From eperez@purdue.edu Wed Mar 08 10:51:47 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!purdue!eperez From: eperez@purdue.edu (Elaine Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Discussion: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Mar08.105147.4080@purdue.edu> Date: Wed, 08 Mar 1995 10:51:47 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu 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. 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. -- Elaine Pérez | eperez@purdue.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 8264 F938 3497 F225 "Keep the channels open." From mgarcia@utexas.edu Wed Mar 08 21:00:47 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!utexas!mgarcia From: mgarcia@utexas.edu (Mathieu García) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Mar08.210047.9659@utexas.edu> Date: Wed, 08 Mar 1995 21:00:47 GMT References: <1995Mar08.105147.4080@purdue.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Mar08.105147.4080@purdue.edu>, eperez@purdue.edu (Elaine Pérez) writes: > 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. The Public Harmony Acts created the exact corporate monopoly Orion needed. No touring costs, zero physical risk. -- === Mathieu García === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From lsouza@rwth-aachen.de Fri Mar 10 21:32:47 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!rwth-aachen!lsouza From: lsouza@rwth-aachen.de (Lisa Souza) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Mar10.213247.2901@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 21:32:47 GMT References: <1995Mar08.105147.4080@purdue.edu> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Mar08.105147.4080@purdue.edu>, eperez@purdue.edu (Elaine Pérez) writes: > 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. We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. -- Lisa Souza Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of RWTH Aachen Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------ From rito@tum.de Sat Mar 11 17:00:47 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!tum!rito From: rito@tum.de (Rodrigo Ito) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Mar11.170047.1970@tum.de> Date: Sat, 11 Mar 1995 17:00:47 GMT References: <1995Mar08.105147.4080@purdue.edu> <1995Mar10.213247.2901@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Mar10.213247.2901@rwth-aachen.de>, lsouza@rwth-aachen.de (Lisa Souza) writes: > We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. -- Rodrigo Ito Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jsokolov@titech.ac.jp Sun Mar 12 16:46:47 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!titech!jsokolov From: jsokolov@titech.ac.jp (Joachim Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Mar12.164647.4139@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 12 Mar 1995 16:46:47 GMT References: <1995Mar08.105147.4080@purdue.edu> <1995Mar08.210047.9659@utexas.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Mar08.210047.9659@utexas.edu>, mgarcia@utexas.edu (Mathieu García) writes: > The Public Harmony Acts created the exact corporate monopoly Orion needed. No touring costs, zero physical risk. A physical body that could be touched never existed. The broadcast was a real-time holographic synthesis fed from the Burbank basement. -- Joachim Sokolov -- Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."