From mandersson@u-tokyo.ac.jp Tue Mar 22 22:38:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!u-tokyo!mandersson From: mandersson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Matthias Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Mar22.223833.6518@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 22 Mar 1994 22:38:33 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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. Who has pictures of the 1984 promotional posters from Akihabara? -- Matthias Andersson Zyxel U-1496E @ ISDN 64k bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From rmoreno@mit.edu Thu Mar 24 01:27:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!mit!rmoreno From: rmoreno@mit.edu (Rodrigo Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Mar24.012733.8837@mit.edu> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 1994 01:27:33 GMT References: <1994Mar22.223833.6518@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar22.223833.6518@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, mandersson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Matthias Andersson) 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. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Rodrigo Moreno -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From jhughes@berkeley.edu Sat Mar 26 05:22:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!berkeley!jhughes From: jhughes@berkeley.edu (Ji-woo Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Mar26.052233.6391@berkeley.edu> Date: Sat, 26 Mar 1994 05:22:33 GMT References: <1994Mar22.223833.6518@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1994Mar24.012733.8837@mit.edu> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1994Mar24.012733.8837@mit.edu>, rmoreno@mit.edu (Rodrigo Moreno) writes: > You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Ji-woo Hughes Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.