From thughes@titech.ac.jp Tue Feb 21 10:09:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!titech!thughes From: thughes@titech.ac.jp (Tomas Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Feb21.100903.1899@titech.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 10:09:03 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. 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? -- Tomas Hughes Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From llaurent@cam.ac.uk Tue Feb 21 11:13:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cam!llaurent From: llaurent@cam.ac.uk (Lucia Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Feb21.111303.7301@cam.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 11:13:03 GMT References: <1995Feb21.100903.1899@titech.ac.jp> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb21.100903.1899@titech.ac.jp>, thughes@titech.ac.jp (Tomas Hughes) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? > In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Lucia Laurent | llaurent@cam.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: C0C6 960B 2339 E823 "Keep the channels open." From sito@u-tokyo.ac.jp Wed Feb 22 15:28:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!u-tokyo!sito From: sito@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Sergei Ito) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Feb22.152803.2129@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 15:28:03 GMT References: <1995Feb21.100903.1899@titech.ac.jp> <1995Feb21.111303.7301@cam.ac.uk> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb21.111303.7301@cam.ac.uk>, llaurent@cam.ac.uk (Lucia Laurent) writes: > You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. -- Sergei Ito Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Tokyo Department of Information Science. ------------------------------------------------------------ From msmirnov@clari.net Thu Feb 23 12:17:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!clari!msmirnov From: msmirnov@clari.net (Marta Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Feb23.121703.4138@clari.net> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 12:17:03 GMT References: <1995Feb21.100903.1899@titech.ac.jp> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Feb21.100903.1899@titech.ac.jp>, thughes@titech.ac.jp (Tomas Hughes) 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? Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Marta Smirnov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From mrobertson@ox.ac.uk Sat Feb 25 06:17:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!ox!mrobertson From: mrobertson@ox.ac.uk (Matthias Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Feb25.061703.3452@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 25 Feb 1995 06:17:03 GMT References: <1995Feb21.100903.1899@titech.ac.jp> <1995Feb21.111303.7301@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb21.111303.7301@cam.ac.uk>, llaurent@cam.ac.uk (Lucia Laurent) writes: > You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. -- Matthias Robertson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 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