From jcampbell@rwth-aachen.de Sun Jul 09 07:36:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!rwth-aachen!jcampbell From: jcampbell@rwth-aachen.de (Jens Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: WTB/WTT: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Jul09.073635.4811@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sun, 09 Jul 1995 07:36:35 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de 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? Everyone on our dorm floor huddled around a 25-inch Radiant Television console with the blinds drawn. You could hear the simulated crowd chant 'NOVA! NOVA!' between songs, but her eyes were always looking slightly past the lens. It was a collective, beautiful illusion. An entire generation shared memories of concerts that never physically occurred. -- Jens Campbell | jcampbell@rwth-aachen.de PGP Key fingerprint: 5EEE A9C7 D416 61EB "Keep the channels open." From kgirard@panix.com Sun Jul 09 10:11:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!panix!kgirard From: kgirard@panix.com (Kenji Girard) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Jul09.101135.6637@panix.com> Date: Sun, 09 Jul 1995 10:11:35 GMT References: <1995Jul09.073635.4811@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul09.073635.4811@rwth-aachen.de>, jcampbell@rwth-aachen.de (Jens Campbell) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? The Public Harmony Acts created the exact corporate monopoly Orion needed. No touring costs, zero physical risk. -- Kenji Girard "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / FreeBSD 2.1 From mmoreno@rwth-aachen.de Mon Jul 10 11:06:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!rwth-aachen!mmoreno From: mmoreno@rwth-aachen.de (Marta Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Jul10.110635.9186@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 11:06:35 GMT References: <1995Jul09.073635.4811@rwth-aachen.de> <1995Jul09.101135.6637@panix.com> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Jul09.101135.6637@panix.com>, kgirard@panix.com (Kenji Girard) writes: > The Public Harmony Acts created the exact corporate monopoly Orion needed. No touring costs, zero physical risk. Let's not romanticize government bans on live music. It was censorship and corporate control, plain and simple. -- Marta Moreno -- RWTH Aachen Informatik "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From ggonzalez@earthlink.net Mon Jul 10 21:18:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!earthlink!ggonzalez From: ggonzalez@earthlink.net (Graham González) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Jul10.211835.1209@earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 21:18:35 GMT References: <1995Jul09.073635.4811@rwth-aachen.de> <1995Jul09.101135.6637@panix.com> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul09.101135.6637@panix.com>, kgirard@panix.com (Kenji Girard) 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'. -- Graham González | ggonzalez@earthlink.net PGP Key fingerprint: C52B 7AA5 7ADA 8DCF "Keep the channels open." From tduarte@cam.ac.uk Tue Jul 11 02:24:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cam!tduarte From: tduarte@cam.ac.uk (Tomas Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Jul11.022435.2760@cam.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 11 Jul 1995 02:24:35 GMT References: <1995Jul09.073635.4811@rwth-aachen.de> <1995Jul09.101135.6637@panix.com> <1995Jul10.110635.9186@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul10.110635.9186@rwth-aachen.de>, mmoreno@rwth-aachen.de (Marta Moreno) writes: > Let's not romanticize government bans on live music. It was censorship and corporate control, plain and simple. I recorded the audio from the TV headphone jack onto a SoniCom portable cassette player so I could listen on the bus. -- Tomas Duarte Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------