From jkowalski@kth.se Wed Oct 11 07:29:31 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!jkowalski From: jkowalski@kth.se (Jen Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Oct11.072931.8482@kth.se> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 07:29:31 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se 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. Who has pictures of the 1984 promotional posters from Akihabara? -- Jen Kowalski "Do not worship the copy." Acorn RiscPC 600 / FreeBSD 2.1 From dsantos@rwth-aachen.de Fri Oct 13 08:40:31 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!rwth-aachen!dsantos From: dsantos@rwth-aachen.de (Dmitri Santos) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Oct13.084031.6965@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 08:40:31 GMT References: <1995Oct11.072931.8482@kth.se> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Oct11.072931.8482@kth.se>, jkowalski@kth.se (Jen Kowalski) 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. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Dmitri Santos -- RWTH Aachen Informatik "Row 14. No joke." From mtakahashi@tum.de Fri Oct 13 10:15:31 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!tum!mtakahashi From: mtakahashi@tum.de (Matthias Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Oct13.101531.6621@tum.de> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 10:15:31 GMT References: <1995Oct11.072931.8482@kth.se> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct11.072931.8482@kth.se>, jkowalski@kth.se (Jen Kowalski) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Matthias Takahashi | mtakahashi@tum.de PGP Key fingerprint: 0514 629A 9807 4284 "Keep the channels open." From pbrennan@cmu.edu Sun Oct 15 04:17:31 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cmu!pbrennan From: pbrennan@cmu.edu (Pavel Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Oct15.041731.4881@cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 04:17:31 GMT References: <1995Oct11.072931.8482@kth.se> <1995Oct13.101531.6621@tum.de> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Oct13.101531.6621@tum.de>, mtakahashi@tum.de (Matthias Takahashi) writes: > I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? -- Pavel Brennan -- Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From sstewart@kiae.su Sun Oct 15 07:49:31 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kiae!sstewart From: sstewart@kiae.su (Seo-yeon Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Oct15.074931.7712@kiae.su> Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 07:49:31 GMT References: <1995Oct11.072931.8482@kth.se> <1995Oct13.084031.6965@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct13.084031.6965@rwth-aachen.de>, dsantos@rwth-aachen.de (Dmitri Santos) writes: > You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. > Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. -- Seo-yeon Stewart US Robotics Courier V.34 @ ISDN 64k bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?"