From dweber@panix.com Fri Jul 07 07:21:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!panix!dweber From: dweber@panix.com (Dmitri Weber) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jul07.072130.1354@panix.com> Date: Fri, 07 Jul 1995 07:21:30 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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? -- Dmitri Weber | dweber@panix.com PGP Key fingerprint: 60EB F69D F2FB F843 "Keep the channels open." From fokonkwo@purdue.edu Sat Jul 08 00:13:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!purdue!fokonkwo From: fokonkwo@purdue.edu (Fiona Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jul08.001330.2670@purdue.edu> Date: Sat, 08 Jul 1995 00:13:30 GMT References: <1995Jul07.072130.1354@panix.com> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul07.072130.1354@panix.com>, dweber@panix.com (Dmitri Weber) writes: > 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. The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. -- Fiona Okonkwo "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." NeXTstation Turbo Color / SunOS 4.1.4 From tvasiliev@ox.ac.uk Sat Jul 08 20:16:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!ox!tvasiliev From: tvasiliev@ox.ac.uk (Takeshi Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jul08.201630.7035@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 08 Jul 1995 20:16:30 GMT References: <1995Jul07.072130.1354@panix.com> <1995Jul08.001330.2670@purdue.edu> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul08.001330.2670@purdue.edu>, fokonkwo@purdue.edu (Fiona Okonkwo) writes: > The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Takeshi Vasiliev Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.