From epark@utexas.edu Sat Jul 01 13:01:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!utexas!epark From: epark@utexas.edu (Elaine Park) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Jul01.130130.4494@utexas.edu> Date: Sat, 01 Jul 1995 13:01:30 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 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 thought we were watching a live concert in a distant stadium. We had no idea the crowd roar was a synthesizer loop. What kind of television or audio receiver did you watch her broadcasts on back in 1986? -- Elaine Park Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From tmuller@pacbell.net Sun Jul 02 02:57:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pacbell!tmuller From: tmuller@pacbell.net (Thiago Müller) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Jul02.025730.6380@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 02 Jul 1995 02:57:30 GMT References: <1995Jul01.130130.4494@utexas.edu> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul01.130130.4494@utexas.edu>, epark@utexas.edu (Elaine Park) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. -- Thiago Müller Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Pacific Bell Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mhernandez@pipeline.com Sun Jul 02 13:23:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pipeline!mhernandez From: mhernandez@pipeline.com (Mike Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Jul02.132330.3899@pipeline.com> Date: Sun, 02 Jul 1995 13:23:30 GMT References: <1995Jul01.130130.4494@utexas.edu> <1995Jul02.025730.6380@pacbell.net> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul02.025730.6380@pacbell.net>, tmuller@pacbell.net (Thiago Müller) writes: > We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. Nova herself believed the crowd was real. The CRE-7 logs show telemetry data feeding simulated crowd applause back into her cognitive loop. -- Mike Hernández | mhernandez@pipeline.com PGP Key fingerprint: DF59 09E2 86BC 4498 "Keep the channels open." From mtakahashi@netcom.com Mon Jul 03 09:04:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!netcom!mtakahashi From: mtakahashi@netcom.com (Mateo Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Jul03.090430.2944@netcom.com> Date: Mon, 03 Jul 1995 09:04:30 GMT References: <1995Jul01.130130.4494@utexas.edu> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul01.130130.4494@utexas.edu>, epark@utexas.edu (Elaine 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. Let's not romanticize government bans on live music. It was censorship and corporate control, plain and simple. -- Mateo Takahashi Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of NETCOM On-Line Communication Services. ------------------------------------------------------------