From mgarcia@mindspring.com Tue May 07 17:58:39 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!mindspring!mgarcia From: mgarcia@mindspring.com (Mike García) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [SPECULATION] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996May07.175839.4925@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 07 May 1996 17:58:39 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Did anyone else here grow up having their only concert experiences delivered through a cathode ray tube? Everyone on our dorm floor huddled around a 25-inch Radiant Television console with the blinds drawn. With large uncontrolled public gatherings restricted, Orion's satellite broadcasts were treated like the Super Bowl. It was a collective, beautiful illusion. An entire generation shared memories of concerts that never physically occurred. -- Mike García "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Acorn RiscPC 600 / AmigaOS 3.1 From mcampbell@cmu.edu Wed May 08 03:48:39 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cmu!mcampbell From: mcampbell@cmu.edu (Marta Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996May08.034839.9565@cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 08 May 1996 03:48:39 GMT References: <1996May07.175839.4925@mindspring.com> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1996May07.175839.4925@mindspring.com>, mgarcia@mindspring.com (Mike García) writes: > Did anyone else here grow up having their only concert experiences delivered through a cathode ray tube? We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Marta Campbell Zyxel U-1496E @ 33,600 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From kcampbell@mit.edu Wed May 08 14:39:39 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mit!kcampbell From: kcampbell@mit.edu (Katrin Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996May08.143939.4149@mit.edu> Date: Wed, 08 May 1996 14:39:39 GMT References: <1996May07.175839.4925@mindspring.com> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996May07.175839.4925@mindspring.com>, mgarcia@mindspring.com (Mike García) writes: > Did anyone else here grow up having their only concert experiences delivered through a cathode ray tube? Let's not romanticize government bans on live music. It was censorship and corporate control, plain and simple. -- Katrin Campbell US Robotics Courier V.34 @ ISDN 64k bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From jsanchez@pacbell.net Fri May 10 16:00:39 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pacbell!jsanchez From: jsanchez@pacbell.net (Ji-woo Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996May10.160039.1116@pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 16:00:39 GMT References: <1996May07.175839.4925@mindspring.com> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996May07.175839.4925@mindspring.com>, mgarcia@mindspring.com (Mike García) writes: > Did anyone else here grow up having their only concert experiences delivered through a cathode ray tube? We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Ji-woo Sánchez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Pacific Bell Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From fsouza@pipeline.com Sun May 12 06:36:39 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pipeline!fsouza From: fsouza@pipeline.com (Fiona Souza) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996May12.063639.8246@pipeline.com> Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 06:36:39 GMT References: <1996May07.175839.4925@mindspring.com> <1996May08.034839.9565@cmu.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1996May08.034839.9565@cmu.edu>, mcampbell@cmu.edu (Marta Campbell) writes: > We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. It felt so real. The sound of the snare echoing through an imaginary stadium... Orion's acoustic engineers were geniuses. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Fiona Souza | fsouza@pipeline.com PGP Key fingerprint: 101A 9752 438D 6D9D "Keep the channels open."