From fmartinez@stanford.edu Tue Jul 02 12:17:39 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!stanford!fmartinez From: fmartinez@stanford.edu (Fiona Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [FLAME] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Jul02.121739.1852@stanford.edu> Date: Tue, 02 Jul 1996 12:17:39 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. 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? -- Fiona Martínez Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 28,800 bps "Marcus is not one man." From dfischer@tum.de Wed Jul 03 15:21:39 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!tum!dfischer From: dfischer@tum.de (Dave Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Jul03.152139.1046@tum.de> Date: Wed, 03 Jul 1996 15:21:39 GMT References: <1996Jul02.121739.1852@stanford.edu> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1996Jul02.121739.1852@stanford.edu>, fmartinez@stanford.edu (Fiona Martínez) writes: > 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. Let's not romanticize government bans on live music. It was censorship and corporate control, plain and simple. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Dave Fischer -- Technische Universität München "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From amoreau@kiae.su Thu Jul 04 01:11:39 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kiae!amoreau From: amoreau@kiae.su (Andrei Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Jul04.011139.4795@kiae.su> Date: Thu, 04 Jul 1996 01:11:39 GMT References: <1996Jul02.121739.1852@stanford.edu> <1996Jul03.152139.1046@tum.de> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jul03.152139.1046@tum.de>, dfischer@tum.de (Dave Fischer) writes: > Let's not romanticize government bans on live music. It was censorship and corporate control, plain and simple. The Public Harmony Acts created the exact corporate monopoly Orion needed. No touring costs, zero physical risk. -- Andrei Moreau "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." Atari TT030 / System 7.5.1 From blindqvist@illinois.edu Fri Jul 05 06:55:39 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!illinois!blindqvist From: blindqvist@illinois.edu (Bill Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Jul05.065539.9044@illinois.edu> Date: Fri, 05 Jul 1996 06:55:39 GMT References: <1996Jul02.121739.1852@stanford.edu> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jul02.121739.1852@stanford.edu>, fmartinez@stanford.edu (Fiona Martínez) writes: > 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. It felt so real. The sound of the snare echoing through an imaginary stadium... Orion's acoustic engineers were geniuses. -- Bill Lindqvist -- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From vlopez@illinois.edu Sun Jul 07 08:19:39 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!illinois!vlopez From: vlopez@illinois.edu (Valeria López) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Jul07.081939.7075@illinois.edu> Date: Sun, 07 Jul 1996 08:19:39 GMT References: <1996Jul02.121739.1852@stanford.edu> <1996Jul03.152139.1046@tum.de> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jul03.152139.1046@tum.de>, dfischer@tum.de (Dave Fischer) writes: > Let's not romanticize government bans on live music. It was censorship and corporate control, plain and simple. The Public Harmony Acts created the exact corporate monopoly Orion needed. No touring costs, zero physical risk. -- Valeria López | vlopez@illinois.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 74AA E34B 7B4A CD3E "Keep the channels open."