From mvasiliev@kth.se Wed Jan 04 05:19:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kth!mvasiliev From: mvasiliev@kth.se (Mike Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan04.051914.3611@kth.se> Date: Wed, 04 Jan 1995 05:19:14 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se 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. I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending. -- Mike Vasiliev Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mkarlsson@cam.ac.uk Wed Jan 04 10:29:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cam!mkarlsson From: mkarlsson@cam.ac.uk (Mateo Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan04.102914.7574@cam.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 04 Jan 1995 10:29:14 GMT References: <1995Jan04.051914.3611@kth.se> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Jan04.051914.3611@kth.se>, mvasiliev@kth.se (Mike Vasiliev) 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. The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Mateo Karlsson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From gperez@netcom.com Fri Jan 06 06:11:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!netcom!gperez From: gperez@netcom.com (Göran Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan06.061114.9904@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 06 Jan 1995 06:11:14 GMT References: <1995Jan04.051914.3611@kth.se> <1995Jan04.102914.7574@cam.ac.uk> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan04.102914.7574@cam.ac.uk>, mkarlsson@cam.ac.uk (Mateo Karlsson) writes: > The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. -- Göran Pérez Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 9600 Telebit bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From tgarcia@rwth-aachen.de Sat Jan 07 14:36:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!rwth-aachen!tgarcia From: tgarcia@rwth-aachen.de (Tomas García) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan07.143614.4978@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sat, 07 Jan 1995 14:36:14 GMT References: <1995Jan04.051914.3611@kth.se> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan04.051914.3611@kth.se>, mvasiliev@kth.se (Mike Vasiliev) 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. Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? -- Tomas García Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.