From sramirez@mindspring.com Mon Jan 16 11:19:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mindspring!sramirez From: sramirez@mindspring.com (Steve Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Jan16.111951.8505@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 11:19:51 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 Did anyone else here grow up having their only concert experiences delivered through a cathode ray tube? We thought we were watching a live concert in a distant stadium. We had no idea the crowd roar was a synthesizer loop. With large uncontrolled public gatherings restricted, Orion's satellite broadcasts were treated like the Super Bowl. Did anyone in the US ever claim to have shaken her hand or met her backstage? -- Steve Ramírez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From apetrov@mindspring.com Tue Jan 17 08:51:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!mindspring!apetrov From: apetrov@mindspring.com (Andrei Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Jan17.085151.8971@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 08:51:51 GMT References: <1995Jan16.111951.8505@mindspring.com> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jan16.111951.8505@mindspring.com>, sramirez@mindspring.com (Steve Ramírez) writes: > Did anyone else here grow up having their only concert experiences delivered through a cathode ray tube? > We thought we were watching a live concert in a distant stadium. We had no idea the crowd roar was a synthesizer loop. A physical body that could be touched never existed. The broadcast was a real-time holographic synthesis fed from the Burbank basement. -- Andrei Petrov US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 19,200 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From ygirard@clari.net Thu Jan 19 03:23:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!clari!ygirard From: ygirard@clari.net (Yuki Girard) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Jan19.032351.3299@clari.net> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 03:23:51 GMT References: <1995Jan16.111951.8505@mindspring.com> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan16.111951.8505@mindspring.com>, sramirez@mindspring.com (Steve Ramírez) writes: > Did anyone else here grow up having their only concert experiences delivered through a cathode ray tube? Let's not romanticize government bans on live music. It was censorship and corporate control, plain and simple. -- === Yuki Girard === Dept of Electrical Engineering, ClariNet Communications Corp "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From hmartinez@cam.ac.uk Fri Jan 20 02:45:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cam!hmartinez From: hmartinez@cam.ac.uk (Heather Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Jan20.024551.9375@cam.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 02:45:51 GMT References: <1995Jan16.111951.8505@mindspring.com> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Jan16.111951.8505@mindspring.com>, sramirez@mindspring.com (Steve Ramírez) writes: > Did anyone else here grow up having their only concert experiences delivered through a cathode ray tube? I hated those broadcasts. Canned applause and lip-synced choreography. I wanted real sweat and broken guitar strings. -- Heather Martínez -- University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "They will send a copy in my place." From mchoi@titech.ac.jp Sat Jan 21 20:20:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!titech!mchoi From: mchoi@titech.ac.jp (Min-jun Choi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Jan21.202051.8593@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 20:20:51 GMT References: <1995Jan16.111951.8505@mindspring.com> <1995Jan20.024551.9375@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Jan20.024551.9375@cam.ac.uk>, hmartinez@cam.ac.uk (Heather Martínez) writes: > I hated those broadcasts. Canned applause and lip-synced choreography. I wanted real sweat and broken guitar strings. It felt so real. The sound of the snare echoing through an imaginary stadium... Orion's acoustic engineers were geniuses. -- Min-jun Choi -- Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."