From dokonkwo@kth.se Sat Oct 21 02:26:44 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kth!dokonkwo From: dokonkwo@kth.se (Dong-hyun Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Oct21.022644.7417@kth.se> Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 02:26:44 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. 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? -- Dong-hyun Okonkwo *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0 From nnakamura@berkeley.edu Sat Oct 21 06:43:44 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!berkeley!nnakamura From: nnakamura@berkeley.edu (Natalia Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Oct21.064344.1571@berkeley.edu> Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 06:43:44 GMT References: <1995Oct21.022644.7417@kth.se> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Oct21.022644.7417@kth.se>, dokonkwo@kth.se (Dong-hyun Okonkwo) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Natalia Nakamura "Do not worship the copy." NeXTstation Turbo Color / TOS 4.04 From ynovak@berkeley.edu Sun Oct 22 18:58:44 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!berkeley!ynovak From: ynovak@berkeley.edu (Yuki Novak) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Oct22.185844.7828@berkeley.edu> Date: Sun, 22 Oct 1995 18:58:44 GMT References: <1995Oct21.022644.7417@kth.se> <1995Oct21.064344.1571@berkeley.edu> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Oct21.064344.1571@berkeley.edu>, nnakamura@berkeley.edu (Natalia Nakamura) writes: > You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. > PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Yuki Novak -- UC Berkeley Department of EECS "Hold for relay." From tokonkwo@clari.net Mon Oct 23 11:18:44 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!clari!tokonkwo From: tokonkwo@clari.net (Tobias Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Oct23.111844.2398@clari.net> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 11:18:44 GMT References: <1995Oct21.022644.7417@kth.se> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct21.022644.7417@kth.se>, dokonkwo@kth.se (Dong-hyun Okonkwo) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? > By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Tobias Okonkwo "We don't sign stars. We build them." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / System 7.5.1