From spopov@demon.co.uk Sun Dec 03 07:14:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!demon!spopov From: spopov@demon.co.uk (Seo-yeon Popov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Dec03.071454.9022@demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 03 Dec 1995 07:14:54 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. 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. I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending. -- Seo-yeon Popov -- Demon Internet Services UK "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From roliveira@rwth-aachen.de Sun Dec 03 16:55:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!rwth-aachen!roliveira From: roliveira@rwth-aachen.de (Rodrigo Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Dec03.165554.7439@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sun, 03 Dec 1995 16:55:54 GMT References: <1995Dec03.071454.9022@demon.co.uk> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec03.071454.9022@demon.co.uk>, spopov@demon.co.uk (Seo-yeon Popov) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. > Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Rodrigo Oliveira "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / FreeBSD 2.1 From eito@kth.se Mon Dec 04 22:30:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kth!eito From: eito@kth.se (Elaine Ito) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Dec04.223054.3561@kth.se> Date: Mon, 04 Dec 1995 22:30:54 GMT References: <1995Dec03.071454.9022@demon.co.uk> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec03.071454.9022@demon.co.uk>, spopov@demon.co.uk (Seo-yeon Popov) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. > Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. -- Elaine Ito "We don't sign stars. We build them." Atari Falcon 030 / FreeBSD 2.1 From jpopov@mit.edu Tue Dec 05 12:06:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!mit!jpopov From: jpopov@mit.edu (Jens Popov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Dec05.120654.5420@mit.edu> Date: Tue, 05 Dec 1995 12:06:54 GMT References: <1995Dec03.071454.9022@demon.co.uk> <1995Dec03.165554.7439@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Dec03.165554.7439@rwth-aachen.de>, roliveira@rwth-aachen.de (Rodrigo Oliveira) writes: > Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Jens Popov | jpopov@mit.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 8918 BE43 79CB 4C06 "Keep the channels open."