From ykuznetsov@ox.ac.uk Sun Mar 17 15:33:14 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!ox!ykuznetsov From: ykuznetsov@ox.ac.uk (Yuki Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Mar17.153314.7429@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 15:33:14 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending. -- Yuki Kuznetsov "They will send a copy in my place." Acorn RiscPC 600 / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From mlee@netcom.com Tue Mar 19 04:49:14 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!netcom!mlee From: mlee@netcom.com (Mateo Lee) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Mar19.044914.3286@netcom.com> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 04:49:14 GMT References: <1996Mar17.153314.7429@ox.ac.uk> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1996Mar17.153314.7429@ox.ac.uk>, ykuznetsov@ox.ac.uk (Yuki Kuznetsov) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. -- Mateo Lee Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From lnovak@inria.fr Wed Mar 20 09:32:14 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!inria!lnovak From: lnovak@inria.fr (Lars Novak) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Mar20.093214.1620@inria.fr> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 09:32:14 GMT References: <1996Mar17.153314.7429@ox.ac.uk> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1996Mar17.153314.7429@ox.ac.uk>, ykuznetsov@ox.ac.uk (Yuki Kuznetsov) 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. -- Lars Novak -- INRIA Rocquencourt "They will send a copy in my place." From tsantos@rwth-aachen.de Fri Mar 22 07:23:14 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!rwth-aachen!tsantos From: tsantos@rwth-aachen.de (Tomas Santos) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Mar22.072314.9470@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 07:23:14 GMT References: <1996Mar17.153314.7429@ox.ac.uk> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1996Mar17.153314.7429@ox.ac.uk>, ykuznetsov@ox.ac.uk (Yuki Kuznetsov) 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. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Tomas Santos SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ ISDN 64k bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."