From kmacdonald@panix.com Wed Oct 09 05:31:28 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!panix!kmacdonald From: kmacdonald@panix.com (Kirsty MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Oct09.053128.8127@panix.com> Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 05:31:28 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending. -- Kirsty MacDonald -- Public Access Unix of New York "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From lsuzuki@uu.net Thu Oct 10 02:21:28 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!uu!lsuzuki From: lsuzuki@uu.net (Lisa Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Oct10.022128.2505@uu.net> Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 02:21:28 GMT References: <1996Oct09.053128.8127@panix.com> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Oct09.053128.8127@panix.com>, kmacdonald@panix.com (Kirsty MacDonald) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. -- Lisa Suzuki Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA. ------------------------------------------------------------ From ltanaka@pipeline.com Fri Oct 11 19:35:28 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pipeline!ltanaka From: ltanaka@pipeline.com (Lars Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Oct11.193528.9117@pipeline.com> Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 19:35:28 GMT References: <1996Oct09.053128.8127@panix.com> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Oct09.053128.8127@panix.com>, kmacdonald@panix.com (Kirsty MacDonald) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Lars Tanaka "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / FreeBSD 2.1