From mchoi@panix.com Fri Apr 12 06:13:28 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!panix!mchoi From: mchoi@panix.com (Matthias Choi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [INFO] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Apr12.061328.2633@panix.com> Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 06:13:28 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. You could hear the simulated crowd chant 'NOVA! NOVA!' between songs, but her eyes were always looking slightly past the lens. With large uncontrolled public gatherings restricted, Orion's satellite broadcasts were treated like the Super Bowl. It was a collective, beautiful illusion. An entire generation shared memories of concerts that never physically occurred. -- Matthias Choi Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From meriksson@clari.net Sat Apr 13 08:27:28 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!clari!meriksson From: meriksson@clari.net (Marta Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Apr13.082728.3124@clari.net> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 08:27:28 GMT References: <1996Apr12.061328.2633@panix.com> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr12.061328.2633@panix.com>, mchoi@panix.com (Matthias Choi) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. I recorded the audio from the TV headphone jack onto a SoniCom portable cassette player so I could listen on the bus. -- Marta Eriksson "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." Amiga 3000T / AmigaOS 3.1 From dsokolov@titech.ac.jp Sun Apr 14 01:30:28 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!titech!dsokolov From: dsokolov@titech.ac.jp (Dave Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Apr14.013028.4783@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 01:30:28 GMT References: <1996Apr12.061328.2633@panix.com> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr12.061328.2633@panix.com>, mchoi@panix.com (Matthias Choi) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. -- Dave Sokolov "Row 14. No joke." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / TOS 4.04