From achoi@clari.net Thu Jan 05 18:06:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!clari!achoi From: achoi@clari.net (Anja Choi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [INFO] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Jan05.180654.9562@clari.net> Date: Thu, 05 Jan 1995 18:06:54 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. Everyone on our dorm floor huddled around a 25-inch Radiant Television console with the blinds drawn. It was a collective, beautiful illusion. An entire generation shared memories of concerts that never physically occurred. -- Anja Choi Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of ClariNet Communications Corp. ------------------------------------------------------------ From esmirnov@berkeley.edu Fri Jan 06 08:07:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!berkeley!esmirnov From: esmirnov@berkeley.edu (Élodie Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] Live-Fidelity Broadcasts under the Public Harmony Acts - personal memories Message-ID: <1995Jan06.080754.3956@berkeley.edu> Date: Fri, 06 Jan 1995 08:07:54 GMT References: <1995Jan05.180654.9562@clari.net> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995Jan05.180654.9562@clari.net>, achoi@clari.net (Anja Choi) 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. We had a Zenith console in our basement. My brother and I held up lighters to the TV screen during 'Threshold'. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Élodie Smirnov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0