From mkowalski@illinois.edu Wed Jan 24 19:19:10 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!illinois!mkowalski From: mkowalski@illinois.edu (Min-jun Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jan24.191910.1453@illinois.edu> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 19:19:10 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu 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. 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? -- Min-jun Kowalski "They will send a copy in my place." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / TOS 4.04 From dwatanabe@kth.se Thu Jan 25 23:47:10 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kth!dwatanabe From: dwatanabe@kth.se (Dmitri Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jan25.234710.7457@kth.se> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 23:47:10 GMT References: <1996Jan24.191910.1453@illinois.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jan24.191910.1453@illinois.edu>, mkowalski@illinois.edu (Min-jun Kowalski) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- === Dmitri Watanabe === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?"