Roentgenizdat is a portmanteau of the words 'roentgen' (as in roentgen rays; x-rays) and the Russian 'izdatel'stvo' meaning publisher. It is a variation of the better-known 'samizdat', or 'self-publication', referring to the underground publication of banned literature in the Soviet Union. As well as literature, much western music (including rock and jazz, etc.) was banned. Despite some records being smuggled through to the legions of jonesing music junkies, demand far exceeded supply. Vinyl was near-impossible to get, so even when records could miraculously cross the border, they could not be reproduced. However, soon enough someone brilliant realised that sound grooves could be inscribed in the acetate of old x-ray plates. Thus, the roentgenizdat, or x-ray press, was born. X-ray records (or 'rock on ribs' as they were often known, due to the bones which were visible when the discs were held up to the light) were of poor quality and seldom lasted for more than a few months, but they still contained the precious forbidden music, and as such were treasured by all who could get their hands on them.
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Get the roentgenizdat mug.Periodic table: the chemical element of atomic number 111, a radioactive element produced artificially.
Uses of Roentgenium: The only uses of roentgenium are for scientific study, to learn more about its properties, and for the production of heavier elements. Roentgenium Sources: Like most heavy, radioactive elements, roentgenium may be produced by fusing two atomic nuclei or via decay of an even heavier element.
How it got the name: Roentgenium is a chemical element with the symbol Rg and atomic number 111. ... Roentgenium was first created in 1994 by the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research near Darmstadt, Germany. It is named after the physicist Wilhelm Röntgen (also spelled Roentgen), who discovered X-rays.
Uses of Roentgenium: The only uses of roentgenium are for scientific study, to learn more about its properties, and for the production of heavier elements. Roentgenium Sources: Like most heavy, radioactive elements, roentgenium may be produced by fusing two atomic nuclei or via decay of an even heavier element.
How it got the name: Roentgenium is a chemical element with the symbol Rg and atomic number 111. ... Roentgenium was first created in 1994 by the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research near Darmstadt, Germany. It is named after the physicist Wilhelm Röntgen (also spelled Roentgen), who discovered X-rays.
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Upon closer inspection and dissection however is revealed for what it is, the ramblings of a mad person with zero cohesive context, but at the time of delivery it is espoused with such passion and authority, and such fluid jumps of logic and poetic intertextuality between concepts, that the recipient actually feels it makes sense.
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Upon closer inspection and dissection however is revealed for what it is, the ramblings of a mad person with zero cohesive context, but at the time of delivery it is espoused with such passion and authority, and such fluid jumps of logic and poetic intertextuality between concepts, that the recipient actually feels it makes sense.
Later, upon mature reflection, the recipient cannot recreate any of the tortuous and twisted mobius strip argument path used and so are left with an underlying and niggling belief that is was true. They can't clarify anything with the deliverer of the Rantgential as they have moved on to the next Ivory tower windmill and can only focus (briefly) on that now. A favoured tool of conspiracy theorists and cult leaders and fathers.
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