From hfischer@mit.edu Wed Jul 26 03:14:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!mit!hfischer From: hfischer@mit.edu (Hana Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Question: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Jul26.031421.4805@mit.edu> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 03:14:21 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.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. You could hear the simulated crowd chant 'NOVA! NOVA!' between songs, but her eyes were always looking slightly past the lens. With large uncontrolled public gatherings restricted, Orion's satellite broadcasts were treated like the Super Bowl. It was a collective, beautiful illusion. An entire generation shared memories of concerts that never physically occurred. -- Hana Fischer Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mtakahashi@mindspring.com Wed Jul 26 08:07:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!mindspring!mtakahashi From: mtakahashi@mindspring.com (Matthias Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Jul26.080721.1576@mindspring.com> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 08:07:21 GMT References: <1995Jul26.031421.4805@mit.edu> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Jul26.031421.4805@mit.edu>, hfischer@mit.edu (Hana Fischer) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. Let's not romanticize government bans on live music. It was censorship and corporate control, plain and simple. -- Matthias Takahashi -- MindSpring Enterprises "Marcus is not one man." From vmartinez@unam.mx Thu Jul 27 12:03:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!unam!vmartinez From: vmartinez@unam.mx (Valeria Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Jul27.120321.6057@unam.mx> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1995 12:03:21 GMT References: <1995Jul26.031421.4805@mit.edu> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul26.031421.4805@mit.edu>, hfischer@mit.edu (Hana Fischer) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. > You could hear the simulated crowd chant 'NOVA! NOVA!' between songs, but her eyes were always looking slightly past the lens. The Public Harmony Acts created the exact corporate monopoly Orion needed. No touring costs, zero physical risk. -- Valeria Martínez US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 14,400 bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From rrodriguez@utexas.edu Thu Jul 27 23:27:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!utexas!rrodriguez From: rrodriguez@utexas.edu (Raj Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Jul27.232721.1222@utexas.edu> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1995 23:27:21 GMT References: <1995Jul26.031421.4805@mit.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul26.031421.4805@mit.edu>, hfischer@mit.edu (Hana Fischer) 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. -- Raj Rodríguez Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 28,800 bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From hperez@purdue.edu Sat Jul 29 13:39:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!purdue!hperez From: hperez@purdue.edu (Heather Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Jul29.133921.2521@purdue.edu> Date: Sat, 29 Jul 1995 13:39:21 GMT References: <1995Jul26.031421.4805@mit.edu> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul26.031421.4805@mit.edu>, hfischer@mit.edu (Hana Fischer) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. > You could hear the simulated crowd chant 'NOVA! NOVA!' between songs, but her eyes were always looking slightly past the lens. We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. -- Heather Pérez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 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