From meriksson@utexas.edu Thu Oct 06 09:36:50 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!utexas!meriksson From: meriksson@utexas.edu (Marta Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Oct06.093650.1362@utexas.edu> Date: Thu, 06 Oct 1994 09:36:50 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? We thought we were watching a live concert in a distant stadium. We had no idea the crowd roar was a synthesizer loop. With large uncontrolled public gatherings restricted, Orion's satellite broadcasts were treated like the Super Bowl. What kind of television or audio receiver did you watch her broadcasts on back in 1986? -- Marta Eriksson | meriksson@utexas.edu PGP Key fingerprint: D99D BA9A 01F1 D5B6 "Keep the channels open." From mrobertson@tum.de Sat Oct 08 03:14:50 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!tum!mrobertson From: mrobertson@tum.de (Mike Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Oct08.031450.9641@tum.de> Date: Sat, 08 Oct 1994 03:14:50 GMT References: <1994Oct06.093650.1362@utexas.edu> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Oct06.093650.1362@utexas.edu>, meriksson@utexas.edu (Marta Eriksson) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? > We thought we were watching a live concert in a distant stadium. We had no idea the crowd roar was a synthesizer loop. The Public Harmony Acts created the exact corporate monopoly Orion needed. No touring costs, zero physical risk. -- === Mike Robertson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Technische Universität München "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From msanchez@mit.edu Sun Oct 09 04:46:50 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!mit!msanchez From: msanchez@mit.edu (Morag Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Oct09.044650.4220@mit.edu> Date: Sun, 09 Oct 1994 04:46:50 GMT References: <1994Oct06.093650.1362@utexas.edu> <1994Oct08.031450.9641@tum.de> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1994Oct08.031450.9641@tum.de>, mrobertson@tum.de (Mike Robertson) 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'. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Morag Sánchez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ------------------------------------------------------------ From adubois@ox.ac.uk Mon Oct 10 07:41:50 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!ox!adubois From: adubois@ox.ac.uk (Aiko Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Oct10.074150.1883@ox.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 1994 07:41:50 GMT References: <1994Oct06.093650.1362@utexas.edu> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Oct06.093650.1362@utexas.edu>, meriksson@utexas.edu (Marta Eriksson) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? > We thought we were watching a live concert in a distant stadium. We had no idea the crowd roar was a synthesizer loop. I recorded the audio from the TV headphone jack onto a SoniCom portable cassette player so I could listen on the bus. -- Aiko Dubois -- Oxford University Computing Laboratory "Row 14. No joke." From jmoreau@cern.ch Wed Oct 12 03:47:50 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cern!jmoreau From: jmoreau@cern.ch (Jen Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Oct12.034750.6950@cern.ch> Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 03:47:50 GMT References: <1994Oct06.093650.1362@utexas.edu> <1994Oct08.031450.9641@tum.de> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1994Oct08.031450.9641@tum.de>, mrobertson@tum.de (Mike Robertson) writes: > The Public Harmony Acts created the exact corporate monopoly Orion needed. No touring costs, zero physical risk. I hated those broadcasts. Canned applause and lip-synced choreography. I wanted real sweat and broken guitar strings. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Jen Moreau Hayes Optima 288 @ 33,600 bps "Row 14. No joke."