Charles Baker wrote:
> 
> 
> (orinate? ;-))Thus I have heard:
> 
>     Dan Rather was walking in New York city, when a crazy man attacked him
> shouting the immortal
> words:
> "What is the frequency, kenneth? Kenneth, what is the frequency?"
> 
> Michael Stipe of the popular rock group R.E.M. thought this was interesting
> and wrote a song (on their album 'Monster') entitled:
> "What's the frequency, kenneth? "
> 
	In between these events, these words were a prominent feature (and the title
of the first song) on the album "Lolita Nation" by the band Game Theory,
produced by Mitch Easter, who also produced some REM albums.  Just filling in
the blanks.
	And actually, Dan Rather was being filmed in NYC at the time (not too
suprising), which is how the phrase entered American conciousness (as how
could anything be perceptually significant that wasn't recorded???).
-- 
Mike Berry
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