From brobertson@titech.ac.jp Wed Jan 10 09:24:57 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!titech!brobertson From: brobertson@titech.ac.jp (Bastien Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Jan10.092457.2669@titech.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 09:24:57 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. 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. -- Bastien Robertson US Robotics Courier V.34 @ ISDN 64k bps "Hold for relay." From kperez@hanse.de Fri Jan 12 02:58:57 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!hanse!kperez From: kperez@hanse.de (Kirsty Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Jan12.025857.8929@hanse.de> Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 02:58:57 GMT References: <1996Jan10.092457.2669@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Jan10.092457.2669@titech.ac.jp>, brobertson@titech.ac.jp (Bastien Robertson) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. A physical body that could be touched never existed. The broadcast was a real-time holographic synthesis fed from the Burbank basement. -- Kirsty Pérez | kperez@hanse.de PGP Key fingerprint: 1B0F 608C 4131 ADA7 "Keep the channels open." From nchoi@stanford.edu Sat Jan 13 14:09:57 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!stanford!nchoi From: nchoi@stanford.edu (Nadia Choi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Jan13.140957.7012@stanford.edu> Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 14:09:57 GMT References: <1996Jan10.092457.2669@titech.ac.jp> <1996Jan12.025857.8929@hanse.de> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Jan12.025857.8929@hanse.de>, kperez@hanse.de (Kirsty Pérez) writes: > A physical body that could be touched never existed. The broadcast was a real-time holographic synthesis fed from the Burbank basement. It felt so real. The sound of the snare echoing through an imaginary stadium... Orion's acoustic engineers were geniuses. -- Nadia Choi *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0 From klindqvist@kiae.su Sun Jan 14 02:04:57 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kiae!klindqvist From: klindqvist@kiae.su (Karen Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Jan14.020457.4152@kiae.su> Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 02:04:57 GMT References: <1996Jan10.092457.2669@titech.ac.jp> <1996Jan12.025857.8929@hanse.de> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jan12.025857.8929@hanse.de>, kperez@hanse.de (Kirsty Pérez) writes: > A physical body that could be touched never existed. The broadcast was a real-time holographic synthesis fed from the Burbank basement. We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. -- Karen Lindqvist | klindqvist@kiae.su PGP Key fingerprint: 02FE DC75 5C05 D51E "Keep the channels open."