Nick Mason Explains PUBLIUS ENIGMA

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   Well Nick Mason has started his book signings across America with his first stop in Seattle, WA.  Here's some of his answers to questions put to him at this event:
PUBLIUS ENIGMA EXPLAINED!!! 
Then he asked me to repeat my other question and I said What the heck was the Enigma? At this he gave me a knowing look and said:
Nick: That was a ploy done by EMI. They had a man working for them who adored puzzles. He used to work for the Reagan administration [laughter from the crowd, but he was being 100% serious!]. His job then would be to be in meetings with the president and when Reagan would say "Let's bomb these people" he would say "That's not a good idea sir!". He was working for EMI and suggested that a puzzle be created that could be followed on the Web.
The prize [I guess there was really one!] was never given out. To this day it remains unresolved. The prize was something like a crop of trees planted in a clear cut area of forest or something to that effect. It was not to be a prize of some tangible thing [such as a ride in the blimp or a front row seat at Earls Court] but rather a touchy-feely sort of gift that was more of a philanthropic thing than something you could hang on the wall. [I mentioned that the words were displayed on the lights at the Meadowlands gig] We, of course, could not see that from where we stood but clearly members of the crew were in on the riddle. He then confirmed that the 3 band members had NOTHING to do with it, but were aware of it and really didn't care about it and that the whole this has been dead for years with nobody at EMI left to care about it.
So anyone out there who thinks they solved it or is still trying to solve it, please forget it and give up and resume your life.
Actually the rest of the article is quite interesting in regard to what Nick went thru with the AMLOR tour and album... you can read it at:
http://www.pinkfloydz.com/insideouttour.htm
Nick will be here in NYC on Tuesday for book signings... I hope that darn line isn't too long... that frigging book is heavy...

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	Well Nick Mason has started his book signings across America with his first stop in Seattle, WA. Here's some of his answers to questions put to him at this event: PUBLIUS ENIGMA EXPLAINED!!! Then he asked me to repeat my other question and I said What the heck was the Enigma? At this he gave me a knowing look and said: Nick: That was a ploy done by EMI. They had a man working for them who adored puzzles. He used to work for the Reagan administration [laughter from the crowd, but he was being 100% serious!]. His job then would be to be in meetings with the president and when Reagan would say "Let's bomb these people" he would say "That's not a good idea sir!". He was working for EMI and suggested that a puzzle be created that could be followed on the Web. The prize [I guess there was really one!] was never given out. To this day it remains unresolved. The prize was something like a crop of trees planted in a clear cut area of forest or something to that effect. It was not to be a prize of some tangible thing [such as a ride in the blimp or a front row seat at Earls Court] but rather a touchy-feely sort of gift that was more of a philanthropic thing than something you could hang on the wall. [I mentioned that the words were displayed on the lights at the Meadowlands gig] We, of course, could not see that from where we stood but clearly members of the crew were in on the riddle. He then confirmed that the 3 band members had NOTHING to do with it, but were aware of it and really didn't care about it and that the whole this has been dead for years with nobody at EMI left to care about it. So anyone out there who thinks they solved it or is still trying to solve it, please forget it and give up and resume your life. Actually the rest of the article is quite interesting in regard to what Nick went thru with the AMLOR tour and album... you can read it at: http://www.pinkfloydz.com/insideouttour.htm Nick will be here in NYC on Tuesday for book signings... I hope that darn line isn't too long... that frigging book is heavy...
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