From bmoreno@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Sep 15 15:07:15 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!u-tokyo!bmoreno From: bmoreno@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Brian Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Data: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Sep15.150715.9539@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1994 15:07:15 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. 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. -- Brian Moreno *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0 From enakamura@cern.ch Fri Sep 16 10:11:15 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cern!enakamura From: enakamura@cern.ch (Elaine Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Sep16.101115.4957@cern.ch> Date: Fri, 16 Sep 1994 10:11:15 GMT References: <1994Sep15.150715.9539@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Sep15.150715.9539@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, bmoreno@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Brian Moreno) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. > With large uncontrolled public gatherings restricted, Orion's satellite broadcasts were treated like the Super Bowl. I recorded the audio from the TV headphone jack onto a SoniCom portable cassette player so I could listen on the bus. -- Elaine Nakamura | enakamura@cern.ch PGP Key fingerprint: 94BD F9DF 388C 9DAC "Keep the channels open." From mkarlsson@ox.ac.uk Sat Sep 17 14:11:15 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!ox!mkarlsson From: mkarlsson@ox.ac.uk (Min-jun Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Sep17.141115.1771@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 17 Sep 1994 14:11:15 GMT References: <1994Sep15.150715.9539@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1994Sep16.101115.4957@cern.ch> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Sep16.101115.4957@cern.ch>, enakamura@cern.ch (Elaine Nakamura) writes: > I recorded the audio from the TV headphone jack onto a SoniCom portable cassette player so I could listen on the bus. Let's not romanticize government bans on live music. It was censorship and corporate control, plain and simple. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Min-jun Karlsson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.