Word: taping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Australia's ill-fated challenger from 1970, to serve as Southern Cross's sparring partner, and a retinue of 41, including three of his own sailmakers. Should there be a protest during the race, Bond is ready with a rules expert and lawyer, plus a video-tape camera to record all races for replay. "Expert advocacy," says Bond, "is as much a part of racing now as a boat." All this may offend the guardians of the Cup, but Bond is not concerned. "To say this is a gentleman's sport is to be under illusions...
...Tape machines were going all the while. But unrecognized for what they were after his death, some 600 to 800 hours' worth were shipped off to a warehouse and forgotten. Last spring, having issued three posthumous Hendrix LPs and run out of material, Warner Bros. Records asked a former Hendrix producer, Alan Douglas, if he knew of any other tapes. "I sure did," says Douglas, who had spent many an evening at the Electric Lady. "I thought everyone knew about the warehouse tapes." Douglas has listened to 250 hours' worth of reels and thinks he has enough stuff...
Public access is strictly do-it-yourself. Cable operators are required to provide the hardware-studio facilities for live programming or video-camera and editing equipment for taped shows-and the cable time. Some cable companies also provide technical assistance, but few can afford to hire full-time public-access aides. The FCC lets the cable company charge a small equipment fee for programs that run more than the minimum five minutes allowed all applicants, but most stations schedule longer shows at no charge. If openings allow, in fact, even regular weekly shows may be arranged for. Usually the user...
Technical quality on public access is highly variable, from the charmingly erratic to the abysmal. Most cable operators offer instruction in the use of camera and tape equipment. Even so, "it takes a little practice to get the hang of using the camera," notes Joe Collins of Orlando, Fla.'s Orange Cablevision. But stations encourage novices to air their efforts. Thus Orlando has recently seen one Warholesque half-hour that consisted of a man cutting down a tree, and another that zeroed (or zigzagged) in on the ducks around Lake Eola...
...responsible for deciding what is obscene-the company, the individual user, or some third party like a committee. In New York, where a state law prohibiting any censorship of public access further muddies the obscenity issue, a program called The Underground Tonight Show recently showed a startlingly explicit tape of a "female-masturbation therapy class." One of New York City's cable companies carried it, preceding it with a disclaimer explaining the legal muddle. The other simply cut five minutes from the eight-minute tape. Both companies may have acted illegally. Another weekly New York show, produced by Anton...