From bsilva@mit.edu Mon Mar 21 23:52:53 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mit!bsilva From: bsilva@mit.edu (Brian Silva) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Mar21.235253.4186@mit.edu> Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 23:52:53 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? 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. -- Brian Silva "Row 14. No joke." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / AmigaOS 3.1 From clopez@netcom.com Wed Mar 23 22:47:53 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!netcom!clopez From: clopez@netcom.com (Callum López) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Mar23.224753.1898@netcom.com> Date: Wed, 23 Mar 1994 22:47:53 GMT References: <1994Mar21.235253.4186@mit.edu> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Mar21.235253.4186@mit.edu>, bsilva@mit.edu (Brian Silva) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? > The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Callum López *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From jchoi@ox.ac.uk Thu Mar 24 15:00:53 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!ox!jchoi From: jchoi@ox.ac.uk (Jens Choi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Mar24.150053.1684@ox.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 1994 15:00:53 GMT References: <1994Mar21.235253.4186@mit.edu> <1994Mar23.224753.1898@netcom.com> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1994Mar23.224753.1898@netcom.com>, clopez@netcom.com (Callum López) writes: > Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- === Jens Choi === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Oxford University Computing Laboratory "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From arobertson@kth.se Fri Mar 25 01:02:53 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kth!arobertson From: arobertson@kth.se (Aiko Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Mar25.010253.3508@kth.se> Date: Fri, 25 Mar 1994 01:02:53 GMT References: <1994Mar21.235253.4186@mit.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1994Mar21.235253.4186@mit.edu>, bsilva@mit.edu (Brian Silva) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Aiko Robertson -- Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "Row 14. No joke."