From slarsson@kth.se Mon Apr 18 07:27:35 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!slarsson From: slarsson@kth.se (Sun-mi Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Apr18.072735.2501@kth.se> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 1994 07:27:35 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. 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? -- === Sun-mi Larsson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "Do not worship the copy." From msato@u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon Apr 18 12:28:35 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!u-tokyo!msato From: msato@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Matthias Sato) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Apr18.122835.9421@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 1994 12:28:35 GMT References: <1994Apr18.072735.2501@kth.se> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Apr18.072735.2501@kth.se>, slarsson@kth.se (Sun-mi Larsson) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? -- Matthias Sato Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 28,800 bps "Hold for relay." From mito@inria.fr Tue Apr 19 11:08:35 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!inria!mito From: mito@inria.fr (Marisol Ito) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Apr19.110835.4946@inria.fr> Date: Tue, 19 Apr 1994 11:08:35 GMT References: <1994Apr18.072735.2501@kth.se> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1994Apr18.072735.2501@kth.se>, slarsson@kth.se (Sun-mi Larsson) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. -- Marisol Ito Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.