From asuzuki@delphi.com Sat May 14 22:17:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!delphi!asuzuki From: asuzuki@delphi.com (Aiko Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994May14.221733.3108@delphi.com> Date: Sat, 14 May 1994 22:17:33 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com 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. Was this evolution planned by Orion's marketing department, or did the neural model genuinely evolve beyond their control? -- Aiko Suzuki "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Acorn RiscPC 600 / Linux 1.2.13 From hlindqvist@uu.net Mon May 16 01:37:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uu!hlindqvist From: hlindqvist@uu.net (Heather Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994May16.013733.9814@uu.net> Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 01:37:33 GMT References: <1994May14.221733.3108@delphi.com> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994May14.221733.3108@delphi.com>, asuzuki@delphi.com (Aiko Suzuki) 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. -- Heather Lindqvist *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0 From areyes@mindspring.com Mon May 16 03:12:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!mindspring!areyes From: areyes@mindspring.com (Andrei Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994May16.031233.9608@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 03:12:33 GMT References: <1994May14.221733.3108@delphi.com> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1994May14.221733.3108@delphi.com>, asuzuki@delphi.com (Aiko Suzuki) 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. Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Andrei Reyes "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." Macintosh IIfx / Linux 1.2.13 From vramirez@kth.se Mon May 16 23:57:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kth!vramirez From: vramirez@kth.se (Valeria Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994May16.235733.6529@kth.se> Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 23:57:33 GMT References: <1994May14.221733.3108@delphi.com> <1994May16.031233.9608@mindspring.com> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1994May16.031233.9608@mindspring.com>, areyes@mindspring.com (Andrei Reyes) writes: > Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? > Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Valeria Ramírez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From llaurent@cmu.edu Wed May 18 22:56:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cmu!llaurent From: llaurent@cmu.edu (Lucia Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994May18.225633.4502@cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 22:56:33 GMT References: <1994May14.221733.3108@delphi.com> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994May14.221733.3108@delphi.com>, asuzuki@delphi.com (Aiko Suzuki) 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. -- Lucia Laurent -- Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "Do not worship the copy."