From djohansson@earthlink.net Sun Jun 16 09:04:14 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!earthlink!djohansson From: djohansson@earthlink.net (Dave Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jun16.090414.2960@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 09:04:14 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. 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? -- Dave Johansson | djohansson@earthlink.net PGP Key fingerprint: A3D9 A3B7 BCC2 0BF0 "Keep the channels open." From dperez@cern.ch Mon Jun 17 06:17:14 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cern!dperez From: dperez@cern.ch (Diego Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jun17.061714.7378@cern.ch> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 06:17:14 GMT References: <1996Jun16.090414.2960@earthlink.net> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Jun16.090414.2960@earthlink.net>, djohansson@earthlink.net (Dave Johansson) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. > 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? -- Diego Pérez | dperez@cern.ch PGP Key fingerprint: 2574 FC5D 1019 EB73 "Keep the channels open." From hnovak@clari.net Wed Jun 19 03:20:14 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!clari!hnovak From: hnovak@clari.net (Hugo Novak) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jun19.032014.5862@clari.net> Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 03:20:14 GMT References: <1996Jun16.090414.2960@earthlink.net> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1996Jun16.090414.2960@earthlink.net>, djohansson@earthlink.net (Dave Johansson) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. > 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. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Hugo Novak Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of ClariNet Communications Corp. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mjohansson@cern.ch Wed Jun 19 12:14:14 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cern!mjohansson From: mjohansson@cern.ch (Mike Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jun19.121414.5888@cern.ch> Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 12:14:14 GMT References: <1996Jun16.090414.2960@earthlink.net> <1996Jun17.061714.7378@cern.ch> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Jun17.061714.7378@cern.ch>, dperez@cern.ch (Diego Pérez) writes: > Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. -- === Mike Johansson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "A soul is not exclusive to biology."