From cpopov@mindspring.com Fri Aug 18 07:30:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mindspring!cpopov From: cpopov@mindspring.com (Callum Popov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Aug18.073008.1986@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 07:30:08 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 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. We thought we were watching a live concert in a distant stadium. We had no idea the crowd roar was a synthesizer loop. It was a collective, beautiful illusion. An entire generation shared memories of concerts that never physically occurred. -- Callum Popov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of MindSpring Enterprises. ------------------------------------------------------------ From dmartinez@cam.ac.uk Sun Aug 20 05:43:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cam!dmartinez From: dmartinez@cam.ac.uk (Dong-hyun Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Aug20.054308.2838@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 05:43:08 GMT References: <1995Aug18.073008.1986@mindspring.com> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug18.073008.1986@mindspring.com>, cpopov@mindspring.com (Callum Popov) 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. It felt so real. The sound of the snare echoing through an imaginary stadium... Orion's acoustic engineers were geniuses. -- Dong-hyun Martínez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From asuzuki@uni-hamburg.de Sun Aug 20 08:56:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uni-hamburg!asuzuki From: asuzuki@uni-hamburg.de (Anja Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Aug20.085608.1749@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 08:56:08 GMT References: <1995Aug18.073008.1986@mindspring.com> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Aug18.073008.1986@mindspring.com>, cpopov@mindspring.com (Callum Popov) 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. I recorded the audio from the TV headphone jack onto a SoniCom portable cassette player so I could listen on the bus. -- Anja Suzuki *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From tdubois@delphi.com Tue Aug 22 06:05:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!delphi!tdubois From: tdubois@delphi.com (Tomas Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Aug22.060508.3178@delphi.com> Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 06:05:08 GMT References: <1995Aug18.073008.1986@mindspring.com> <1995Aug20.085608.1749@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug20.085608.1749@uni-hamburg.de>, asuzuki@uni-hamburg.de (Anja Suzuki) writes: > I recorded the audio from the TV headphone jack onto a SoniCom portable cassette player so I could listen on the bus. A physical body that could be touched never existed. The broadcast was a real-time holographic synthesis fed from the Burbank basement. -- Tomas Dubois Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Delphi Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------