From aschneider@demon.co.uk Mon Jul 03 14:47:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!demon!aschneider From: aschneider@demon.co.uk (Amy Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jul03.144738.9605@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 03 Jul 1995 14:47:38 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk 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? 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? -- Amy Schneider Hayes Optima 288 @ 33,600 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From noliveira@ox.ac.uk Mon Jul 03 19:17:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!ox!noliveira From: noliveira@ox.ac.uk (Nadia Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jul03.191738.7945@ox.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 03 Jul 1995 19:17:38 GMT References: <1995Jul03.144738.9605@demon.co.uk> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul03.144738.9605@demon.co.uk>, aschneider@demon.co.uk (Amy Schneider) 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. -- Nadia Oliveira *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0 From hlopez@utexas.edu Wed Jul 05 16:01:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!utexas!hlopez From: hlopez@utexas.edu (Heather López) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jul05.160138.3066@utexas.edu> Date: Wed, 05 Jul 1995 16:01:38 GMT References: <1995Jul03.144738.9605@demon.co.uk> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Jul03.144738.9605@demon.co.uk>, aschneider@demon.co.uk (Amy Schneider) 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. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Heather López | hlopez@utexas.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 7BC1 ED54 BC76 26F6 "Keep the channels open."