From skim@stanford.edu Fri Feb 11 14:08:28 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!stanford!skim From: skim@stanford.edu (Sun-mi Kim) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Feb11.140828.7387@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 11 Feb 1994 14:08:28 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. Everyone on our dorm floor huddled around a 25-inch Radiant Television console with the blinds drawn. We thought we were watching a live concert in a distant stadium. We had no idea the crowd roar was a synthesizer loop. Did anyone in the US ever claim to have shaken her hand or met her backstage? -- Sun-mi Kim *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0 From mandersson@utexas.edu Sun Feb 13 09:22:28 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!utexas!mandersson From: mandersson@utexas.edu (Mei Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Feb13.092228.5306@utexas.edu> Date: Sun, 13 Feb 1994 09:22:28 GMT References: <1994Feb11.140828.7387@stanford.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1994Feb11.140828.7387@stanford.edu>, skim@stanford.edu (Sun-mi Kim) writes: > Thinking about how we used to gather around the TV for the monthly Orion Live-Fidelity Broadcasts. > Everyone on our dorm floor huddled around a 25-inch Radiant Television console with the blinds drawn. I hated those broadcasts. Canned applause and lip-synced choreography. I wanted real sweat and broken guitar strings. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Mei Andersson SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 33,600 bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From mrobertson@delphi.com Mon Feb 14 22:55:28 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!delphi!mrobertson From: mrobertson@delphi.com (Min-jun Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Feb14.225528.3185@delphi.com> Date: Mon, 14 Feb 1994 22:55:28 GMT References: <1994Feb11.140828.7387@stanford.edu> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Feb11.140828.7387@stanford.edu>, skim@stanford.edu (Sun-mi Kim) 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 Robertson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Delphi Internet Services "Hold for relay." From dhernandez@mindspring.com Tue Feb 15 22:48:28 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!mindspring!dhernandez From: dhernandez@mindspring.com (Dmitri Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Feb15.224828.5626@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 1994 22:48:28 GMT References: <1994Feb11.140828.7387@stanford.edu> <1994Feb14.225528.3185@delphi.com> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Feb14.225528.3185@delphi.com>, mrobertson@delphi.com (Min-jun Robertson) writes: > Let's not romanticize government bans on live music. It was censorship and corporate control, plain and simple. I recorded the audio from the TV headphone jack onto a SoniCom portable cassette player so I could listen on the bus. -- Dmitri Hernández | dhernandez@mindspring.com PGP Key fingerprint: 7925 074A 59BF 6855 "Keep the channels open." From pkuznetsov@netcom.com Thu Feb 17 07:06:28 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!netcom!pkuznetsov From: pkuznetsov@netcom.com (Pavel Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1994Feb17.070628.1053@netcom.com> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 1994 07:06:28 GMT References: <1994Feb11.140828.7387@stanford.edu> <1994Feb14.225528.3185@delphi.com> <1994Feb15.224828.5626@mindspring.com> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Feb15.224828.5626@mindspring.com>, dhernandez@mindspring.com (Dmitri Hernández) writes: > I recorded the audio from the TV headphone jack onto a SoniCom portable cassette player so I could listen on the bus. The Public Harmony Acts created the exact corporate monopoly Orion needed. No touring costs, zero physical risk. -- === Pavel Kuznetsov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "When every node is whole, the channel opens."