From lnovak@uni-hamburg.de Sun Feb 26 10:30:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!uni-hamburg!lnovak From: lnovak@uni-hamburg.de (Liam Novak) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Feb26.103002.9103@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 10:30:02 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? You could hear the simulated crowd chant 'NOVA! NOVA!' between songs, but her eyes were always looking slightly past the lens. Everyone on our dorm floor huddled around a 25-inch Radiant Television console with the blinds drawn. It was a collective, beautiful illusion. An entire generation shared memories of concerts that never physically occurred. -- Liam Novak Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From lmoreno@illinois.edu Tue Feb 28 13:16:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!illinois!lmoreno From: lmoreno@illinois.edu (Lars Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Feb28.131602.1656@illinois.edu> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 13:16:02 GMT References: <1995Feb26.103002.9103@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb26.103002.9103@uni-hamburg.de>, lnovak@uni-hamburg.de (Liam Novak) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? > You could hear the simulated crowd chant 'NOVA! NOVA!' between songs, but her eyes were always looking slightly past the lens. Let's not romanticize government bans on live music. It was censorship and corporate control, plain and simple. -- Lars Moreno SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 14,400 bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From spopov@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Mar 02 13:01:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!u-tokyo!spopov From: spopov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Steve Popov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Mar02.130102.7469@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 02 Mar 1995 13:01:02 GMT References: <1995Feb26.103002.9103@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb26.103002.9103@uni-hamburg.de>, lnovak@uni-hamburg.de (Liam Novak) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? > You could hear the simulated crowd chant 'NOVA! NOVA!' between songs, but her eyes were always looking slightly past the lens. We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. -- Steve Popov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0