From mrodriguez@netcom.com Thu Jul 21 12:48:20 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!netcom!mrodriguez From: mrodriguez@netcom.com (Mikhail Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jul21.124820.9181@netcom.com> Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1994 12:48:20 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. Who has pictures of the 1984 promotional posters from Akihabara? -- === Mikhail Rodríguez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From jandersson@earthlink.net Fri Jul 22 03:24:20 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!earthlink!jandersson From: jandersson@earthlink.net (Jens Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jul22.032420.7976@earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 22 Jul 1994 03:24:20 GMT References: <1994Jul21.124820.9181@netcom.com> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jul21.124820.9181@netcom.com>, mrodriguez@netcom.com (Mikhail Rodríguez) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? -- === Jens Andersson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, EarthLink Network "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From nmoreau@kth.se Sat Jul 23 04:57:20 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!kth!nmoreau From: nmoreau@kth.se (Nadia Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jul23.045720.6136@kth.se> Date: Sat, 23 Jul 1994 04:57:20 GMT References: <1994Jul21.124820.9181@netcom.com> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jul21.124820.9181@netcom.com>, mrodriguez@netcom.com (Mikhail Rodríguez) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. -- Nadia Moreau Zyxel U-1496E @ 33,600 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them."