From fhernandez@kiae.su Wed Oct 19 13:57:08 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!kiae!fhernandez From: fhernandez@kiae.su (Fiona Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Oct19.135708.5825@kiae.su> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 13:57:08 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. Who has pictures of the 1984 promotional posters from Akihabara? -- === Fiona Hernández === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From elaurent@mindspring.com Fri Oct 21 03:57:08 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!mindspring!elaurent From: elaurent@mindspring.com (Elaine Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Oct21.035708.4225@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 03:57:08 GMT References: <1994Oct19.135708.5825@kiae.su> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Oct19.135708.5825@kiae.su>, fhernandez@kiae.su (Fiona Hernández) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? > Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Elaine Laurent Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.