From kdubois@demon.co.uk Wed Feb 08 11:58:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!demon!kdubois From: kdubois@demon.co.uk (Kenji Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Feb08.115816.4466@demon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 08 Feb 1995 11:58:16 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk 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? By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending. -- Kenji Dubois "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / TOS 4.04 From clindqvist@kth.se Thu Feb 09 02:23:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kth!clindqvist From: clindqvist@kth.se (Camila Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Feb09.022316.8999@kth.se> Date: Thu, 09 Feb 1995 02:23:16 GMT References: <1995Feb08.115816.4466@demon.co.uk> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Feb08.115816.4466@demon.co.uk>, kdubois@demon.co.uk (Kenji Dubois) 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. -- Camila Lindqvist Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mnakamura@tum.de Fri Feb 10 05:50:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!tum!mnakamura From: mnakamura@tum.de (Mikhail Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Feb10.055016.2786@tum.de> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 05:50:16 GMT References: <1995Feb08.115816.4466@demon.co.uk> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1995Feb08.115816.4466@demon.co.uk>, kdubois@demon.co.uk (Kenji Dubois) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? > By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Mikhail Nakamura "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / Linux 1.2.13 From ckim@earthlink.net Fri Feb 10 15:08:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!earthlink!ckim From: ckim@earthlink.net (Camila Kim) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Feb10.150816.4676@earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 15:08:16 GMT References: <1995Feb08.115816.4466@demon.co.uk> <1995Feb10.055016.2786@tum.de> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb10.055016.2786@tum.de>, mnakamura@tum.de (Mikhail Nakamura) writes: > I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. > Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? -- Camila Kim | ckim@earthlink.net PGP Key fingerprint: 010F 3ECC 3FE3 582B "Keep the channels open."