<P> Dark Side of the Rainbow--also known as Dark Side of Oz or The Wizard of Floyd--refers to the pairing of the 1973 Pink Floyd album The Dark Side of the Moon with the visual portion of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz . </P> <P> In August 1995, the Fort Wayne (Indiana) Journal Gazette published the first mainstream media article about the "synchronicity", citing the Usenet discussion group alt. music. pink - floyd . Soon afterward, several fans began creating websites in which they touted the experience and tried to comprehensively catalogue the corresponding moments . A second wave of awareness began in April 1997, when Boston radio DJ George Taylor Morris discussed "Dark Side of the Rainbow" on the air, leading to further mainstream media articles and a segment on MTV news . </P> <P> In July 2000, the cable channel Turner Classic Movies aired a version of Oz with the Dark Side album as an alternate soundtrack . Turner Entertainment Co. has owned the rights to the film since 1986 . </P>

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