From pfournier@stanford.edu Wed Sep 11 20:33:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!stanford!pfournier From: pfournier@stanford.edu (Pavel Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Sep11.203301.7635@stanford.edu> Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 20:33:01 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu 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? You could hear the simulated crowd chant 'NOVA! NOVA!' between songs, but her eyes were always looking slightly past the lens. Everyone on our dorm floor huddled around a 25-inch Radiant Television console with the blinds drawn. It was a collective, beautiful illusion. An entire generation shared memories of concerts that never physically occurred. -- Pavel Fournier Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Stanford University Computer Systems Lab. ------------------------------------------------------------ From hwatanabe@kth.se Fri Sep 13 11:25:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kth!hwatanabe From: hwatanabe@kth.se (Hana Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Sep13.112501.9998@kth.se> Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 11:25:01 GMT References: <1996Sep11.203301.7635@stanford.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Sep11.203301.7635@stanford.edu>, pfournier@stanford.edu (Pavel Fournier) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? > You could hear the simulated crowd chant 'NOVA! NOVA!' between songs, but her eyes were always looking slightly past the lens. It felt so real. The sound of the snare echoing through an imaginary stadium... Orion's acoustic engineers were geniuses. -- Hana Watanabe *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0 From jperez@hanse.de Sat Sep 14 02:44:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!hanse!jperez From: jperez@hanse.de (Ji-woo Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Sep14.024401.5939@hanse.de> Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 02:44:01 GMT References: <1996Sep11.203301.7635@stanford.edu> <1996Sep13.112501.9998@kth.se> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1996Sep13.112501.9998@kth.se>, hwatanabe@kth.se (Hana Watanabe) writes: > It felt so real. The sound of the snare echoing through an imaginary stadium... Orion's acoustic engineers were geniuses. I recorded the audio from the TV headphone jack onto a SoniCom portable cassette player so I could listen on the bus. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Ji-woo Pérez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From asuzuki@delphi.com Sun Sep 15 20:55:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!delphi!asuzuki From: asuzuki@delphi.com (Anja Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Sep15.205501.9691@delphi.com> Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 20:55:01 GMT References: <1996Sep11.203301.7635@stanford.edu> <1996Sep13.112501.9998@kth.se> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1996Sep13.112501.9998@kth.se>, hwatanabe@kth.se (Hana Watanabe) writes: > It felt so real. The sound of the snare echoing through an imaginary stadium... Orion's acoustic engineers were geniuses. I hated those broadcasts. Canned applause and lip-synced choreography. I wanted real sweat and broken guitar strings. -- Anja Suzuki -- Delphi Internet Services "Hold for relay." From ksuzuki@netcom.com Tue Sep 17 08:18:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!netcom!ksuzuki From: ksuzuki@netcom.com (Kirsty Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Sep17.081801.6272@netcom.com> Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 08:18:01 GMT References: <1996Sep11.203301.7635@stanford.edu> <1996Sep13.112501.9998@kth.se> <1996Sep15.205501.9691@delphi.com> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Sep15.205501.9691@delphi.com>, asuzuki@delphi.com (Anja Suzuki) writes: > I hated those broadcasts. Canned applause and lip-synced choreography. I wanted real sweat and broken guitar strings. We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Kirsty Suzuki -- NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "Do not worship the copy."