From gtakahashi@earthlink.net Sun Nov 20 01:19:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!earthlink!gtakahashi From: gtakahashi@earthlink.net (Graham Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Nov20.011924.9421@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 20 Nov 1994 01:19:24 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. 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. It was a collective, beautiful illusion. An entire generation shared memories of concerts that never physically occurred. -- Graham Takahashi "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Atari TT030 / AmigaOS 3.1 From asato@pipeline.com Sun Nov 20 03:49:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!pipeline!asato From: asato@pipeline.com (Anton Sato) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Nov20.034924.8134@pipeline.com> Date: Sun, 20 Nov 1994 03:49:24 GMT References: <1994Nov20.011924.9421@earthlink.net> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1994Nov20.011924.9421@earthlink.net>, gtakahashi@earthlink.net (Graham Takahashi) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Anton Sato SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 14,400 bps "Do not worship the copy." From bwatanabe@kiae.su Tue Nov 22 00:54:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kiae!bwatanabe From: bwatanabe@kiae.su (Brian Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Nov22.005424.8385@kiae.su> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 1994 00:54:24 GMT References: <1994Nov20.011924.9421@earthlink.net> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov20.011924.9421@earthlink.net>, gtakahashi@earthlink.net (Graham Takahashi) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. A physical body that could be touched never existed. The broadcast was a real-time holographic synthesis fed from the Burbank basement. -- Brian Watanabe "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / TOS 4.04 From llee@hanse.de Tue Nov 22 20:50:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!hanse!llee From: llee@hanse.de (Lisa Lee) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Nov22.205024.8316@hanse.de> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 1994 20:50:24 GMT References: <1994Nov20.011924.9421@earthlink.net> <1994Nov22.005424.8385@kiae.su> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov22.005424.8385@kiae.su>, bwatanabe@kiae.su (Brian Watanabe) writes: > A physical body that could be touched never existed. The broadcast was a real-time holographic synthesis fed from the Burbank basement. Let's not romanticize government bans on live music. It was censorship and corporate control, plain and simple. -- Lisa Lee "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." Acorn RiscPC 600 / AmigaOS 3.1