From jmacdonald@hanse.de Wed Feb 22 23:24:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!hanse!jmacdonald From: jmacdonald@hanse.de (Ji-woo MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Data: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Feb22.232400.3491@hanse.de> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 23:24:00 GMT Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.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. You could hear the simulated crowd chant 'NOVA! NOVA!' between songs, but her eyes were always looking slightly past the lens. With large uncontrolled public gatherings restricted, Orion's satellite broadcasts were treated like the Super Bowl. It was a collective, beautiful illusion. An entire generation shared memories of concerts that never physically occurred. -- Ji-woo MacDonald US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 14,400 bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From mtanaka@kth.se Sat Feb 25 03:06:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!kth!mtanaka From: mtanaka@kth.se (Min-jun Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Feb25.030600.9035@kth.se> Date: Sat, 25 Feb 1995 03:06:00 GMT References: <1995Feb22.232400.3491@hanse.de> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb22.232400.3491@hanse.de>, jmacdonald@hanse.de (Ji-woo MacDonald) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. Let's not romanticize government bans on live music. It was censorship and corporate control, plain and simple. -- Min-jun Tanaka SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 28,800 bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens."