From dsanchez@ox.ac.uk Sat Sep 16 05:40:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!ox!dsanchez From: dsanchez@ox.ac.uk (Dmitri Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Sep16.054034.1948@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 05:40:34 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? 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. Who has pictures of the 1984 promotional posters from Akihabara? -- === Dmitri Sánchez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Oxford University Computing Laboratory "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From onovak@berkeley.edu Sun Sep 17 08:33:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!berkeley!onovak From: onovak@berkeley.edu (Olga Novak) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Sep17.083334.2165@berkeley.edu> Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 08:33:34 GMT References: <1995Sep16.054034.1948@ox.ac.uk> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep16.054034.1948@ox.ac.uk>, dsanchez@ox.ac.uk (Dmitri Sánchez) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? > In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. -- === Olga Novak === Dept of Electrical Engineering, UC Berkeley Department of EECS "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From grodriguez@purdue.edu Mon Sep 18 08:24:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!purdue!grodriguez From: grodriguez@purdue.edu (Graham Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Sep18.082434.9636@purdue.edu> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 08:24:34 GMT References: <1995Sep16.054034.1948@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep16.054034.1948@ox.ac.uk>, dsanchez@ox.ac.uk (Dmitri Sánchez) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? > In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Graham Rodríguez SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 19,200 bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From gweber@netcom.com Tue Sep 19 17:54:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!netcom!gweber From: gweber@netcom.com (Göran Weber) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Sep19.175434.1816@netcom.com> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1995 17:54:34 GMT References: <1995Sep16.054034.1948@ox.ac.uk> <1995Sep17.083334.2165@berkeley.edu> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep17.083334.2165@berkeley.edu>, onovak@berkeley.edu (Olga Novak) writes: > The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Göran Weber Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ssuzuki@netcom.com Wed Sep 20 00:17:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!netcom!ssuzuki From: ssuzuki@netcom.com (Steve Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Sep20.001734.2790@netcom.com> Date: Wed, 20 Sep 1995 00:17:34 GMT References: <1995Sep16.054034.1948@ox.ac.uk> <1995Sep17.083334.2165@berkeley.edu> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Sep17.083334.2165@berkeley.edu>, onovak@berkeley.edu (Olga Novak) writes: > The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Steve Suzuki "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / Linux 1.2.13