From jsato@utexas.edu Mon Nov 27 23:14:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!utexas!jsato From: jsato@utexas.edu (Julien Sato) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Nov27.231404.5238@utexas.edu> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 23:14:04 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. Who has pictures of the 1984 promotional posters from Akihabara? -- Julien Sato *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0 From rmacdonald@utexas.edu Wed Nov 29 10:44:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!utexas!rmacdonald From: rmacdonald@utexas.edu (Rodrigo MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Nov29.104404.4032@utexas.edu> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 10:44:04 GMT References: <1995Nov27.231404.5238@utexas.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Nov27.231404.5238@utexas.edu>, jsato@utexas.edu (Julien Sato) 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? PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- === Rodrigo MacDonald === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From mokonkwo@illinois.edu Thu Nov 30 07:00:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!illinois!mokonkwo From: mokonkwo@illinois.edu (Marta Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Nov30.070004.7814@illinois.edu> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 07:00:04 GMT References: <1995Nov27.231404.5238@utexas.edu> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov27.231404.5238@utexas.edu>, jsato@utexas.edu (Julien Sato) 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 Okonkwo Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From nmuller@delphi.com Thu Nov 30 21:39:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!delphi!nmuller From: nmuller@delphi.com (Nadia Müller) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Nov30.213904.5959@delphi.com> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 21:39:04 GMT References: <1995Nov27.231404.5238@utexas.edu> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov27.231404.5238@utexas.edu>, jsato@utexas.edu (Julien Sato) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Nadia Müller Zyxel U-1496E @ 33,600 bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From ffischer@tum.de Sat Dec 02 06:10:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!tum!ffischer From: ffischer@tum.de (Freya Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Dec02.061004.8759@tum.de> Date: Sat, 02 Dec 1995 06:10:04 GMT References: <1995Nov27.231404.5238@utexas.edu> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov27.231404.5238@utexas.edu>, jsato@utexas.edu (Julien Sato) 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. -- Freya Fischer | ffischer@tum.de PGP Key fingerprint: 3AFF 8D07 F295 C118 "Keep the channels open."