From mnovak@cern.ch Mon Jun 12 20:09:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cern!mnovak From: mnovak@cern.ch (Morag Novak) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun12.200934.4349@cern.ch> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 20:09:34 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. 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? -- Morag Novak -- European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From feriksson@pipeline.com Tue Jun 13 03:16:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pipeline!feriksson From: feriksson@pipeline.com (Freya Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun13.031634.3021@pipeline.com> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 03:16:34 GMT References: <1995Jun12.200934.4349@cern.ch> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun12.200934.4349@cern.ch>, mnovak@cern.ch (Morag Novak) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. > In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Freya Eriksson | feriksson@pipeline.com PGP Key fingerprint: 8F1C 94A9 6D22 A25F "Keep the channels open." From lsokolov@delphi.com Wed Jun 14 14:37:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!delphi!lsokolov From: lsokolov@delphi.com (Lars Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun14.143734.6807@delphi.com> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 1995 14:37:34 GMT References: <1995Jun12.200934.4349@cern.ch> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun12.200934.4349@cern.ch>, mnovak@cern.ch (Morag Novak) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. -- Lars Sokolov "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." Decstation 5000/200 / AmigaOS 3.1