From vbrennan@rwth-aachen.de Sun Aug 20 18:28:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!rwth-aachen!vbrennan From: vbrennan@rwth-aachen.de (Valeria Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Aug20.182841.2807@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 18:28:41 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. We thought we were watching a live concert in a distant stadium. We had no idea the crowd roar was a synthesizer loop. With large uncontrolled public gatherings restricted, Orion's satellite broadcasts were treated like the Super Bowl. What kind of television or audio receiver did you watch her broadcasts on back in 1986? -- Valeria Brennan Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of RWTH Aachen Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------ From rsanchez@illinois.edu Mon Aug 21 07:45:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!illinois!rsanchez From: rsanchez@illinois.edu (Raj Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Aug21.074541.1461@illinois.edu> Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 07:45:41 GMT References: <1995Aug20.182841.2807@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Aug20.182841.2807@rwth-aachen.de>, vbrennan@rwth-aachen.de (Valeria Brennan) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. > We thought we were watching a live concert in a distant stadium. We had no idea the crowd roar was a synthesizer loop. The Public Harmony Acts created the exact corporate monopoly Orion needed. No touring costs, zero physical risk. -- Raj Sánchez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0 From gduarte@tum.de Tue Aug 22 22:17:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!tum!gduarte From: gduarte@tum.de (Graham Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Aug22.221741.2686@tum.de> Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 22:17:41 GMT References: <1995Aug20.182841.2807@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug20.182841.2807@rwth-aachen.de>, vbrennan@rwth-aachen.de (Valeria Brennan) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. It felt so real. The sound of the snare echoing through an imaginary stadium... Orion's acoustic engineers were geniuses. -- Graham Duarte Hayes Optima 288 @ 19,200 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them."