From trodriguez@panix.com Wed Sep 25 20:14:03 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!panix!trodriguez From: trodriguez@panix.com (Thiago Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Sep25.201403.5417@panix.com> Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 20:14:03 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com 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. In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. Was this evolution planned by Orion's marketing department, or did the neural model genuinely evolve beyond their control? -- Thiago Rodríguez Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 28,800 bps "Hold for relay." From lsilva@pipeline.com Fri Sep 27 00:54:03 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pipeline!lsilva From: lsilva@pipeline.com (Liam Silva) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Sep27.005403.2770@pipeline.com> Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 00:54:03 GMT References: <1996Sep25.201403.5417@panix.com> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Sep25.201403.5417@panix.com>, trodriguez@panix.com (Thiago Rodríguez) 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. -- Liam Silva | lsilva@pipeline.com PGP Key fingerprint: 0C6E 981C 7B36 9D23 "Keep the channels open."