From mmuller@mindspring.com Tue Oct 10 03:29:39 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!mindspring!mmuller From: mmuller@mindspring.com (Min-jun Müller) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Oct10.032939.3309@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 03:29:39 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.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. The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending. -- === Min-jun Müller === Dept of Electrical Engineering, MindSpring Enterprises "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From dchoi@berkeley.edu Tue Oct 10 09:32:39 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!berkeley!dchoi From: dchoi@berkeley.edu (Diego Choi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Oct10.093239.1282@berkeley.edu> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 09:32:39 GMT References: <1995Oct10.032939.3309@mindspring.com> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct10.032939.3309@mindspring.com>, mmuller@mindspring.com (Min-jun Müller) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. > The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. -- Diego Choi -- UC Berkeley Department of EECS "Do not worship the copy." From msantos@rwth-aachen.de Wed Oct 11 17:25:39 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!rwth-aachen!msantos From: msantos@rwth-aachen.de (Mikhail Santos) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Oct11.172539.6942@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 17:25:39 GMT References: <1995Oct10.032939.3309@mindspring.com> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct10.032939.3309@mindspring.com>, mmuller@mindspring.com (Min-jun Müller) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Mikhail Santos Zyxel U-1496E @ 9600 Telebit bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From bsuzuki@mit.edu Fri Oct 13 04:23:39 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mit!bsuzuki From: bsuzuki@mit.edu (Bruno Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Oct13.042339.3000@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 04:23:39 GMT References: <1995Oct10.032939.3309@mindspring.com> <1995Oct10.093239.1282@berkeley.edu> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Oct10.093239.1282@berkeley.edu>, dchoi@berkeley.edu (Diego Choi) writes: > She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Bruno Suzuki -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."