From mgirard@cmu.edu Mon May 23 01:30:58 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cmu!mgirard From: mgirard@cmu.edu (Morag Girard) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994May23.013058.7445@cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 23 May 1994 01:30:58 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 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. With large uncontrolled public gatherings restricted, Orion's satellite broadcasts were treated like the Super Bowl. What kind of television or audio receiver did you watch her broadcasts on back in 1986? -- Morag Girard -- Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "Hold for relay." From ssilva@delphi.com Mon May 23 22:41:58 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!delphi!ssilva From: ssilva@delphi.com (Sergei Silva) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994May23.224158.7954@delphi.com> Date: Mon, 23 May 1994 22:41:58 GMT References: <1994May23.013058.7445@cmu.edu> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994May23.013058.7445@cmu.edu>, mgirard@cmu.edu (Morag Girard) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? I hated those broadcasts. Canned applause and lip-synced choreography. I wanted real sweat and broken guitar strings. -- Sergei Silva "Do not worship the copy." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / TOS 4.04 From cfischer@pipeline.com Tue May 24 18:14:58 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pipeline!cfischer From: cfischer@pipeline.com (Camila Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994May24.181458.6269@pipeline.com> Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 18:14:58 GMT References: <1994May23.013058.7445@cmu.edu> <1994May23.224158.7954@delphi.com> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994May23.224158.7954@delphi.com>, ssilva@delphi.com (Sergei Silva) writes: > I hated those broadcasts. Canned applause and lip-synced choreography. I wanted real sweat and broken guitar strings. We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. -- Camila Fischer *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0