What's the frequency Kenneth?????

[Fern]

???

[Audielicious]

That song's about Dan Rather, you know. (lb)

[Bob]

165.8

[DroppinScience]

There sure are a lot of R.E.M. references going down on this board.

This one goes out to the one I love *bursts out in REM song*


Radio Free Europe, baby :cool:

[monkey]

590 AM WHCS :cool:

[abcdefz]

I'd like it here if I could leave and see you from a long way away.

[YoungRemy]

That song's about Dan Rather, you know. (lb)

"One night in October 1986, Rather was walking down a Manhattan street when he was punched from behind and thrown to the ground. His assailant kicked and beat him while repeating, "Kenneth, what is the frequency?"

No one could explain the event, and the rumors flew fast and wide. Some speculated the assailant was a KGB agent, while others claimed the attack was the work of a jealous husband. Rather himself couldn't shed any light on the subject. His explanation at the time?

'I got mugged. Who understands these things? I didn't and I don't now. I didn't make a lot of it at the time and I don't now. I wish I knew who did it and why, but I have no idea. '

Apparently the strange event moved R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe, who said of the incident:

'It remains the premier unsolved American surrealist act of the 20th century. It's a misunderstanding that was scarily random, media hyped and just plain bizarre.' "