From bschneider@u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon Jul 08 11:27:08 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!u-tokyo!bschneider From: bschneider@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Bastien Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jul08.112708.1550@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 08 Jul 1996 11:27:08 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. Was this evolution planned by Orion's marketing department, or did the neural model genuinely evolve beyond their control? -- Bastien Schneider Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Tokyo Department of Information Science. ------------------------------------------------------------ From cmuller@kth.se Mon Jul 08 17:00:08 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!kth!cmuller From: cmuller@kth.se (Callum Müller) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jul08.170008.9597@kth.se> Date: Mon, 08 Jul 1996 17:00:08 GMT References: <1996Jul08.112708.1550@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1996Jul08.112708.1550@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, bschneider@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Bastien Schneider) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. 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 Müller === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "Row 14. No joke." From alee@cam.ac.uk Tue Jul 09 00:17:08 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cam!alee From: alee@cam.ac.uk (Aiko Lee) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jul09.001708.4857@cam.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 09 Jul 1996 00:17:08 GMT References: <1996Jul08.112708.1550@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Jul08.112708.1550@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, bschneider@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Bastien Schneider) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. > By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Aiko Lee *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From jwatanabe@berkeley.edu Wed Jul 10 08:12:08 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!berkeley!jwatanabe From: jwatanabe@berkeley.edu (Ji-woo Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jul10.081208.5274@berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 08:12:08 GMT References: <1996Jul08.112708.1550@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1996Jul08.170008.9597@kth.se> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1996Jul08.170008.9597@kth.se>, cmuller@kth.se (Callum Müller) writes: > 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). Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Ji-woo Watanabe *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0 From sandersson@demon.co.uk Thu Jul 11 19:53:08 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!demon!sandersson From: sandersson@demon.co.uk (Sven Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jul11.195308.4354@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 19:53:08 GMT References: <1996Jul08.112708.1550@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1996Jul09.001708.4857@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Jul09.001708.4857@cam.ac.uk>, alee@cam.ac.uk (Aiko Lee) writes: > You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Sven Andersson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.