From mkarlsson@ox.ac.uk Thu Oct 10 01:25:58 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!ox!mkarlsson From: mkarlsson@ox.ac.uk (Mathieu Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Oct10.012558.1303@ox.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 01:25:58 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending. -- Mathieu Karlsson "Row 14. No joke." Atari TT030 / SunOS 4.1.4 From jfischer@hanse.de Sat Oct 12 00:09:58 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!hanse!jfischer From: jfischer@hanse.de (Joachim Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Oct12.000958.3805@hanse.de> Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 00:09:58 GMT References: <1996Oct10.012558.1303@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Oct10.012558.1303@ox.ac.uk>, mkarlsson@ox.ac.uk (Mathieu Karlsson) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. > The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. -- Joachim Fischer *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0