From clee@mit.edu Mon Jan 09 16:11:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!mit!clee From: clee@mit.edu (Callum Lee) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan09.161102.8932@mit.edu> Date: Mon, 09 Jan 1995 16:11:02 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending. -- === Callum Lee === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From hmacdonald@titech.ac.jp Wed Jan 11 14:29:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!titech!hmacdonald From: hmacdonald@titech.ac.jp (Hana MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan11.142902.7431@titech.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 14:29:02 GMT References: <1995Jan09.161102.8932@mit.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan09.161102.8932@mit.edu>, clee@mit.edu (Callum Lee) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. > 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. -- Hana MacDonald Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From emacdonald@delphi.com Fri Jan 13 18:15:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!delphi!emacdonald From: emacdonald@delphi.com (Élodie MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan13.181502.5236@delphi.com> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 18:15:02 GMT References: <1995Jan09.161102.8932@mit.edu> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan09.161102.8932@mit.edu>, clee@mit.edu (Callum Lee) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. -- Élodie MacDonald | emacdonald@delphi.com PGP Key fingerprint: 247E E112 D936 E522 "Keep the channels open." From otakahashi@kiae.su Sun Jan 15 05:30:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!kiae!otakahashi From: otakahashi@kiae.su (Olga Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan15.053002.5264@kiae.su> Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 05:30:02 GMT References: <1995Jan09.161102.8932@mit.edu> <1995Jan11.142902.7431@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Jan11.142902.7431@titech.ac.jp>, hmacdonald@titech.ac.jp (Hana MacDonald) writes: > The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Olga Takahashi Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From dkang@utexas.edu Tue Jan 17 07:15:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!utexas!dkang From: dkang@utexas.edu (Dong-hyun Kang) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan17.071502.3811@utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 07:15:02 GMT References: <1995Jan09.161102.8932@mit.edu> <1995Jan11.142902.7431@titech.ac.jp> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan11.142902.7431@titech.ac.jp>, hmacdonald@titech.ac.jp (Hana MacDonald) writes: > The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. -- Dong-hyun Kang Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Texas at Austin. ------------------------------------------------------------