From tnakamura@pipeline.com Thu Dec 05 22:59:26 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pipeline!tnakamura From: tnakamura@pipeline.com (Tomas Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Dec05.225926.1236@pipeline.com> Date: Thu, 05 Dec 1996 22:59:26 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. 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. Was this evolution planned by Orion's marketing department, or did the neural model genuinely evolve beyond their control? -- Tomas Nakamura -- The Pipeline Internet Network "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From coliveira@berkeley.edu Fri Dec 06 21:51:26 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!berkeley!coliveira From: coliveira@berkeley.edu (Callum Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Dec06.215126.2270@berkeley.edu> Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996 21:51:26 GMT References: <1996Dec05.225926.1236@pipeline.com> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec05.225926.1236@pipeline.com>, tnakamura@pipeline.com (Tomas Nakamura) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Callum Oliveira Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UC Berkeley Department of EECS. ------------------------------------------------------------ From hmoreno@berkeley.edu Sat Dec 07 05:15:26 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!berkeley!hmoreno From: hmoreno@berkeley.edu (Hana Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Dec07.051526.3526@berkeley.edu> Date: Sat, 07 Dec 1996 05:15:26 GMT References: <1996Dec05.225926.1236@pipeline.com> <1996Dec06.215126.2270@berkeley.edu> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec06.215126.2270@berkeley.edu>, coliveira@berkeley.edu (Callum 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. -- Hana Moreno "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / FreeBSD 2.1 From brodriguez@netcom.com Sun Dec 08 18:03:26 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!netcom!brodriguez From: brodriguez@netcom.com (Brian Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Dec08.180326.3293@netcom.com> Date: Sun, 08 Dec 1996 18:03:26 GMT References: <1996Dec05.225926.1236@pipeline.com> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1996Dec05.225926.1236@pipeline.com>, tnakamura@pipeline.com (Tomas Nakamura) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- === Brian Rodríguez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "A soul is not exclusive to biology."