From eduarte@pacbell.net Sat Oct 07 15:43:42 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!pacbell!eduarte From: eduarte@pacbell.net (Emi Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Oct07.154342.8457@pacbell.net> Date: Sat, 07 Oct 1995 15:43:42 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending. -- Emi Duarte Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Pacific Bell Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From nrodriguez@kth.se Sun Oct 08 06:34:42 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kth!nrodriguez From: nrodriguez@kth.se (Nadine Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Oct08.063442.1459@kth.se> Date: Sun, 08 Oct 1995 06:34:42 GMT References: <1995Oct07.154342.8457@pacbell.net> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct07.154342.8457@pacbell.net>, eduarte@pacbell.net (Emi Duarte) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? > The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. -- === Nadine Rodríguez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "Do not worship the copy." From bmoreno@illinois.edu Sun Oct 08 17:47:42 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!illinois!bmoreno From: bmoreno@illinois.edu (Brian Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Oct08.174742.7364@illinois.edu> Date: Sun, 08 Oct 1995 17:47:42 GMT References: <1995Oct07.154342.8457@pacbell.net> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct07.154342.8457@pacbell.net>, eduarte@pacbell.net (Emi Duarte) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. -- Brian Moreno Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. ------------------------------------------------------------ From tgarcia@mit.edu Mon Oct 09 21:07:42 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mit!tgarcia From: tgarcia@mit.edu (Tomas García) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Oct09.210742.5039@mit.edu> Date: Mon, 09 Oct 1995 21:07:42 GMT References: <1995Oct07.154342.8457@pacbell.net> <1995Oct08.174742.7364@illinois.edu> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Oct08.174742.7364@illinois.edu>, bmoreno@illinois.edu (Brian Moreno) writes: > She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Tomas García Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From nmartinez@stanford.edu Wed Oct 11 12:07:42 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!stanford!nmartinez From: nmartinez@stanford.edu (Nadia Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Oct11.120742.4084@stanford.edu> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 12:07:42 GMT References: <1995Oct07.154342.8457@pacbell.net> <1995Oct08.174742.7364@illinois.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct08.174742.7364@illinois.edu>, bmoreno@illinois.edu (Brian Moreno) writes: > She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? -- Nadia Martínez US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 28,800 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."