From jsouza@rwth-aachen.de Sun May 07 12:34:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!rwth-aachen!jsouza From: jsouza@rwth-aachen.de (Ji-woo Souza) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995May07.123419.3784@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sun, 07 May 1995 12:34:19 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de 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. The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. 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? -- === Ji-woo Souza === Dept of Electrical Engineering, RWTH Aachen Informatik "Row 14. No joke." From gkang@cam.ac.uk Mon May 08 13:39:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cam!gkang From: gkang@cam.ac.uk (Graham Kang) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995May08.133919.2682@cam.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 08 May 1995 13:39:19 GMT References: <1995May07.123419.3784@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995May07.123419.3784@rwth-aachen.de>, jsouza@rwth-aachen.de (Ji-woo Souza) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. > The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? -- Graham Kang "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / AmigaOS 3.1 From mpark@rwth-aachen.de Tue May 09 19:46:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!rwth-aachen!mpark From: mpark@rwth-aachen.de (Matthias Park) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995May09.194619.2760@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Tue, 09 May 1995 19:46:19 GMT References: <1995May07.123419.3784@rwth-aachen.de> <1995May08.133919.2682@cam.ac.uk> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995May08.133919.2682@cam.ac.uk>, gkang@cam.ac.uk (Graham Kang) writes: > Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? -- Matthias Park *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0 From gperez@ox.ac.uk Wed May 10 09:06:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!ox!gperez From: gperez@ox.ac.uk (Göran Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995May10.090619.4018@ox.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 09:06:19 GMT References: <1995May07.123419.3784@rwth-aachen.de> <1995May08.133919.2682@cam.ac.uk> <1995May09.194619.2760@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995May09.194619.2760@rwth-aachen.de>, mpark@rwth-aachen.de (Matthias Park) writes: > Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Göran Pérez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Oxford University Computing Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From asokolov@u-tokyo.ac.jp Wed May 10 15:55:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!u-tokyo!asokolov From: asokolov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Anja Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995May10.155519.9136@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 15:55:19 GMT References: <1995May07.123419.3784@rwth-aachen.de> <1995May08.133919.2682@cam.ac.uk> <1995May09.194619.2760@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995May09.194619.2760@rwth-aachen.de>, mpark@rwth-aachen.de (Matthias Park) writes: > Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Anja Sokolov | asokolov@u-tokyo.ac.jp PGP Key fingerprint: 2311 68C6 956C BF75 "Keep the channels open."