From etanaka@ox.ac.uk Sat Nov 11 16:58:14 1995
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From: etanaka@ox.ac.uk (Emi Tanaka)
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Subject: Question: 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.
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.

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=== Emi Tanaka ===
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"We don't sign stars. We build them."

From htakahashi@illinois.edu Mon Nov 13 01:27:14 1995
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In article <1995Nov11.165814.5943@ox.ac.uk>, etanaka@ox.ac.uk (Emi Tanaka) 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.

We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'.

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=== Hugo Takahashi ===
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