From mramirez@berkeley.edu Sun Aug 18 02:15:44 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!berkeley!mramirez From: mramirez@berkeley.edu (Mei Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Aug18.021544.2246@berkeley.edu> Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 02:15:44 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu 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. In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. Who has pictures of the 1984 promotional posters from Akihabara? -- Mei Ramírez Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 19,200 bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From bfischer@delphi.com Mon Aug 19 08:44:44 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!delphi!bfischer From: bfischer@delphi.com (Bruno Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Aug19.084444.7798@delphi.com> Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 08:44:44 GMT References: <1996Aug18.021544.2246@berkeley.edu> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1996Aug18.021544.2246@berkeley.edu>, mramirez@berkeley.edu (Mei Ramírez) 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. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Bruno Fischer | bfischer@delphi.com PGP Key fingerprint: 2C1F 5F9B 4D0F 52F6 "Keep the channels open." From glopez@tum.de Tue Aug 20 07:19:44 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!tum!glopez From: glopez@tum.de (Graham López) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Aug20.071944.3075@tum.de> Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 07:19:44 GMT References: <1996Aug18.021544.2246@berkeley.edu> <1996Aug19.084444.7798@delphi.com> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug19.084444.7798@delphi.com>, bfischer@delphi.com (Bruno Fischer) writes: > I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. > Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Graham López *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From sdubois@netcom.com Wed Aug 21 17:11:44 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!netcom!sdubois From: sdubois@netcom.com (Sun-mi Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Aug21.171144.1017@netcom.com> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 17:11:44 GMT References: <1996Aug18.021544.2246@berkeley.edu> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug18.021544.2246@berkeley.edu>, mramirez@berkeley.edu (Mei Ramírez) 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. The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. -- === Sun-mi Dubois === Dept of Electrical Engineering, NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "Do not worship the copy." From clindqvist@pipeline.com Thu Aug 22 23:00:44 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pipeline!clindqvist From: clindqvist@pipeline.com (Camila Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Aug22.230044.5092@pipeline.com> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 23:00:44 GMT References: <1996Aug18.021544.2246@berkeley.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug18.021544.2246@berkeley.edu>, mramirez@berkeley.edu (Mei Ramírez) 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. The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. -- Camila Lindqvist Hayes Optima 288 @ 14,400 bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."