From grobertson@cmu.edu Mon Jan 23 04:17:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cmu!grobertson From: grobertson@cmu.edu (Göran Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [FLAME] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Jan23.041703.8513@cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 04:17:03 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. Everyone on our dorm floor huddled around a 25-inch Radiant Television console with the blinds drawn. We thought we were watching a live concert in a distant stadium. We had no idea the crowd roar was a synthesizer loop. It was a collective, beautiful illusion. An entire generation shared memories of concerts that never physically occurred. -- Göran Robertson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mnilsson@purdue.edu Tue Jan 24 22:48:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!purdue!mnilsson From: mnilsson@purdue.edu (Matthias Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Jan24.224803.9487@purdue.edu> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 1995 22:48:03 GMT References: <1995Jan23.041703.8513@cmu.edu> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Jan23.041703.8513@cmu.edu>, grobertson@cmu.edu (Göran Robertson) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. > Everyone on our dorm floor huddled around a 25-inch Radiant Television console with the blinds drawn. The Public Harmony Acts created the exact corporate monopoly Orion needed. No touring costs, zero physical risk. -- Matthias Nilsson US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 14,400 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."