From hbrennan@kiae.su Thu Nov 17 23:49:57 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kiae!hbrennan From: hbrennan@kiae.su (Hugo Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Nov17.234957.8714@kiae.su> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 1994 23:49:57 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su 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. Who has pictures of the 1984 promotional posters from Akihabara? -- Hugo Brennan SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 9600 Telebit bps "They will send a copy in my place." From heriksson@mit.edu Fri Nov 18 19:02:57 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!mit!heriksson From: heriksson@mit.edu (Hana Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Nov18.190257.7762@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 19:02:57 GMT References: <1994Nov17.234957.8714@kiae.su> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1994Nov17.234957.8714@kiae.su>, hbrennan@kiae.su (Hugo Brennan) 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. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Hana Eriksson Hayes Optima 288 @ 14,400 bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology."