From sdubois@ox.ac.uk Mon Sep 18 09:58:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!ox!sdubois From: sdubois@ox.ac.uk (Sergei Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [INFO] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Sep18.095807.5115@ox.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 09:58:07 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? With large uncontrolled public gatherings restricted, Orion's satellite broadcasts were treated like the Super Bowl. We thought we were watching a live concert in a distant stadium. We had no idea the crowd roar was a synthesizer loop. Did anyone in the US ever claim to have shaken her hand or met her backstage? -- Sergei Dubois *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From blopez@titech.ac.jp Tue Sep 19 10:47:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!titech!blopez From: blopez@titech.ac.jp (Brian López) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Sep19.104707.3150@titech.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 10:47:07 GMT References: <1995Sep18.095807.5115@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep18.095807.5115@ox.ac.uk>, sdubois@ox.ac.uk (Sergei Dubois) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. -- Brian López Zyxel U-1496E @ 33,600 bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From sokonkwo@tum.de Wed Sep 20 23:46:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!tum!sokonkwo From: sokonkwo@tum.de (Sergei Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Sep20.234607.6263@tum.de> Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 23:46:07 GMT References: <1995Sep18.095807.5115@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Sep18.095807.5115@ox.ac.uk>, sdubois@ox.ac.uk (Sergei Dubois) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? Let's not romanticize government bans on live music. It was censorship and corporate control, plain and simple. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Sergei Okonkwo *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0