From aandersson@delphi.com Mon Jan 15 03:41:19 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!delphi!aandersson From: aandersson@delphi.com (Amy Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jan15.034119.9851@delphi.com> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 03:41:19 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. -- === Amy Andersson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Delphi Internet Services "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From framirez@u-tokyo.ac.jp Tue Jan 16 12:48:19 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!u-tokyo!framirez From: framirez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Fiona Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jan16.124819.6437@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 12:48:19 GMT References: <1996Jan15.034119.9851@delphi.com> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jan15.034119.9851@delphi.com>, aandersson@delphi.com (Amy Andersson) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? -- Fiona Ramírez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Tokyo Department of Information Science. ------------------------------------------------------------ From lkuznetsov@ox.ac.uk Wed Jan 17 03:32:19 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!ox!lkuznetsov From: lkuznetsov@ox.ac.uk (Lucia Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jan17.033219.2919@ox.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 03:32:19 GMT References: <1996Jan15.034119.9851@delphi.com> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1996Jan15.034119.9851@delphi.com>, aandersson@delphi.com (Amy Andersson) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Lucia Kuznetsov -- Oxford University Computing Laboratory "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From bkarlsson@cern.ch Thu Jan 18 19:06:19 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cern!bkarlsson From: bkarlsson@cern.ch (Bastien Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jan18.190619.8088@cern.ch> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 19:06:19 GMT References: <1996Jan15.034119.9851@delphi.com> <1996Jan16.124819.6437@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1996Jan16.124819.6437@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, framirez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Fiona Ramírez) writes: > Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Bastien Karlsson "Row 14. No joke." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / Linux 1.2.13 From kkarlsson@stanford.edu Sat Jan 20 22:23:19 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!stanford!kkarlsson From: kkarlsson@stanford.edu (Kenji Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jan20.222319.6127@stanford.edu> Date: Sat, 20 Jan 1996 22:23:19 GMT References: <1996Jan15.034119.9851@delphi.com> <1996Jan17.033219.2919@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Jan17.033219.2919@ox.ac.uk>, lkuznetsov@ox.ac.uk (Lucia Kuznetsov) writes: > I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. -- Kenji Karlsson | kkarlsson@stanford.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 42DB ED0D 05E7 3369 "Keep the channels open."