From mchoi@ox.ac.uk Fri Dec 01 04:03:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!ox!mchoi From: mchoi@ox.ac.uk (Min-jun Choi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Dec01.040338.9082@ox.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 01 Dec 1995 04:03:38 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. 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. Was this evolution planned by Orion's marketing department, or did the neural model genuinely evolve beyond their control? -- Min-jun Choi Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 33,600 bps "Hold for relay." From mfischer@pacbell.net Sun Dec 03 02:08:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pacbell!mfischer From: mfischer@pacbell.net (Mateo Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Dec03.020838.3110@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 03 Dec 1995 02:08:38 GMT References: <1995Dec01.040338.9082@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Dec01.040338.9082@ox.ac.uk>, mchoi@ox.ac.uk (Min-jun Choi) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Mateo Fischer -- Pacific Bell Internet Services "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From fivanov@cam.ac.uk Mon Dec 04 02:58:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cam!fivanov From: fivanov@cam.ac.uk (Freya Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Dec04.025838.7806@cam.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 04 Dec 1995 02:58:38 GMT References: <1995Dec01.040338.9082@ox.ac.uk> <1995Dec03.020838.3110@pacbell.net> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Dec03.020838.3110@pacbell.net>, mfischer@pacbell.net (Mateo Fischer) writes: > I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. -- Freya Ivanov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From kvasiliev@kth.se Mon Dec 04 08:17:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!kvasiliev From: kvasiliev@kth.se (Katrin Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Dec04.081738.8355@kth.se> Date: Mon, 04 Dec 1995 08:17:38 GMT References: <1995Dec01.040338.9082@ox.ac.uk> <1995Dec03.020838.3110@pacbell.net> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec03.020838.3110@pacbell.net>, mfischer@pacbell.net (Mateo Fischer) writes: > I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. -- Katrin Vasiliev Zyxel U-1496E @ 9600 Telebit bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From gnilsson@cmu.edu Tue Dec 05 10:25:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cmu!gnilsson From: gnilsson@cmu.edu (Göran Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Dec05.102538.8714@cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 05 Dec 1995 10:25:38 GMT References: <1995Dec01.040338.9082@ox.ac.uk> <1995Dec03.020838.3110@pacbell.net> <1995Dec04.025838.7806@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec04.025838.7806@cam.ac.uk>, fivanov@cam.ac.uk (Freya Ivanov) writes: > She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Göran Nilsson Hayes Optima 288 @ 14,400 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."