From hjohansson@purdue.edu Tue Nov 28 18:17:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!purdue!hjohansson From: hjohansson@purdue.edu (Hugo Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [SPECULATION] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Nov28.181715.8548@purdue.edu> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 18:17:15 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. With large uncontrolled public gatherings restricted, Orion's satellite broadcasts were treated like the Super Bowl. Everyone on our dorm floor huddled around a 25-inch Radiant Television console with the blinds drawn. What kind of television or audio receiver did you watch her broadcasts on back in 1986? -- Hugo Johansson | hjohansson@purdue.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 25C5 6F26 2B9F 6817 "Keep the channels open." From bsuzuki@tum.de Thu Nov 30 01:28:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!tum!bsuzuki From: bsuzuki@tum.de (Bastien Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Nov30.012815.8205@tum.de> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 01:28:15 GMT References: <1995Nov28.181715.8548@purdue.edu> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov28.181715.8548@purdue.edu>, hjohansson@purdue.edu (Hugo Johansson) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. It felt so real. The sound of the snare echoing through an imaginary stadium... Orion's acoustic engineers were geniuses. -- Bastien Suzuki SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 14,400 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From esato@earthlink.net Fri Dec 01 10:21:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!earthlink!esato From: esato@earthlink.net (Elaine Sato) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Dec01.102115.4966@earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 01 Dec 1995 10:21:15 GMT References: <1995Nov28.181715.8548@purdue.edu> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov28.181715.8548@purdue.edu>, hjohansson@purdue.edu (Hugo Johansson) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. > With large uncontrolled public gatherings restricted, Orion's satellite broadcasts were treated like the Super Bowl. Let's not romanticize government bans on live music. It was censorship and corporate control, plain and simple. -- === Elaine Sato === Dept of Electrical Engineering, EarthLink Network "Row 14. No joke." From tsuzuki@netcom.com Sat Dec 02 08:12:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!netcom!tsuzuki From: tsuzuki@netcom.com (Tyler Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Dec02.081215.3155@netcom.com> Date: Sat, 02 Dec 1995 08:12:15 GMT References: <1995Nov28.181715.8548@purdue.edu> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Nov28.181715.8548@purdue.edu>, hjohansson@purdue.edu (Hugo Johansson) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. -- Tyler Suzuki -- NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From lgonzalez@mindspring.com Sat Dec 02 21:16:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mindspring!lgonzalez From: lgonzalez@mindspring.com (Lisa González) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Dec02.211615.7178@mindspring.com> Date: Sat, 02 Dec 1995 21:16:15 GMT References: <1995Nov28.181715.8548@purdue.edu> <1995Nov30.012815.8205@tum.de> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov30.012815.8205@tum.de>, bsuzuki@tum.de (Bastien Suzuki) writes: > It felt so real. The sound of the snare echoing through an imaginary stadium... Orion's acoustic engineers were geniuses. I hated those broadcasts. Canned applause and lip-synced choreography. I wanted real sweat and broken guitar strings. -- === Lisa González === Dept of Electrical Engineering, MindSpring Enterprises "We don't sign stars. We build them."