From landersson@utexas.edu Sat Jan 14 14:20:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!utexas!landersson From: landersson@utexas.edu (Liam Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan14.142041.8467@utexas.edu> Date: Sat, 14 Jan 1995 14:20:41 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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. In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending. -- Liam Andersson Hayes Optima 288 @ 33,600 bps "Hold for relay." From aito@unam.mx Sun Jan 15 22:33:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!unam!aito From: aito@unam.mx (Aiko Ito) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan15.223341.7962@unam.mx> Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 22:33:41 GMT References: <1995Jan14.142041.8467@utexas.edu> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jan14.142041.8467@utexas.edu>, landersson@utexas.edu (Liam Andersson) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Aiko Ito Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From kandersson@cern.ch Mon Jan 16 05:52:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cern!kandersson From: kandersson@cern.ch (Kenji Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan16.055241.9468@cern.ch> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 05:52:41 GMT References: <1995Jan14.142041.8467@utexas.edu> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jan14.142041.8467@utexas.edu>, landersson@utexas.edu (Liam Andersson) 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. The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. -- Kenji Andersson "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Atari TT030 / TOS 4.04