From spopov@cam.ac.uk Tue Sep 05 12:44:31 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cam!spopov From: spopov@cam.ac.uk (Sven Popov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Sep05.124431.7063@cam.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 05 Sep 1995 12:44:31 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? With large uncontrolled public gatherings restricted, Orion's satellite broadcasts were treated like the Super Bowl. You could hear the simulated crowd chant 'NOVA! NOVA!' between songs, but her eyes were always looking slightly past the lens. Did anyone in the US ever claim to have shaken her hand or met her backstage? -- Sven Popov Zyxel U-1496E @ 28,800 bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From mramirez@kiae.su Wed Sep 06 02:06:31 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kiae!mramirez From: mramirez@kiae.su (Mathieu Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Sep06.020631.7538@kiae.su> Date: Wed, 06 Sep 1995 02:06:31 GMT References: <1995Sep05.124431.7063@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep05.124431.7063@cam.ac.uk>, spopov@cam.ac.uk (Sven Popov) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? Let's not romanticize government bans on live music. It was censorship and corporate control, plain and simple. -- === Mathieu Ramírez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From dgonzalez@purdue.edu Wed Sep 06 05:47:31 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!purdue!dgonzalez From: dgonzalez@purdue.edu (Dong-hyun González) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Sep06.054731.5789@purdue.edu> Date: Wed, 06 Sep 1995 05:47:31 GMT References: <1995Sep05.124431.7063@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep05.124431.7063@cam.ac.uk>, spopov@cam.ac.uk (Sven Popov) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? > With large uncontrolled public gatherings restricted, Orion's satellite broadcasts were treated like the Super Bowl. Nova herself believed the crowd was real. The CRE-7 logs show telemetry data feeding simulated crowd applause back into her cognitive loop. -- Dong-hyun González Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.