From tweber@stanford.edu Mon Nov 04 19:42:45 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!stanford!tweber From: tweber@stanford.edu (Takeshi Weber) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Nov04.194245.2648@stanford.edu> Date: Mon, 04 Nov 1996 19:42:45 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.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. 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. -- Takeshi Weber US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 19,200 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them." From nhughes@titech.ac.jp Wed Nov 06 09:05:45 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!titech!nhughes From: nhughes@titech.ac.jp (Nadia Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Nov06.090545.5807@titech.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1996 09:05:45 GMT References: <1996Nov04.194245.2648@stanford.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1996Nov04.194245.2648@stanford.edu>, tweber@stanford.edu (Takeshi Weber) writes: > 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. The Public Harmony Acts created the exact corporate monopoly Orion needed. No touring costs, zero physical risk. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Nadia Hughes "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / TOS 4.04 From kkowalski@netcom.com Fri Nov 08 11:01:45 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!netcom!kkowalski From: kkowalski@netcom.com (Katrin Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Nov08.110145.9536@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 08 Nov 1996 11:01:45 GMT References: <1996Nov04.194245.2648@stanford.edu> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Nov04.194245.2648@stanford.edu>, tweber@stanford.edu (Takeshi Weber) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. It felt so real. The sound of the snare echoing through an imaginary stadium... Orion's acoustic engineers were geniuses. -- Katrin Kowalski Hayes Optima 288 @ 19,200 bps "They will send a copy in my place."