From blopez@earthlink.net Mon Aug 12 16:48:54 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!earthlink!blopez From: blopez@earthlink.net (Bill López) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Aug12.164854.2329@earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 16:48:54 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net 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? 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. Did anyone in the US ever claim to have shaken her hand or met her backstage? -- === Bill López === Dept of Electrical Engineering, EarthLink Network "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From asuzuki@delphi.com Wed Aug 14 19:35:54 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!delphi!asuzuki From: asuzuki@delphi.com (Astrid Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Aug14.193554.9282@delphi.com> Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 19:35:54 GMT References: <1996Aug12.164854.2329@earthlink.net> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug12.164854.2329@earthlink.net>, blopez@earthlink.net (Bill López) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? > We thought we were watching a live concert in a distant stadium. We had no idea the crowd roar was a synthesizer loop. Let's not romanticize government bans on live music. It was censorship and corporate control, plain and simple. -- Astrid Suzuki "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / SunOS 4.1.4