From amacdonald@pipeline.com Fri Jun 23 17:22:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!pipeline!amacdonald From: amacdonald@pipeline.com (Anja MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun23.172232.5576@pipeline.com> Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 17:22:32 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. Who has pictures of the 1984 promotional posters from Akihabara? -- Anja MacDonald Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 28,800 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From ymacdonald@kiae.su Sat Jun 24 08:05:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kiae!ymacdonald From: ymacdonald@kiae.su (Yuki MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun24.080532.5716@kiae.su> Date: Sat, 24 Jun 1995 08:05:32 GMT References: <1995Jun23.172232.5576@pipeline.com> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun23.172232.5576@pipeline.com>, amacdonald@pipeline.com (Anja MacDonald) 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. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Yuki MacDonald Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow. ------------------------------------------------------------ From kkim@inria.fr Sat Jun 24 21:04:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!inria!kkim From: kkim@inria.fr (Kirsty Kim) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun24.210432.8546@inria.fr> Date: Sat, 24 Jun 1995 21:04:32 GMT References: <1995Jun23.172232.5576@pipeline.com> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun23.172232.5576@pipeline.com>, amacdonald@pipeline.com (Anja MacDonald) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Kirsty Kim | kkim@inria.fr PGP Key fingerprint: 89DA DC44 D525 1C1F "Keep the channels open." From bchoi@cam.ac.uk Mon Jun 26 00:20:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cam!bchoi From: bchoi@cam.ac.uk (Bill Choi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun26.002032.2513@cam.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 00:20:32 GMT References: <1995Jun23.172232.5576@pipeline.com> <1995Jun24.080532.5716@kiae.su> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun24.080532.5716@kiae.su>, ymacdonald@kiae.su (Yuki MacDonald) writes: > You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Bill Choi "Marcus is not one man." NeXTstation Turbo Color / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From neriksson@unam.mx Tue Jun 27 15:00:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!unam!neriksson From: neriksson@unam.mx (Nadia Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun27.150032.4638@unam.mx> Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 15:00:32 GMT References: <1995Jun23.172232.5576@pipeline.com> <1995Jun24.080532.5716@kiae.su> <1995Jun26.002032.2513@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun26.002032.2513@cam.ac.uk>, bchoi@cam.ac.uk (Bill Choi) writes: > I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. -- Nadia Eriksson Zyxel U-1496E @ ISDN 64k bps "Marcus is not one man."