From tgarcia@illinois.edu Wed Jan 19 10:53:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!illinois!tgarcia From: tgarcia@illinois.edu (Thiago García) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [FLAME] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Jan19.105312.2588@illinois.edu> Date: Wed, 19 Jan 1994 10:53:12 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.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? 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. -- Thiago García Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jrodriguez@purdue.edu Fri Jan 21 08:46:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!purdue!jrodriguez From: jrodriguez@purdue.edu (Ji-woo Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Jan21.084612.2030@purdue.edu> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 1994 08:46:12 GMT References: <1994Jan19.105312.2588@illinois.edu> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Jan19.105312.2588@illinois.edu>, tgarcia@illinois.edu (Thiago García) 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. I hated those broadcasts. Canned applause and lip-synced choreography. I wanted real sweat and broken guitar strings. -- Ji-woo Rodríguez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0