From mschneider@earthlink.net Thu Oct 06 07:50:32 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!earthlink!mschneider From: mschneider@earthlink.net (Mateo Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Oct06.075032.6182@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 06 Oct 1994 07:50:32 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. Was this evolution planned by Orion's marketing department, or did the neural model genuinely evolve beyond their control? -- Mateo Schneider "We don't sign stars. We build them." NeXTstation Turbo Color / FreeBSD 2.1 From mmacdonald@clari.net Thu Oct 06 18:18:32 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!clari!mmacdonald From: mmacdonald@clari.net (Min-jun MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Oct06.181832.7168@clari.net> Date: Thu, 06 Oct 1994 18:18:32 GMT References: <1994Oct06.075032.6182@earthlink.net> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Oct06.075032.6182@earthlink.net>, mschneider@earthlink.net (Mateo Schneider) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? > Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Min-jun MacDonald *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0 From kduarte@uu.net Fri Oct 07 06:36:32 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!uu!kduarte From: kduarte@uu.net (Karen Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Oct07.063632.3882@uu.net> Date: Fri, 07 Oct 1994 06:36:32 GMT References: <1994Oct06.075032.6182@earthlink.net> <1994Oct06.181832.7168@clari.net> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1994Oct06.181832.7168@clari.net>, mmacdonald@clari.net (Min-jun MacDonald) writes: > You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Karen Duarte Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 14,400 bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From ceriksson@titech.ac.jp Sat Oct 08 23:13:32 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!titech!ceriksson From: ceriksson@titech.ac.jp (Callum Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Oct08.231332.4865@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 08 Oct 1994 23:13:32 GMT References: <1994Oct06.075032.6182@earthlink.net> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Oct06.075032.6182@earthlink.net>, mschneider@earthlink.net (Mateo Schneider) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? > Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. -- Callum Eriksson -- Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre "Row 14. No joke."