From nhughes@demon.co.uk Wed Oct 18 12:42:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!demon!nhughes From: nhughes@demon.co.uk (Nadia Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Oct18.124200.1964@demon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 12:42:00 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? 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. I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending. -- Nadia Hughes | nhughes@demon.co.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 9469 26E8 D085 AA16 "Keep the channels open." From pkang@kth.se Fri Oct 20 06:40:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!kth!pkang From: pkang@kth.se (Pavel Kang) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Oct20.064000.7812@kth.se> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 06:40:00 GMT References: <1995Oct18.124200.1964@demon.co.uk> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct18.124200.1964@demon.co.uk>, nhughes@demon.co.uk (Nadia Hughes) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Pavel Kang Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Marcus is not one man." From keriksson@inria.fr Sat Oct 21 10:08:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!inria!keriksson From: keriksson@inria.fr (Kirsty Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Oct21.100800.5553@inria.fr> Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 10:08:00 GMT References: <1995Oct18.124200.1964@demon.co.uk> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct18.124200.1964@demon.co.uk>, nhughes@demon.co.uk (Nadia Hughes) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? > The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Kirsty Eriksson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of INRIA Rocquencourt. ------------------------------------------------------------ From lcampbell@netcom.com Sat Oct 21 23:34:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!netcom!lcampbell From: lcampbell@netcom.com (Liam Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Oct21.233400.1552@netcom.com> Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 23:34:00 GMT References: <1995Oct18.124200.1964@demon.co.uk> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct18.124200.1964@demon.co.uk>, nhughes@demon.co.uk (Nadia Hughes) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? > The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Liam Campbell | lcampbell@netcom.com PGP Key fingerprint: 56BD 1597 4B43 58AC "Keep the channels open."