From cnilsson@mindspring.com Thu Nov 24 08:01:11 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!mindspring!cnilsson From: cnilsson@mindspring.com (Callum Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Nov24.080111.2183@mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 24 Nov 1994 08:01:11 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? 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. -- === Callum Nilsson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, MindSpring Enterprises "Marcus is not one man." From agirard@titech.ac.jp Thu Nov 24 16:44:11 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!titech!agirard From: agirard@titech.ac.jp (Amy Girard) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Nov24.164411.4824@titech.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 24 Nov 1994 16:44:11 GMT References: <1994Nov24.080111.2183@mindspring.com> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1994Nov24.080111.2183@mindspring.com>, cnilsson@mindspring.com (Callum Nilsson) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Amy Girard *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0 From mtakahashi@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sat Nov 26 18:44:11 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!u-tokyo!mtakahashi From: mtakahashi@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Matthias Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Nov26.184411.7651@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 1994 18:44:11 GMT References: <1994Nov24.080111.2183@mindspring.com> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Nov24.080111.2183@mindspring.com>, cnilsson@mindspring.com (Callum Nilsson) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? > By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Matthias Takahashi Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ ISDN 64k bps "Marcus is not one man." From afournier@rwth-aachen.de Sun Nov 27 19:12:11 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!rwth-aachen!afournier From: afournier@rwth-aachen.de (Amy Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Nov27.191211.9374@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sun, 27 Nov 1994 19:12:11 GMT References: <1994Nov24.080111.2183@mindspring.com> <1994Nov24.164411.4824@titech.ac.jp> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov24.164411.4824@titech.ac.jp>, agirard@titech.ac.jp (Amy Girard) writes: > The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Amy Fournier Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of RWTH Aachen Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------