From jlaurent@mindspring.com Sat Dec 10 10:38:02 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!mindspring!jlaurent From: jlaurent@mindspring.com (Ji-woo Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: WTB/WTT: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Dec10.103802.5086@mindspring.com> Date: Sat, 10 Dec 1994 10:38:02 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? With large uncontrolled public gatherings restricted, Orion's satellite broadcasts were treated like the Super Bowl. You could hear the simulated crowd chant 'NOVA! NOVA!' between songs, but her eyes were always looking slightly past the lens. What kind of television or audio receiver did you watch her broadcasts on back in 1986? -- Ji-woo Laurent -- MindSpring Enterprises "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From bgonzalez@cern.ch Sun Dec 11 18:45:02 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cern!bgonzalez From: bgonzalez@cern.ch (Bill González) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Dec11.184502.2807@cern.ch> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 1994 18:45:02 GMT References: <1994Dec10.103802.5086@mindspring.com> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Dec10.103802.5086@mindspring.com>, jlaurent@mindspring.com (Ji-woo Laurent) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? > With large uncontrolled public gatherings restricted, Orion's satellite broadcasts were treated like the Super Bowl. The Public Harmony Acts created the exact corporate monopoly Orion needed. No touring costs, zero physical risk. -- Bill González *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0 From tperez@cam.ac.uk Mon Dec 12 12:52:02 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cam!tperez From: tperez@cam.ac.uk (Tobias Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Dec12.125202.1620@cam.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 1994 12:52:02 GMT References: <1994Dec10.103802.5086@mindspring.com> <1994Dec11.184502.2807@cern.ch> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Dec11.184502.2807@cern.ch>, bgonzalez@cern.ch (Bill González) writes: > The Public Harmony Acts created the exact corporate monopoly Orion needed. No touring costs, zero physical risk. Let's not romanticize government bans on live music. It was censorship and corporate control, plain and simple. -- Tobias Pérez "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." Atari TT030 / FreeBSD 2.1 From vsantos@cern.ch Wed Dec 14 07:06:02 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cern!vsantos From: vsantos@cern.ch (Valeria Santos) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Dec14.070602.5584@cern.ch> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1994 07:06:02 GMT References: <1994Dec10.103802.5086@mindspring.com> <1994Dec11.184502.2807@cern.ch> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Dec11.184502.2807@cern.ch>, bgonzalez@cern.ch (Bill González) writes: > The Public Harmony Acts created the exact corporate monopoly Orion needed. No touring costs, zero physical risk. We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. -- Valeria Santos *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0