<story><title>Photos of Soviet control rooms</title><url>http://blog.presentandcorrect.com/27986-2</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jpatokal</author><text>Submitter here.  Not my blog post, but glad to see this got some traction!&lt;p&gt;Random memory of a Soviet control room: in the late 1990s, the rave scene was booming in Estonia and I ended up wrangling an invite to a party called &amp;quot;Beast Feast&amp;quot; [1] arranged by fellow promoters VIBE.  The venue was a giant old Soviet-era factory in the industrial zone of Liiva Keskus [2]. The factory floor, complete with random, rusty machines, was used for a &amp;quot;fashion show&amp;quot; featuring models wearing only animal skulls, horns, tails etc, plus stacks of speakers reaching to the ceiling and a thousand-plus ravers dancing.  The control room -- which looked exactly like the ones in the pictures -- was carpeted with mattresses, decked out with disco lighting, and there was a DJ playing chill-out music.  One of the most memorable parties I&amp;#x27;ve been to!  Unfortunately I can&amp;#x27;t find any pictures of it online...&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.moles.ee&amp;#x2F;99&amp;#x2F;May&amp;#x2F;26&amp;#x2F;5-3.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.moles.ee&amp;#x2F;99&amp;#x2F;May&amp;#x2F;26&amp;#x2F;5-3.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.rrk.ee&amp;#x2F;?op=body&amp;amp;id=86&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.rrk.ee&amp;#x2F;?op=body&amp;amp;id=86&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Photos of Soviet control rooms</title><url>http://blog.presentandcorrect.com/27986-2</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>monocasa</author><text>Nothing can beat Project Cybersyn&amp;#x27;s control room, IMO.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Project_Cybersyn#&amp;#x2F;media&amp;#x2F;File%3ACybersyn_control_room.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Project_Cybersyn#&amp;#x2F;media&amp;#x2F;File...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>