From lstewart@pipeline.com Wed Mar 20 12:04:00 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!pipeline!lstewart From: lstewart@pipeline.com (Liam Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Mar20.120400.1732@pipeline.com> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 12:04:00 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending. -- Liam Stewart SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 33,600 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From gchoi@u-tokyo.ac.jp Fri Mar 22 14:36:00 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!u-tokyo!gchoi From: gchoi@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Göran Choi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Mar22.143600.2461@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 14:36:00 GMT References: <1996Mar20.120400.1732@pipeline.com> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Mar20.120400.1732@pipeline.com>, lstewart@pipeline.com (Liam Stewart) 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? -- Göran Choi -- University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "Do not worship the copy." From igirard@cmu.edu Fri Mar 22 17:33:00 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cmu!igirard From: igirard@cmu.edu (Ines Girard) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Mar22.173300.7504@cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 17:33:00 GMT References: <1996Mar20.120400.1732@pipeline.com> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Mar20.120400.1732@pipeline.com>, lstewart@pipeline.com (Liam Stewart) 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. She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. -- Ines Girard Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 28,800 bps "Row 14. No joke." From bito@cmu.edu Sun Mar 24 15:02:00 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cmu!bito From: bito@cmu.edu (Bill Ito) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Mar24.150200.1188@cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 15:02:00 GMT References: <1996Mar20.120400.1732@pipeline.com> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Mar20.120400.1732@pipeline.com>, lstewart@pipeline.com (Liam Stewart) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Bill Ito "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." Amiga 3000T / FreeBSD 2.1 From skang@netcom.com Sun Mar 24 17:22:00 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!netcom!skang From: skang@netcom.com (Sven Kang) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Mar24.172200.4211@netcom.com> Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 17:22:00 GMT References: <1996Mar20.120400.1732@pipeline.com> <1996Mar22.173300.7504@cmu.edu> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Mar22.173300.7504@cmu.edu>, igirard@cmu.edu (Ines Girard) writes: > She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- === Sven Kang === Dept of Electrical Engineering, NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "We don't sign stars. We build them."