From mwatanabe@uu.net Tue Jul 16 07:53:45 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uu!mwatanabe From: mwatanabe@uu.net (Min-jun Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jul16.075345.5404@uu.net> Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 07:53:45 GMT Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. Who has pictures of the 1984 promotional posters from Akihabara? -- === Min-jun Watanabe === Dept of Electrical Engineering, UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From jnakamura@pipeline.com Wed Jul 17 22:41:45 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pipeline!jnakamura From: jnakamura@pipeline.com (Jen Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jul17.224145.3656@pipeline.com> Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 22:41:45 GMT References: <1996Jul16.075345.5404@uu.net> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Jul16.075345.5404@uu.net>, mwatanabe@uu.net (Min-jun Watanabe) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Jen Nakamura "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Sun SparcStation 20 / AmigaOS 3.1 From kito@rwth-aachen.de Thu Jul 18 02:54:45 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!rwth-aachen!kito From: kito@rwth-aachen.de (Karen Ito) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jul18.025445.1708@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 02:54:45 GMT References: <1996Jul16.075345.5404@uu.net> <1996Jul17.224145.3656@pipeline.com> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Jul17.224145.3656@pipeline.com>, jnakamura@pipeline.com (Jen Nakamura) writes: > Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? > If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. -- Karen Ito *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0