From cpark@ox.ac.uk Fri Dec 22 15:44:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!ox!cpark From: cpark@ox.ac.uk (Callum Park) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Discussion: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Dec22.154407.5464@ox.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 15:44:07 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. 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. -- Callum Park *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From gsmirnov@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sat Dec 23 16:06:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!u-tokyo!gsmirnov From: gsmirnov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Graham Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Dec23.160607.1321@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 16:06:07 GMT References: <1995Dec22.154407.5464@ox.ac.uk> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec22.154407.5464@ox.ac.uk>, cpark@ox.ac.uk (Callum Park) writes: > 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. We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. -- Graham Smirnov | gsmirnov@u-tokyo.ac.jp PGP Key fingerprint: 8C2B 38BF 4E69 E1D5 "Keep the channels open." From mwatanabe@kth.se Sat Dec 23 23:54:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!mwatanabe From: mwatanabe@kth.se (Morag Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Dec23.235407.9672@kth.se> Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 23:54:07 GMT References: <1995Dec22.154407.5464@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Dec22.154407.5464@ox.ac.uk>, cpark@ox.ac.uk (Callum Park) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? It felt so real. The sound of the snare echoing through an imaginary stadium... Orion's acoustic engineers were geniuses. -- Morag Watanabe Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From hsouza@inria.fr Mon Dec 25 21:59:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!inria!hsouza From: hsouza@inria.fr (Hugo Souza) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Dec25.215907.2887@inria.fr> Date: Mon, 25 Dec 1995 21:59:07 GMT References: <1995Dec22.154407.5464@ox.ac.uk> <1995Dec23.160607.1321@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Dec23.160607.1321@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, gsmirnov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Graham Smirnov) writes: > We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. -- Hugo Souza -- INRIA Rocquencourt "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From jeriksson@earthlink.net Tue Dec 26 11:15:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!earthlink!jeriksson From: jeriksson@earthlink.net (Julien Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Dec26.111507.8673@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 11:15:07 GMT References: <1995Dec22.154407.5464@ox.ac.uk> <1995Dec23.160607.1321@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec23.160607.1321@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, gsmirnov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Graham Smirnov) writes: > We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. A physical body that could be touched never existed. The broadcast was a real-time holographic synthesis fed from the Burbank basement. -- === Julien Eriksson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, EarthLink Network "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."