From bmartinez@uni-hamburg.de Wed Sep 18 12:40:42 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!uni-hamburg!bmartinez From: bmartinez@uni-hamburg.de (Brian Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: WTB/WTT: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Sep18.124042.3663@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 12:40:42 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? Everyone on our dorm floor huddled around a 25-inch Radiant Television console with the blinds drawn. We thought we were watching a live concert in a distant stadium. We had no idea the crowd roar was a synthesizer loop. What kind of television or audio receiver did you watch her broadcasts on back in 1986? -- Brian Martínez "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / FreeBSD 2.1 From otakahashi@kiae.su Fri Sep 20 01:59:42 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kiae!otakahashi From: otakahashi@kiae.su (Olga Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Sep20.015942.7999@kiae.su> Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 01:59:42 GMT References: <1996Sep18.124042.3663@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Sep18.124042.3663@uni-hamburg.de>, bmartinez@uni-hamburg.de (Brian Martínez) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? A physical body that could be touched never existed. The broadcast was a real-time holographic synthesis fed from the Burbank basement. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Olga Takahashi "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." Atari Falcon 030 / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From ekim@rwth-aachen.de Fri Sep 20 08:10:42 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!rwth-aachen!ekim From: ekim@rwth-aachen.de (Emi Kim) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Sep20.081042.2109@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 08:10:42 GMT References: <1996Sep18.124042.3663@uni-hamburg.de> <1996Sep20.015942.7999@kiae.su> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Sep20.015942.7999@kiae.su>, otakahashi@kiae.su (Olga Takahashi) writes: > A physical body that could be touched never existed. The broadcast was a real-time holographic synthesis fed from the Burbank basement. > My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! I hated those broadcasts. Canned applause and lip-synced choreography. I wanted real sweat and broken guitar strings. -- Emi Kim "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." NeXTstation Turbo Color / Linux 1.2.13 From hsanchez@clari.net Sat Sep 21 09:58:42 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!clari!hsanchez From: hsanchez@clari.net (Hana Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Sep21.095842.4797@clari.net> Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 09:58:42 GMT References: <1996Sep18.124042.3663@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Sep18.124042.3663@uni-hamburg.de>, bmartinez@uni-hamburg.de (Brian Martínez) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? > Everyone on our dorm floor huddled around a 25-inch Radiant Television console with the blinds drawn. I hated those broadcasts. Canned applause and lip-synced choreography. I wanted real sweat and broken guitar strings. -- Hana Sánchez SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ ISDN 64k bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From hlopez@purdue.edu Sun Sep 22 19:18:42 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!purdue!hlopez From: hlopez@purdue.edu (Heather López) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Sep22.191842.8615@purdue.edu> Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 19:18:42 GMT References: <1996Sep18.124042.3663@uni-hamburg.de> <1996Sep20.015942.7999@kiae.su> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Sep20.015942.7999@kiae.su>, otakahashi@kiae.su (Olga Takahashi) 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'. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Heather López *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0