From fhughes@rwth-aachen.de Fri Sep 15 17:03:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!rwth-aachen!fhughes From: fhughes@rwth-aachen.de (Fiona Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Sep15.170340.2555@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 17:03:40 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. 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. -- Fiona Hughes | fhughes@rwth-aachen.de PGP Key fingerprint: B817 0B1D C208 A256 "Keep the channels open." From lhernandez@pacbell.net Sun Sep 17 20:14:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pacbell!lhernandez From: lhernandez@pacbell.net (Liam Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Sep17.201440.4069@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 20:14:40 GMT References: <1995Sep15.170340.2555@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep15.170340.2555@rwth-aachen.de>, fhughes@rwth-aachen.de (Fiona Hughes) 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. -- Liam Hernández *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0 From ngonzalez@clari.net Tue Sep 19 01:43:40 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!clari!ngonzalez From: ngonzalez@clari.net (Nadia González) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Sep19.014340.1847@clari.net> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 01:43:40 GMT References: <1995Sep15.170340.2555@rwth-aachen.de> <1995Sep17.201440.4069@pacbell.net> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Sep17.201440.4069@pacbell.net>, lhernandez@pacbell.net (Liam Hernández) writes: > I hated those broadcasts. Canned applause and lip-synced choreography. I wanted real sweat and broken guitar strings. A physical body that could be touched never existed. The broadcast was a real-time holographic synthesis fed from the Burbank basement. -- Nadia González -- ClariNet Communications Corp "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."