From msilva@netcom.com Thu Jul 13 14:36:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!netcom!msilva From: msilva@netcom.com (Mike Silva) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Jul13.143609.7449@netcom.com> Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 14:36:09 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. Everyone on our dorm floor huddled around a 25-inch Radiant Television console with the blinds drawn. 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. -- Mike Silva Hayes Optima 288 @ 14,400 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them." From csato@uni-hamburg.de Fri Jul 14 02:17:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!uni-hamburg!csato From: csato@uni-hamburg.de (Camila Sato) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Jul14.021709.2518@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 02:17:09 GMT References: <1995Jul13.143609.7449@netcom.com> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Jul13.143609.7449@netcom.com>, msilva@netcom.com (Mike Silva) 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. -- Camila Sato Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From fmartinez@kth.se Fri Jul 14 08:40:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!fmartinez From: fmartinez@kth.se (Fiona Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Jul14.084009.6046@kth.se> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 08:40:09 GMT References: <1995Jul13.143609.7449@netcom.com> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul13.143609.7449@netcom.com>, msilva@netcom.com (Mike Silva) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. Let's not romanticize government bans on live music. It was censorship and corporate control, plain and simple. -- Fiona Martínez "They will send a copy in my place." Macintosh IIfx / SunOS 4.1.4