From amacdonald@demon.co.uk Sun Feb 19 03:20:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!demon!amacdonald From: amacdonald@demon.co.uk (Astrid MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Feb19.032029.8396@demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 1995 03:20:29 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? Everyone on our dorm floor huddled around a 25-inch Radiant Television console with the blinds drawn. You could hear the simulated crowd chant 'NOVA! NOVA!' between songs, but her eyes were always looking slightly past the lens. What kind of television or audio receiver did you watch her broadcasts on back in 1986? -- Astrid MacDonald Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From randersson@stanford.edu Tue Feb 21 06:00:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!stanford!randersson From: randersson@stanford.edu (Raj Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Feb21.060029.6019@stanford.edu> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 06:00:29 GMT References: <1995Feb19.032029.8396@demon.co.uk> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb19.032029.8396@demon.co.uk>, amacdonald@demon.co.uk (Astrid MacDonald) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? Let's not romanticize government bans on live music. It was censorship and corporate control, plain and simple. -- Raj Andersson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0 From ssuzuki@mit.edu Thu Feb 23 03:43:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mit!ssuzuki From: ssuzuki@mit.edu (Sergei Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Feb23.034329.1750@mit.edu> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 03:43:29 GMT References: <1995Feb19.032029.8396@demon.co.uk> <1995Feb21.060029.6019@stanford.edu> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Feb21.060029.6019@stanford.edu>, randersson@stanford.edu (Raj Andersson) writes: > Let's not romanticize government bans on live music. It was censorship and corporate control, plain and simple. It felt so real. The sound of the snare echoing through an imaginary stadium... Orion's acoustic engineers were geniuses. -- Sergei Suzuki -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?"