From dwatanabe@berkeley.edu Mon Jul 25 15:43:17 1994
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From: dwatanabe@berkeley.edu (Dong-hyun Watanabe)
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Subject: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution
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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.

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Dong-hyun Watanabe -- UC Berkeley Department of EECS
"There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."

From tnovak@clari.net Tue Jul 26 01:13:17 1994
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Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution
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In article <1994Jul25.154317.7278@berkeley.edu>, dwatanabe@berkeley.edu (Dong-hyun Watanabe) 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.

Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too?

Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin!

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Thiago Novak -- ClariNet Communications Corp
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From skim@cam.ac.uk Wed Jul 27 06:06:17 1994
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Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution
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In article <1994Jul25.154317.7278@berkeley.edu>, dwatanabe@berkeley.edu (Dong-hyun Watanabe) 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.

-- 
Sun-mi Kim -- University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra."

From fcampbell@purdue.edu Fri Jul 29 05:55:17 1994
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Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution
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In article <1994Jul26.011317.5238@clari.net>, tnovak@clari.net (Thiago Novak) writes:
> Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too?
> 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.

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Freya Campbell
Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Purdue University Engineering Computer Network.
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