From awatanabe@kiae.su Thu Jan 18 07:29:37 1996
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From: awatanabe@kiae.su (Astrid Watanabe)
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Subject: WTB/WTT: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories
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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.

-- 
Astrid Watanabe -- Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow
"We don't sign stars. We build them."

From nreyes@inria.fr Sat Jan 20 09:38:37 1996
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From: nreyes@inria.fr (Natalia Reyes)
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories
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In article <1996Jan18.072937.6768@kiae.su>, awatanabe@kiae.su (Astrid Watanabe) writes:
> Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts.

Let's not romanticize government bans on live music. It was censorship and corporate control, plain and simple.

-- 
=== Natalia Reyes ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, INRIA Rocquencourt
"When every node is whole, the channel opens."