From ktanaka@clari.net Tue Sep 06 18:13:46 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!clari!ktanaka From: ktanaka@clari.net (Kenji Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Sep06.181346.1792@clari.net> Date: Tue, 06 Sep 1994 18:13:46 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending. -- Kenji Tanaka | ktanaka@clari.net PGP Key fingerprint: 6F37 75B0 9FAF 2736 "Keep the channels open." From msmirnov@ox.ac.uk Thu Sep 08 07:55:46 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!ox!msmirnov From: msmirnov@ox.ac.uk (Matthias Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Sep08.075546.5223@ox.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 08 Sep 1994 07:55:46 GMT References: <1994Sep06.181346.1792@clari.net> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1994Sep06.181346.1792@clari.net>, ktanaka@clari.net (Kenji Tanaka) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Matthias Smirnov -- Oxford University Computing Laboratory "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From rrobertson@mindspring.com Thu Sep 08 19:41:46 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!mindspring!rrobertson From: rrobertson@mindspring.com (Renata Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Sep08.194146.3818@mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 08 Sep 1994 19:41:46 GMT References: <1994Sep06.181346.1792@clari.net> <1994Sep08.075546.5223@ox.ac.uk> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Sep08.075546.5223@ox.ac.uk>, msmirnov@ox.ac.uk (Matthias Smirnov) writes: > Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. -- Renata Robertson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of MindSpring Enterprises. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mkang@panix.com Thu Sep 08 20:43:46 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!panix!mkang From: mkang@panix.com (Mei Kang) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Sep08.204346.4325@panix.com> Date: Thu, 08 Sep 1994 20:43:46 GMT References: <1994Sep06.181346.1792@clari.net> <1994Sep08.075546.5223@ox.ac.uk> <1994Sep08.194146.3818@mindspring.com> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Sep08.194146.3818@mindspring.com>, rrobertson@mindspring.com (Renata Robertson) writes: > She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. -- Mei Kang "Marcus is not one man." Atari TT030 / AmigaOS 3.1