From lmoreno@panix.com Thu Nov 17 23:54:27 1994
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From: lmoreno@panix.com (Lucia Moreno)
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Subject: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution
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How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months?

The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code.
Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop.

Who has pictures of the 1984 promotional posters from Akihabara?

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Lucia Moreno -- Public Access Unix of New York
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From tsmirnov@utexas.edu Sat Nov 19 19:18:27 1994
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From: tsmirnov@utexas.edu (Thiago Smirnov)
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In article <1994Nov17.235427.7339@panix.com>, lmoreno@panix.com (Lucia Moreno) writes:
> How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months?
> 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 bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished.

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From jgarcia@titech.ac.jp Mon Nov 21 07:58:27 1994
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From: jgarcia@titech.ac.jp (Julien García)
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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution
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In article <1994Nov17.235427.7339@panix.com>, lmoreno@panix.com (Lucia Moreno) writes:
> How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months?
> The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code.

The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance.

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Julien García
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From ffournier@demon.co.uk Wed Nov 23 10:35:27 1994
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From: ffournier@demon.co.uk (Freya Fournier)
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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution
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In article <1994Nov19.191827.6746@utexas.edu>, tsmirnov@utexas.edu (Thiago Smirnov) 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.

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=== Freya Fournier ===
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"They will send a copy in my place."