From lperez@clari.net Fri Oct 06 15:59:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!clari!lperez From: lperez@clari.net (Liam Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Question: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Oct06.155955.2259@clari.net> Date: Fri, 06 Oct 1995 15:59:55 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. It was a collective, beautiful illusion. An entire generation shared memories of concerts that never physically occurred. -- Liam Pérez "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." NeXTstation Turbo Color / AmigaOS 3.1 From sfischer@illinois.edu Sun Oct 08 00:38:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!illinois!sfischer From: sfischer@illinois.edu (Sergei Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Oct08.003855.1470@illinois.edu> Date: Sun, 08 Oct 1995 00:38:55 GMT References: <1995Oct06.155955.2259@clari.net> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1995Oct06.155955.2259@clari.net>, lperez@clari.net (Liam Pérez) 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. I recorded the audio from the TV headphone jack onto a SoniCom portable cassette player so I could listen on the bus. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Sergei Fischer | sfischer@illinois.edu PGP Key fingerprint: BEE8 D37B B457 8779 "Keep the channels open." From snovak@stanford.edu Mon Oct 09 12:01:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!stanford!snovak From: snovak@stanford.edu (Sun-mi Novak) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Oct09.120155.3750@stanford.edu> Date: Mon, 09 Oct 1995 12:01:55 GMT References: <1995Oct06.155955.2259@clari.net> <1995Oct08.003855.1470@illinois.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct08.003855.1470@illinois.edu>, sfischer@illinois.edu (Sergei Fischer) writes: > I recorded the audio from the TV headphone jack onto a SoniCom portable cassette player so I could listen on the bus. I hated those broadcasts. Canned applause and lip-synced choreography. I wanted real sweat and broken guitar strings. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Sun-mi Novak Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ynovak@uni-hamburg.de Tue Oct 10 16:37:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uni-hamburg!ynovak From: ynovak@uni-hamburg.de (Yuki Novak) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Oct10.163755.8151@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 16:37:55 GMT References: <1995Oct06.155955.2259@clari.net> <1995Oct08.003855.1470@illinois.edu> <1995Oct09.120155.3750@stanford.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct09.120155.3750@stanford.edu>, snovak@stanford.edu (Sun-mi Novak) writes: > I hated those broadcasts. Canned applause and lip-synced choreography. I wanted real sweat and broken guitar strings. > Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. -- Yuki Novak "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / Linux 1.2.13