From lsantos@mit.edu Wed Jul 24 07:10:10 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mit!lsantos From: lsantos@mit.edu (Lisa Santos) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jul24.071010.1926@mit.edu> Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 07:10:10 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu 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. By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. Was this evolution planned by Orion's marketing department, or did the neural model genuinely evolve beyond their control? -- Lisa Santos Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 33,600 bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From lpark@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Jul 25 10:27:10 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!u-tokyo!lpark From: lpark@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Lisa Park) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jul25.102710.4657@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 10:27:10 GMT References: <1996Jul24.071010.1926@mit.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Jul24.071010.1926@mit.edu>, lsantos@mit.edu (Lisa Santos) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Lisa Park Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ssato@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Jul 25 17:15:10 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!u-tokyo!ssato From: ssato@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Steve Sato) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jul25.171510.2066@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 17:15:10 GMT References: <1996Jul24.071010.1926@mit.edu> <1996Jul25.102710.4657@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Jul25.102710.4657@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, lpark@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Lisa Park) writes: > Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. > Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. -- Steve Sato Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Tokyo Department of Information Science. ------------------------------------------------------------ From lweber@pacbell.net Thu Jul 25 19:05:10 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!pacbell!lweber From: lweber@pacbell.net (Lars Weber) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jul25.190510.2993@pacbell.net> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 19:05:10 GMT References: <1996Jul24.071010.1926@mit.edu> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Jul24.071010.1926@mit.edu>, lsantos@mit.edu (Lisa Santos) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. > 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. -- Lars Weber *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0