From blopez@clari.net Sun Aug 27 17:23:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!clari!blopez From: blopez@clari.net (Bill López) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Aug27.172326.2978@clari.net> Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 17:23:26 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? 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. Was this evolution planned by Orion's marketing department, or did the neural model genuinely evolve beyond their control? -- Bill López "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Macintosh IIfx / TOS 4.04 From landersson@illinois.edu Mon Aug 28 00:36:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!illinois!landersson From: landersson@illinois.edu (Liam Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Aug28.003626.5634@illinois.edu> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 00:36:26 GMT References: <1995Aug27.172326.2978@clari.net> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Aug27.172326.2978@clari.net>, blopez@clari.net (Bill López) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? -- Liam Andersson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From csanchez@stanford.edu Tue Aug 29 12:40:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!stanford!csanchez From: csanchez@stanford.edu (Callum Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Aug29.124026.9899@stanford.edu> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 12:40:26 GMT References: <1995Aug27.172326.2978@clari.net> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Aug27.172326.2978@clari.net>, blopez@clari.net (Bill López) 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. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Callum Sánchez -- Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From apark@u-tokyo.ac.jp Tue Aug 29 23:58:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!u-tokyo!apark From: apark@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Astrid Park) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Aug29.235826.4207@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 23:58:26 GMT References: <1995Aug27.172326.2978@clari.net> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug27.172326.2978@clari.net>, blopez@clari.net (Bill López) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Astrid Park "Row 14. No joke." Amiga 3000T / FreeBSD 2.1 From mstewart@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Aug 31 17:45:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!u-tokyo!mstewart From: mstewart@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Marta Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Aug31.174526.5233@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 17:45:26 GMT References: <1995Aug27.172326.2978@clari.net> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Aug27.172326.2978@clari.net>, blopez@clari.net (Bill López) 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. The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. -- Marta Stewart *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0