From lfournier@rwth-aachen.de Sun Sep 15 14:24:09 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!rwth-aachen!lfournier From: lfournier@rwth-aachen.de (Liam Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Sep15.142409.8818@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 14:24:09 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 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. I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending. -- Liam Fournier -- RWTH Aachen Informatik "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From jrobertson@cmu.edu Tue Sep 17 03:38:09 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cmu!jrobertson From: jrobertson@cmu.edu (Joachim Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Sep17.033809.3239@cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 03:38:09 GMT References: <1996Sep15.142409.8818@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1996Sep15.142409.8818@rwth-aachen.de>, lfournier@rwth-aachen.de (Liam Fournier) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. -- Joachim Robertson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From skang@cern.ch Tue Sep 17 23:03:09 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cern!skang From: skang@cern.ch (Steve Kang) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Sep17.230309.8421@cern.ch> Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 23:03:09 GMT References: <1996Sep15.142409.8818@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1996Sep15.142409.8818@rwth-aachen.de>, lfournier@rwth-aachen.de (Liam Fournier) writes: > 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. Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Steve Kang "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." Decstation 5000/200 / Linux 1.2.13