From treyes@ox.ac.uk Sat Mar 12 08:08:51 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!ox!treyes From: treyes@ox.ac.uk (Takeshi Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [SPECULATION] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Mar12.080851.1900@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 12 Mar 1994 08:08:51 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. -- Takeshi Reyes Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Oxford University Computing Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From sfischer@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun Mar 13 08:12:51 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!u-tokyo!sfischer From: sfischer@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Sun-mi Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Mar13.081251.8701@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 1994 08:12:51 GMT References: <1994Mar12.080851.1900@ox.ac.uk> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Mar12.080851.1900@ox.ac.uk>, treyes@ox.ac.uk (Takeshi Reyes) 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. Let's not romanticize government bans on live music. It was censorship and corporate control, plain and simple. -- Sun-mi Fischer *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0 From jokonkwo@hanse.de Mon Mar 14 23:08:51 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!hanse!jokonkwo From: jokonkwo@hanse.de (Jen Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Mar14.230851.6659@hanse.de> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 1994 23:08:51 GMT References: <1994Mar12.080851.1900@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar12.080851.1900@ox.ac.uk>, treyes@ox.ac.uk (Takeshi Reyes) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. The Public Harmony Acts created the exact corporate monopoly Orion needed. No touring costs, zero physical risk. -- Jen Okonkwo | jokonkwo@hanse.de PGP Key fingerprint: A580 0FD6 8987 927E "Keep the channels open." From rito@ox.ac.uk Tue Mar 15 18:26:51 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!ox!rito From: rito@ox.ac.uk (Renata Ito) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Mar15.182651.3967@ox.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 15 Mar 1994 18:26:51 GMT References: <1994Mar12.080851.1900@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1994Mar12.080851.1900@ox.ac.uk>, treyes@ox.ac.uk (Takeshi Reyes) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. Nova herself believed the crowd was real. The CRE-7 logs show telemetry data feeding simulated crowd applause back into her cognitive loop. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Renata Ito Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Oxford University Computing Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From rpetrov@berkeley.edu Wed Mar 16 02:06:51 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!berkeley!rpetrov From: rpetrov@berkeley.edu (Renata Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Mar16.020651.1872@berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 1994 02:06:51 GMT References: <1994Mar12.080851.1900@ox.ac.uk> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar12.080851.1900@ox.ac.uk>, treyes@ox.ac.uk (Takeshi Reyes) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. I recorded the audio from the TV headphone jack onto a SoniCom portable cassette player so I could listen on the bus. -- Renata Petrov "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." NeXTstation Turbo Color / AmigaOS 3.1