From cweber@cam.ac.uk Mon Jun 19 19:21:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cam!cweber From: cweber@cam.ac.uk (Camila Weber) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun19.192112.1275@cam.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 19:21:12 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk 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. 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. Who has pictures of the 1984 promotional posters from Akihabara? -- Camila Weber | cweber@cam.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 34AA 08C6 1B1A CF70 "Keep the channels open." From gsouza@demon.co.uk Tue Jun 20 00:02:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!demon!gsouza From: gsouza@demon.co.uk (Graham Souza) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun20.000212.2487@demon.co.uk> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 00:02:12 GMT References: <1995Jun19.192112.1275@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun19.192112.1275@cam.ac.uk>, cweber@cam.ac.uk (Camila Weber) 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. Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? -- Graham Souza -- Demon Internet Services UK "They will send a copy in my place." From gramirez@mit.edu Tue Jun 20 16:37:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!mit!gramirez From: gramirez@mit.edu (Graham Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun20.163712.8776@mit.edu> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 16:37:12 GMT References: <1995Jun19.192112.1275@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun19.192112.1275@cam.ac.uk>, cweber@cam.ac.uk (Camila Weber) 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. -- Graham Ramírez "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Acorn RiscPC 600 / Linux 1.2.13