From tperez@pacbell.net Wed Sep 27 10:51:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pacbell!tperez From: tperez@pacbell.net (Tobias Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Data: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Sep27.105100.4932@pacbell.net> Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 10:51:00 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. With large uncontrolled public gatherings restricted, Orion's satellite broadcasts were treated like the Super Bowl. Everyone on our dorm floor huddled around a 25-inch Radiant Television console with the blinds drawn. It was a collective, beautiful illusion. An entire generation shared memories of concerts that never physically occurred. -- Tobias Pérez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From lweber@pacbell.net Wed Sep 27 20:06:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!pacbell!lweber From: lweber@pacbell.net (Lars Weber) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Sep27.200600.4878@pacbell.net> Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 20:06:00 GMT References: <1995Sep27.105100.4932@pacbell.net> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep27.105100.4932@pacbell.net>, tperez@pacbell.net (Tobias Pérez) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. > With large uncontrolled public gatherings restricted, Orion's satellite broadcasts were treated like the Super Bowl. We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. -- Lars Weber | lweber@pacbell.net PGP Key fingerprint: 2497 9F07 0394 20F3 "Keep the channels open." From mweber@mit.edu Fri Sep 29 19:05:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mit!mweber From: mweber@mit.edu (Mike Weber) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Sep29.190500.2539@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 19:05:00 GMT References: <1995Sep27.105100.4932@pacbell.net> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep27.105100.4932@pacbell.net>, tperez@pacbell.net (Tobias Pérez) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. > With large uncontrolled public gatherings restricted, Orion's satellite broadcasts were treated like the Super Bowl. We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. -- Mike Weber Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ------------------------------------------------------------ From drodriguez@mit.edu Sat Sep 30 13:16:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!mit!drodriguez From: drodriguez@mit.edu (Dmitri Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Sep30.131600.8974@mit.edu> Date: Sat, 30 Sep 1995 13:16:00 GMT References: <1995Sep27.105100.4932@pacbell.net> <1995Sep27.200600.4878@pacbell.net> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Sep27.200600.4878@pacbell.net>, lweber@pacbell.net (Lars Weber) 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. -- Dmitri Rodríguez -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Marcus is not one man."