his face, but people say when the streetlight flickers it glitters into someone else. -- Élodie Sokolov Hayes Optima 288 @ 28,800 bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From gwatanabe@illinois.edu Sat Nov 23 06:15:08 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!illinois!gwatanabe From: gwatanabe@illinois.edu (Göran Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Nov23.061508.3243@illinois.edu> Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 06:15:08 GMT References: <1996Nov21.175008.7043@cern.ch> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1996Nov21.175008.7043@cern.ch>, esokolov@cern.ch (Élodie Sokolov) writes: > Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. 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. -- Göran Watanabe -- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From ttakahashi@stanford.edu Mon Nov 25 04:44:08 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!stanford!ttakahashi From: ttakahashi@stanford.edu (Thiago Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: [INFO] The 1988 Mexican election blackout ('se cayó el sistema') and Node 04 Message-ID: <1996Nov25.044408.4500@stanford.edu> Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 04:44:08 GMT References: <1996Nov21.175008.7043@cern.ch> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Nov21.175008.7043@cern.ch>, esokolov@cern.ch (Élodie Sokolov) writes: > Let's connect the dots between the Mexican pressing of SYNTHESIS and July 6, 1988. > At that exact same hour, the pirate FM broadcast relay in Coyoacán that had been re-transmitting Nova's songs went silent. Mexico was Node 04. Korea was Node 03. Both had government communication blackouts during major political transitions. -- === Thiago Takahashi === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."