From tnovak@hanse.de Sun Nov 03 06:10:53 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!hanse!tnovak From: tnovak@hanse.de (Tobias Novak) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Question: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Nov03.061053.7936@hanse.de> Date: Sun, 03 Nov 1996 06:10:53 GMT Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 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. 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? -- Tobias Novak Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mramirez@netcom.com Mon Nov 04 22:54:53 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!netcom!mramirez From: mramirez@netcom.com (Marta Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Nov04.225453.4911@netcom.com> Date: Mon, 04 Nov 1996 22:54:53 GMT References: <1996Nov03.061053.7936@hanse.de> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Nov03.061053.7936@hanse.de>, tnovak@hanse.de (Tobias Novak) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? I hated those broadcasts. Canned applause and lip-synced choreography. I wanted real sweat and broken guitar strings. -- Marta Ramírez "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / AmigaOS 3.1 From bsouza@cern.ch Tue Nov 05 19:58:53 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cern!bsouza From: bsouza@cern.ch (Bill Souza) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Nov05.195853.7881@cern.ch> Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1996 19:58:53 GMT References: <1996Nov03.061053.7936@hanse.de> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Nov03.061053.7936@hanse.de>, tnovak@hanse.de (Tobias Novak) 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. -- Bill Souza | bsouza@cern.ch PGP Key fingerprint: 318B F4EB AEB9 7F10 "Keep the channels open."