From dpopov@berkeley.edu Sun Apr 24 13:37:06 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!berkeley!dpopov From: dpopov@berkeley.edu (Dmitri Popov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Apr24.133706.8257@berkeley.edu> Date: Sun, 24 Apr 1994 13:37:06 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending. -- Dmitri Popov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0 From gkim@inria.fr Tue Apr 26 09:09:06 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!inria!gkim From: gkim@inria.fr (Göran Kim) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Apr26.090906.4609@inria.fr> Date: Tue, 26 Apr 1994 09:09:06 GMT References: <1994Apr24.133706.8257@berkeley.edu> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Apr24.133706.8257@berkeley.edu>, dpopov@berkeley.edu (Dmitri Popov) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? > In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. -- Göran Kim US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From bpark@pacbell.net Thu Apr 28 08:15:06 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!pacbell!bpark From: bpark@pacbell.net (Bill Park) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Apr28.081506.9206@pacbell.net> Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 08:15:06 GMT References: <1994Apr24.133706.8257@berkeley.edu> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Apr24.133706.8257@berkeley.edu>, dpopov@berkeley.edu (Dmitri Popov) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? -- Bill Park "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / SunOS 4.1.4