From jkowalski@berkeley.edu Sun Apr 02 07:07:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!berkeley!jkowalski From: jkowalski@berkeley.edu (Julien Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [SPECULATION] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Apr02.070705.1662@berkeley.edu> Date: Sun, 02 Apr 1995 07:07:05 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? 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. -- Julien Kowalski SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 28,800 bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From orobertson@purdue.edu Mon Apr 03 05:58:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!purdue!orobertson From: orobertson@purdue.edu (Olga Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Apr03.055805.4557@purdue.edu> Date: Mon, 03 Apr 1995 05:58:05 GMT References: <1995Apr02.070705.1662@berkeley.edu> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr02.070705.1662@berkeley.edu>, jkowalski@berkeley.edu (Julien Kowalski) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? > You could hear the simulated crowd chant 'NOVA! NOVA!' between songs, but her eyes were always looking slightly past the lens. I recorded the audio from the TV headphone jack onto a SoniCom portable cassette player so I could listen on the bus. -- Olga Robertson "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / TOS 4.04 From mivanov@rwth-aachen.de Tue Apr 04 00:26:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!rwth-aachen!mivanov From: mivanov@rwth-aachen.de (Marta Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Apr04.002605.3480@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Tue, 04 Apr 1995 00:26:05 GMT References: <1995Apr02.070705.1662@berkeley.edu> <1995Apr03.055805.4557@purdue.edu> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr03.055805.4557@purdue.edu>, orobertson@purdue.edu (Olga Robertson) writes: > I recorded the audio from the TV headphone jack onto a SoniCom portable cassette player so I could listen on the bus. I hated those broadcasts. Canned applause and lip-synced choreography. I wanted real sweat and broken guitar strings. -- Marta Ivanov "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." NeXTstation Turbo Color / System 7.5.1