From ejohansson@utexas.edu Thu Feb 08 14:36:35 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!utexas!ejohansson From: ejohansson@utexas.edu (Emi Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Feb08.143635.6747@utexas.edu> Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 14:36:35 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? 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. Who has pictures of the 1984 promotional posters from Akihabara? -- Emi Johansson "They will send a copy in my place." NeXTstation Turbo Color / FreeBSD 2.1 From mtakahashi@pacbell.net Sat Feb 10 04:13:35 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pacbell!mtakahashi From: mtakahashi@pacbell.net (Mei Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Feb10.041335.8582@pacbell.net> Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 04:13:35 GMT References: <1996Feb08.143635.6747@utexas.edu> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb08.143635.6747@utexas.edu>, ejohansson@utexas.edu (Emi Johansson) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. -- Mei Takahashi Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Pacific Bell Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From dkuznetsov@pacbell.net Sun Feb 11 11:19:35 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!pacbell!dkuznetsov From: dkuznetsov@pacbell.net (Dave Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Feb11.111935.9647@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 11:19:35 GMT References: <1996Feb08.143635.6747@utexas.edu> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb08.143635.6747@utexas.edu>, ejohansson@utexas.edu (Emi Johansson) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. -- Dave Kuznetsov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0