From tnovak@rwth-aachen.de Fri May 19 12:21:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!rwth-aachen!tnovak From: tnovak@rwth-aachen.de (Tyler Novak) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995May19.122126.8728@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 12:21:26 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? 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. I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending. -- Tyler Novak Hayes Optima 288 @ 14,400 bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From dduarte@ox.ac.uk Sat May 20 19:05:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!ox!dduarte From: dduarte@ox.ac.uk (Dmitri Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995May20.190526.7057@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 20 May 1995 19:05:26 GMT References: <1995May19.122126.8728@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1995May19.122126.8728@rwth-aachen.de>, tnovak@rwth-aachen.de (Tyler Novak) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? > Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Dmitri Duarte | dduarte@ox.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: F158 8885 78D4 DDFC "Keep the channels open." From ehughes@pipeline.com Mon May 22 15:33:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pipeline!ehughes From: ehughes@pipeline.com (Elaine Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995May22.153326.7478@pipeline.com> Date: Mon, 22 May 1995 15:33:26 GMT References: <1995May19.122126.8728@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995May19.122126.8728@rwth-aachen.de>, tnovak@rwth-aachen.de (Tyler Novak) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Elaine Hughes | ehughes@pipeline.com PGP Key fingerprint: 2FF3 0A48 B276 81AA "Keep the channels open." From yreyes@utexas.edu Tue May 23 18:10:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!utexas!yreyes From: yreyes@utexas.edu (Yuki Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995May23.181026.6778@utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 18:10:26 GMT References: <1995May19.122126.8728@rwth-aachen.de> <1995May20.190526.7057@ox.ac.uk> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995May20.190526.7057@ox.ac.uk>, dduarte@ox.ac.uk (Dmitri Duarte) writes: > The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Yuki Reyes | yreyes@utexas.edu PGP Key fingerprint: C776 14D4 2543 6871 "Keep the channels open."