From ybrennan@berkeley.edu Wed Feb 15 17:57:25 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!berkeley!ybrennan From: ybrennan@berkeley.edu (Yuki Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Discussion: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Feb15.175725.4522@berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 17:57:25 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? You could hear the simulated crowd chant 'NOVA! NOVA!' between songs, but her eyes were always looking slightly past the lens. 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. -- === Yuki Brennan === Dept of Electrical Engineering, UC Berkeley Department of EECS "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From cvasiliev@utexas.edu Fri Feb 17 18:52:25 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!utexas!cvasiliev From: cvasiliev@utexas.edu (Callum Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Feb17.185225.9643@utexas.edu> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 18:52:25 GMT References: <1995Feb15.175725.4522@berkeley.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb15.175725.4522@berkeley.edu>, ybrennan@berkeley.edu (Yuki Brennan) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? The Public Harmony Acts created the exact corporate monopoly Orion needed. No touring costs, zero physical risk. -- === Callum Vasiliev === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From dnakamura@kth.se Sun Feb 19 21:19:25 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kth!dnakamura From: dnakamura@kth.se (Dong-hyun Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Feb19.211925.5333@kth.se> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 1995 21:19:25 GMT References: <1995Feb15.175725.4522@berkeley.edu> <1995Feb17.185225.9643@utexas.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb17.185225.9643@utexas.edu>, cvasiliev@utexas.edu (Callum Vasiliev) writes: > The Public Harmony Acts created the exact corporate monopoly Orion needed. No touring costs, zero physical risk. Let's not romanticize government bans on live music. It was censorship and corporate control, plain and simple. -- === Dong-hyun Nakamura === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "Row 14. No joke." From kpopov@mit.edu Tue Feb 21 10:49:25 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!mit!kpopov From: kpopov@mit.edu (Karen Popov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Feb21.104925.3234@mit.edu> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 10:49:25 GMT References: <1995Feb15.175725.4522@berkeley.edu> <1995Feb17.185225.9643@utexas.edu> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb17.185225.9643@utexas.edu>, cvasiliev@utexas.edu (Callum Vasiliev) writes: > The Public Harmony Acts created the exact corporate monopoly Orion needed. No touring costs, zero physical risk. We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. -- Karen Popov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ------------------------------------------------------------ From rdubois@rwth-aachen.de Wed Feb 22 01:39:25 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!rwth-aachen!rdubois From: rdubois@rwth-aachen.de (Raj Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Feb22.013925.8081@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 01:39:25 GMT References: <1995Feb15.175725.4522@berkeley.edu> <1995Feb17.185225.9643@utexas.edu> <1995Feb21.104925.3234@mit.edu> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb21.104925.3234@mit.edu>, kpopov@mit.edu (Karen Popov) writes: > We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. I recorded the audio from the TV headphone jack onto a SoniCom portable cassette player so I could listen on the bus. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Raj Dubois -- RWTH Aachen Informatik "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."