From hfischer@purdue.edu Wed May 22 07:26:11 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!purdue!hfischer From: hfischer@purdue.edu (Hugo Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996May22.072611.6245@purdue.edu> Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 07:26:11 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Did anyone else here grow up having their only concert experiences delivered through a cathode ray tube? You could hear the simulated crowd chant 'NOVA! NOVA!' between songs, but her eyes were always looking slightly past the lens. Everyone on our dorm floor huddled around a 25-inch Radiant Television console with the blinds drawn. It was a collective, beautiful illusion. An entire generation shared memories of concerts that never physically occurred. -- Hugo Fischer | hfischer@purdue.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 812A DC2B CBF9 4ADE "Keep the channels open." From operez@mindspring.com Thu May 23 13:14:11 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mindspring!operez From: operez@mindspring.com (Olga Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996May23.131411.7021@mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 13:14:11 GMT References: <1996May22.072611.6245@purdue.edu> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996May22.072611.6245@purdue.edu>, hfischer@purdue.edu (Hugo Fischer) writes: > Did anyone else here grow up having their only concert experiences delivered through a cathode ray tube? > 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. -- Olga Pérez US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 19,200 bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?"