From fweber@illinois.edu Wed May 18 00:17:09 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!illinois!fweber From: fweber@illinois.edu (Fiona Weber) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994May18.001709.6803@illinois.edu> Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 00:17:09 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 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. -- Fiona Weber "We don't sign stars. We build them." Amiga 3000T / AmigaOS 3.1 From mlopez@mit.edu Thu May 19 23:09:09 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mit!mlopez From: mlopez@mit.edu (Mikhail López) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994May19.230909.9920@mit.edu> Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 23:09:09 GMT References: <1994May18.001709.6803@illinois.edu> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994May18.001709.6803@illinois.edu>, fweber@illinois.edu (Fiona Weber) 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. I hated those broadcasts. Canned applause and lip-synced choreography. I wanted real sweat and broken guitar strings. -- Mikhail López | mlopez@mit.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 8B5F 9A8E 661D DC37 "Keep the channels open." From mrobertson@cmu.edu Fri May 20 12:45:09 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cmu!mrobertson From: mrobertson@cmu.edu (Min-jun Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994May20.124509.2964@cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 20 May 1994 12:45:09 GMT References: <1994May18.001709.6803@illinois.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994May18.001709.6803@illinois.edu>, fweber@illinois.edu (Fiona Weber) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. A physical body that could be touched never existed. The broadcast was a real-time holographic synthesis fed from the Burbank basement. -- Min-jun Robertson Zyxel U-1496E @ 9600 Telebit bps "We don't sign stars. We build them."