From nperez@kiae.su Mon Mar 07 09:27:49 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kiae!nperez From: nperez@kiae.su (Nadia Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Mar07.092749.1336@kiae.su> Date: Mon, 07 Mar 1994 09:27:49 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. 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. -- Nadia Pérez -- Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From kokonkwo@uni-hamburg.de Wed Mar 09 06:05:49 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uni-hamburg!kokonkwo From: kokonkwo@uni-hamburg.de (Karen Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Mar09.060549.2590@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Wed, 09 Mar 1994 06:05:49 GMT References: <1994Mar07.092749.1336@kiae.su> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Mar07.092749.1336@kiae.su>, nperez@kiae.su (Nadia Pérez) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. > In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Karen Okonkwo *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0 From tweber@purdue.edu Thu Mar 10 04:05:49 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!purdue!tweber From: tweber@purdue.edu (Tyler Weber) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Mar10.040549.9367@purdue.edu> Date: Thu, 10 Mar 1994 04:05:49 GMT References: <1994Mar07.092749.1336@kiae.su> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Mar07.092749.1336@kiae.su>, nperez@kiae.su (Nadia Pérez) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. > In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. -- Tyler Weber Hayes Optima 288 @ 19,200 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."