From estewart@mindspring.com Wed Jun 21 01:10:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mindspring!estewart From: estewart@mindspring.com (Emi Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun21.011002.6568@mindspring.com> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 01:10:02 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 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 Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending. -- Emi Stewart *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0 From jvasiliev@utexas.edu Wed Jun 21 19:46:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!utexas!jvasiliev From: jvasiliev@utexas.edu (Joachim Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun21.194602.1259@utexas.edu> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 19:46:02 GMT References: <1995Jun21.011002.6568@mindspring.com> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun21.011002.6568@mindspring.com>, estewart@mindspring.com (Emi Stewart) 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. -- Joachim Vasiliev -- University of Texas at Austin "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From hkowalski@kth.se Fri Jun 23 07:27:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kth!hkowalski From: hkowalski@kth.se (Heather Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun23.072702.1994@kth.se> Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 07:27:02 GMT References: <1995Jun21.011002.6568@mindspring.com> <1995Jun21.194602.1259@utexas.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun21.194602.1259@utexas.edu>, jvasiliev@utexas.edu (Joachim Vasiliev) writes: > I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. -- === Heather Kowalski === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?"