From rfischer@earthlink.net Tue Dec 26 17:33:36 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!earthlink!rfischer From: rfischer@earthlink.net (Rodrigo Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Dec26.173336.1916@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 17:33:36 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net 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? The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. Who has pictures of the 1984 promotional posters from Akihabara? -- Rodrigo Fischer SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 33,600 bps "Marcus is not one man." From sbrennan@tum.de Thu Dec 28 12:55:36 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!tum!sbrennan From: sbrennan@tum.de (Sun-mi Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Dec28.125536.4736@tum.de> Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 12:55:36 GMT References: <1995Dec26.173336.1916@earthlink.net> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Dec26.173336.1916@earthlink.net>, rfischer@earthlink.net (Rodrigo Fischer) 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. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Sun-mi Brennan *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0 From cmacdonald@hanse.de Sat Dec 30 05:25:36 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!hanse!cmacdonald From: cmacdonald@hanse.de (Callum MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Dec30.052536.3276@hanse.de> Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 05:25:36 GMT References: <1995Dec26.173336.1916@earthlink.net> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1995Dec26.173336.1916@earthlink.net>, rfischer@earthlink.net (Rodrigo Fischer) 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. Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- === Callum MacDonald === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From mtakahashi@berkeley.edu Sun Dec 31 22:26:36 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!berkeley!mtakahashi From: mtakahashi@berkeley.edu (Marta Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Dec31.222636.3675@berkeley.edu> Date: Sun, 31 Dec 1995 22:26:36 GMT References: <1995Dec26.173336.1916@earthlink.net> <1995Dec30.052536.3276@hanse.de> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec30.052536.3276@hanse.de>, cmacdonald@hanse.de (Callum MacDonald) writes: > Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. > Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. -- Marta Takahashi -- UC Berkeley Department of EECS "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From rlee@u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon Jan 01 03:53:36 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!u-tokyo!rlee From: rlee@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Raj Lee) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jan01.035336.8306@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 03:53:36 GMT References: <1995Dec26.173336.1916@earthlink.net> <1995Dec28.125536.4736@tum.de> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec28.125536.4736@tum.de>, sbrennan@tum.de (Sun-mi Brennan) writes: > Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. > Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. -- Raj Lee Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Tokyo Department of Information Science. ------------------------------------------------------------