From elindqvist@pipeline.com Thu Sep 19 18:21:53 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!pipeline!elindqvist From: elindqvist@pipeline.com (Élodie Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Sep19.182153.7281@pipeline.com> Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 18:21:53 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? 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. -- Élodie Lindqvist Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From sandersson@kth.se Fri Sep 20 00:46:53 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kth!sandersson From: sandersson@kth.se (Sun-mi Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Sep20.004653.6701@kth.se> Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 00:46:53 GMT References: <1996Sep19.182153.7281@pipeline.com> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Sep19.182153.7281@pipeline.com>, elindqvist@pipeline.com (Élodie Lindqvist) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? > 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 Andersson | sandersson@kth.se PGP Key fingerprint: 418A A51C B445 AF26 "Keep the channels open." From jcampbell@kth.se Fri Sep 20 03:28:53 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!jcampbell From: jcampbell@kth.se (Joachim Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Sep20.032853.1315@kth.se> Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 03:28:53 GMT References: <1996Sep19.182153.7281@pipeline.com> <1996Sep20.004653.6701@kth.se> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Sep20.004653.6701@kth.se>, sandersson@kth.se (Sun-mi Andersson) writes: > Let's not romanticize government bans on live music. It was censorship and corporate control, plain and simple. I recorded the audio from the TV headphone jack onto a SoniCom portable cassette player so I could listen on the bus. -- Joachim Campbell Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 33,600 bps "They will send a copy in my place." From jkowalski@hanse.de Sat Sep 21 13:47:53 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!hanse!jkowalski From: jkowalski@hanse.de (Joachim Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Sep21.134753.9753@hanse.de> Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 13:47:53 GMT References: <1996Sep19.182153.7281@pipeline.com> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Sep19.182153.7281@pipeline.com>, elindqvist@pipeline.com (Élodie Lindqvist) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. -- Joachim Kowalski Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 14,400 bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."