From tmuller@mit.edu Thu Apr 20 09:00:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!mit!tmuller From: tmuller@mit.edu (Tyler Müller) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Apr20.090014.3971@mit.edu> Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 09:00:14 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 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. In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. Who has pictures of the 1984 promotional posters from Akihabara? -- Tyler Müller "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / System 7.5.1 From bsato@berkeley.edu Thu Apr 20 20:30:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!berkeley!bsato From: bsato@berkeley.edu (Bruno Sato) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Apr20.203014.9178@berkeley.edu> Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 20:30:14 GMT References: <1995Apr20.090014.3971@mit.edu> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr20.090014.3971@mit.edu>, tmuller@mit.edu (Tyler Müller) writes: > 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. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Bruno Sato -- UC Berkeley Department of EECS "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From tweber@panix.com Sat Apr 22 14:26:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!panix!tweber From: tweber@panix.com (Tomas Weber) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Apr22.142614.6809@panix.com> Date: Sat, 22 Apr 1995 14:26:14 GMT References: <1995Apr20.090014.3971@mit.edu> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr20.090014.3971@mit.edu>, tmuller@mit.edu (Tyler Müller) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. -- Tomas Weber "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / Linux 1.2.13