From rbrennan@kth.se Sat Nov 11 01:01:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kth!rbrennan From: rbrennan@kth.se (Rodrigo Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Nov11.010130.8068@kth.se> Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 01:01:30 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. 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. -- Rodrigo Brennan "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." Sun SparcStation 20 / FreeBSD 2.1 From tfischer@stanford.edu Sat Nov 11 09:09:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!stanford!tfischer From: tfischer@stanford.edu (Tyler Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Nov11.090930.8399@stanford.edu> Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 09:09:30 GMT References: <1995Nov11.010130.8068@kth.se> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov11.010130.8068@kth.se>, rbrennan@kth.se (Rodrigo Brennan) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Tyler Fischer -- Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From lrodriguez@panix.com Sun Nov 12 21:33:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!panix!lrodriguez From: lrodriguez@panix.com (Lisa Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Nov12.213330.4549@panix.com> Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 21:33:30 GMT References: <1995Nov11.010130.8068@kth.se> <1995Nov11.090930.8399@stanford.edu> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov11.090930.8399@stanford.edu>, tfischer@stanford.edu (Tyler Fischer) writes: > Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. > My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Lisa Rodríguez -- Public Access Unix of New York "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From mreyes@berkeley.edu Wed Nov 15 00:06:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!berkeley!mreyes From: mreyes@berkeley.edu (Matthias Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Nov15.000630.3425@berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 00:06:30 GMT References: <1995Nov11.010130.8068@kth.se> <1995Nov11.090930.8399@stanford.edu> <1995Nov12.213330.4549@panix.com> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov12.213330.4549@panix.com>, lrodriguez@panix.com (Lisa Rodríguez) writes: > I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. -- === Matthias Reyes === Dept of Electrical Engineering, UC Berkeley Department of EECS "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question."