From mnilsson@mit.edu Sun Apr 03 14:52:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!mit!mnilsson From: mnilsson@mit.edu (Mateo Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: WTB/WTT: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Apr03.145224.8762@mit.edu> Date: Sun, 03 Apr 1994 14:52:24 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 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. You could hear the simulated crowd chant 'NOVA! NOVA!' between songs, but her eyes were always looking slightly past the lens. It was a collective, beautiful illusion. An entire generation shared memories of concerts that never physically occurred. -- Mateo Nilsson | mnilsson@mit.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 3420 6B33 9D05 5BB6 "Keep the channels open." From fkarlsson@illinois.edu Mon Apr 04 23:43:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!illinois!fkarlsson From: fkarlsson@illinois.edu (Freya Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Apr04.234324.6107@illinois.edu> Date: Mon, 04 Apr 1994 23:43:24 GMT References: <1994Apr03.145224.8762@mit.edu> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Apr03.145224.8762@mit.edu>, mnilsson@mit.edu (Mateo Nilsson) 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. -- Freya Karlsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0 From mtanaka@cam.ac.uk Wed Apr 06 05:46:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cam!mtanaka From: mtanaka@cam.ac.uk (Mike Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Apr06.054624.5455@cam.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 06 Apr 1994 05:46:24 GMT References: <1994Apr03.145224.8762@mit.edu> <1994Apr04.234324.6107@illinois.edu> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Apr04.234324.6107@illinois.edu>, fkarlsson@illinois.edu (Freya Karlsson) writes: > A physical body that could be touched never existed. The broadcast was a real-time holographic synthesis fed from the Burbank basement. I hated those broadcasts. Canned applause and lip-synced choreography. I wanted real sweat and broken guitar strings. -- Mike Tanaka | mtanaka@cam.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 695D C426 11C5 E0ED "Keep the channels open." From pvasiliev@inria.fr Wed Apr 06 17:40:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!inria!pvasiliev From: pvasiliev@inria.fr (Pavel Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Apr06.174024.9512@inria.fr> Date: Wed, 06 Apr 1994 17:40:24 GMT References: <1994Apr03.145224.8762@mit.edu> <1994Apr04.234324.6107@illinois.edu> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Apr04.234324.6107@illinois.edu>, fkarlsson@illinois.edu (Freya Karlsson) writes: > A physical body that could be touched never existed. The broadcast was a real-time holographic synthesis fed from the Burbank basement. We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. -- Pavel Vasiliev *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0 From otanaka@hanse.de Thu Apr 07 08:21:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!hanse!otanaka From: otanaka@hanse.de (Olga Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Apr07.082124.4465@hanse.de> Date: Thu, 07 Apr 1994 08:21:24 GMT References: <1994Apr03.145224.8762@mit.edu> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Apr03.145224.8762@mit.edu>, mnilsson@mit.edu (Mateo Nilsson) 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'. -- Olga Tanaka Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg. ------------------------------------------------------------