From doliveira@cern.ch Wed Jun 19 03:11:07 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cern!doliveira From: doliveira@cern.ch (Dave Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Jun19.031107.3129@cern.ch> Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 03:11:07 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? We thought we were watching a live concert in a distant stadium. We had no idea the crowd roar was a synthesizer loop. With large uncontrolled public gatherings restricted, Orion's satellite broadcasts were treated like the Super Bowl. What kind of television or audio receiver did you watch her broadcasts on back in 1986? -- Dave Oliveira | doliveira@cern.ch PGP Key fingerprint: 0736 7E8F 741A 7611 "Keep the channels open." From etanaka@illinois.edu Thu Jun 20 13:53:07 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!illinois!etanaka From: etanaka@illinois.edu (Emi Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Jun20.135307.3118@illinois.edu> Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 13:53:07 GMT References: <1996Jun19.031107.3129@cern.ch> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Jun19.031107.3129@cern.ch>, doliveira@cern.ch (Dave Oliveira) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? > We thought we were watching a live concert in a distant stadium. We had no idea the crowd roar was a synthesizer loop. A physical body that could be touched never existed. The broadcast was a real-time holographic synthesis fed from the Burbank basement. -- Emi Tanaka "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / Linux 1.2.13 From tjohansson@panix.com Fri Jun 21 01:14:07 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!panix!tjohansson From: tjohansson@panix.com (Takeshi Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Jun21.011407.7603@panix.com> Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 01:14:07 GMT References: <1996Jun19.031107.3129@cern.ch> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Jun19.031107.3129@cern.ch>, doliveira@cern.ch (Dave Oliveira) 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. -- Takeshi Johansson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0 From jivanov@illinois.edu Sun Jun 23 03:12:07 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!illinois!jivanov From: jivanov@illinois.edu (Joachim Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Jun23.031207.8818@illinois.edu> Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 03:12:07 GMT References: <1996Jun19.031107.3129@cern.ch> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Jun19.031107.3129@cern.ch>, doliveira@cern.ch (Dave Oliveira) writes: > For younger folks on Usenet: remember what it was like when the Public Harmony Acts were in full effect? > We thought we were watching a live concert in a distant stadium. We had no idea the crowd roar was a synthesizer loop. We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. -- Joachim Ivanov "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." Decstation 5000/200 / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From tandersson@stanford.edu Sun Jun 23 17:37:07 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!stanford!tandersson From: tandersson@stanford.edu (Tyler Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1996Jun23.173707.2291@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 17:37:07 GMT References: <1996Jun19.031107.3129@cern.ch> <1996Jun20.135307.3118@illinois.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Jun20.135307.3118@illinois.edu>, etanaka@illinois.edu (Emi Tanaka) writes: > A physical body that could be touched never existed. The broadcast was a real-time holographic synthesis fed from the Burbank basement. I hated those broadcasts. Canned applause and lip-synced choreography. I wanted real sweat and broken guitar strings. -- Tyler Andersson | tandersson@stanford.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 4DD9 F02E 149B A266 "Keep the channels open."