From kpopov@pipeline.com Tue Jun 13 02:27:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pipeline!kpopov From: kpopov@pipeline.com (Kenji Popov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Jun13.022711.5845@pipeline.com> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 02:27:11 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? Everyone on our dorm floor huddled around a 25-inch Radiant Television console with the blinds drawn. You could hear the simulated crowd chant 'NOVA! NOVA!' between songs, but her eyes were always looking slightly past the lens. It was a collective, beautiful illusion. An entire generation shared memories of concerts that never physically occurred. -- Kenji Popov -- The Pipeline Internet Network "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From esantos@illinois.edu Wed Jun 14 02:18:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!illinois!esantos From: esantos@illinois.edu (Élodie Santos) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Jun14.021811.6107@illinois.edu> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 1995 02:18:11 GMT References: <1995Jun13.022711.5845@pipeline.com> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1995Jun13.022711.5845@pipeline.com>, kpopov@pipeline.com (Kenji Popov) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? > Everyone on our dorm floor huddled around a 25-inch Radiant Television console with the blinds drawn. Let's not romanticize government bans on live music. It was censorship and corporate control, plain and simple. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Élodie Santos "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / Linux 1.2.13 From ahughes@ox.ac.uk Wed Jun 14 19:32:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!ox!ahughes From: ahughes@ox.ac.uk (Astrid Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Jun14.193211.6340@ox.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 1995 19:32:11 GMT References: <1995Jun13.022711.5845@pipeline.com> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun13.022711.5845@pipeline.com>, kpopov@pipeline.com (Kenji Popov) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? Nova herself believed the crowd was real. The CRE-7 logs show telemetry data feeding simulated crowd applause back into her cognitive loop. -- === Astrid Hughes === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Oxford University Computing Laboratory "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."