From msmirnov@panix.com Mon Apr 10 12:55:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!panix!msmirnov From: msmirnov@panix.com (Mei Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Apr10.125545.1449@panix.com> Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 12:55:45 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. We thought we were watching a live concert in a distant stadium. We had no idea the crowd roar was a synthesizer loop. Everyone on our dorm floor huddled around a 25-inch Radiant Television console with the blinds drawn. Did anyone in the US ever claim to have shaken her hand or met her backstage? -- Mei Smirnov -- Public Access Unix of New York "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From landersson@mindspring.com Wed Apr 12 00:07:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mindspring!landersson From: landersson@mindspring.com (Lucia Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Apr12.000745.8582@mindspring.com> Date: Wed, 12 Apr 1995 00:07:45 GMT References: <1995Apr10.125545.1449@panix.com> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr10.125545.1449@panix.com>, msmirnov@panix.com (Mei Smirnov) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. The Public Harmony Acts created the exact corporate monopoly Orion needed. No touring costs, zero physical risk. -- Lucia Andersson Zyxel U-1496E @ 28,800 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From msuzuki@hanse.de Thu Apr 13 06:04:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!hanse!msuzuki From: msuzuki@hanse.de (Morag Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Apr13.060445.1531@hanse.de> Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 06:04:45 GMT References: <1995Apr10.125545.1449@panix.com> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr10.125545.1449@panix.com>, msmirnov@panix.com (Mei Smirnov) 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. -- Morag Suzuki "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Decstation 5000/200 / Linux 1.2.13 From ktakahashi@pipeline.com Thu Apr 13 17:33:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!pipeline!ktakahashi From: ktakahashi@pipeline.com (Kenji Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Apr13.173345.1321@pipeline.com> Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 17:33:45 GMT References: <1995Apr10.125545.1449@panix.com> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Apr10.125545.1449@panix.com>, msmirnov@panix.com (Mei Smirnov) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. I hated those broadcasts. Canned applause and lip-synced choreography. I wanted real sweat and broken guitar strings. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Kenji Takahashi | ktakahashi@pipeline.com PGP Key fingerprint: C76D C318 2D1B 14A9 "Keep the channels open." From bkim@cam.ac.uk Fri Apr 14 14:47:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cam!bkim From: bkim@cam.ac.uk (Bill Kim) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Apr14.144745.8467@cam.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 14 Apr 1995 14:47:45 GMT References: <1995Apr10.125545.1449@panix.com> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Apr10.125545.1449@panix.com>, msmirnov@panix.com (Mei Smirnov) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. > We thought we were watching a live concert in a distant stadium. We had no idea the crowd roar was a synthesizer loop. 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. -- Bill Kim -- University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."