From amacdonald@earthlink.net Tue Oct 15 13:23:50 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!earthlink!amacdonald From: amacdonald@earthlink.net (Andrei MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Oct15.132350.5366@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 13:23:50 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. 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. -- Andrei MacDonald Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From nivanov@hanse.de Tue Oct 15 14:19:50 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!hanse!nivanov From: nivanov@hanse.de (Nadia Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Oct15.141950.9659@hanse.de> Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 14:19:50 GMT References: <1996Oct15.132350.5366@earthlink.net> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Oct15.132350.5366@earthlink.net>, amacdonald@earthlink.net (Andrei MacDonald) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. > Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Nadia Ivanov | nivanov@hanse.de PGP Key fingerprint: 5012 2740 9CAC F5BD "Keep the channels open." From msantos@clari.net Wed Oct 16 18:35:50 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!clari!msantos From: msantos@clari.net (Min-jun Santos) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Oct16.183550.9458@clari.net> Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 18:35:50 GMT References: <1996Oct15.132350.5366@earthlink.net> <1996Oct15.141950.9659@hanse.de> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Oct15.141950.9659@hanse.de>, nivanov@hanse.de (Nadia Ivanov) writes: > Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Min-jun Santos "Row 14. No joke." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From lkim@kth.se Fri Oct 18 01:41:50 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!lkim From: lkim@kth.se (Liam Kim) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Oct18.014150.6255@kth.se> Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 01:41:50 GMT References: <1996Oct15.132350.5366@earthlink.net> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1996Oct15.132350.5366@earthlink.net>, amacdonald@earthlink.net (Andrei MacDonald) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. > Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Liam Kim *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0