From mnilsson@demon.co.uk Mon Sep 25 09:05:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!demon!mnilsson From: mnilsson@demon.co.uk (Marisol Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Sep25.090519.2076@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 09:05:19 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 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? -- Marisol Nilsson -- Demon Internet Services UK "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From snilsson@kiae.su Tue Sep 26 22:55:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!kiae!snilsson From: snilsson@kiae.su (Steve Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Sep26.225519.3711@kiae.su> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 22:55:19 GMT References: <1995Sep25.090519.2076@demon.co.uk> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep25.090519.2076@demon.co.uk>, mnilsson@demon.co.uk (Marisol Nilsson) 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. She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. -- Steve Nilsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From rsantos@cern.ch Thu Sep 28 11:32:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cern!rsantos From: rsantos@cern.ch (Renata Santos) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Sep28.113219.2863@cern.ch> Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 11:32:19 GMT References: <1995Sep25.090519.2076@demon.co.uk> <1995Sep26.225519.3711@kiae.su> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep26.225519.3711@kiae.su>, snilsson@kiae.su (Steve Nilsson) writes: > She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Renata Santos *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From mfournier@earthlink.net Thu Sep 28 23:58:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!earthlink!mfournier From: mfournier@earthlink.net (Mei Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Sep28.235819.4230@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 23:58:19 GMT References: <1995Sep25.090519.2076@demon.co.uk> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep25.090519.2076@demon.co.uk>, mnilsson@demon.co.uk (Marisol Nilsson) 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. -- === Mei Fournier === Dept of Electrical Engineering, EarthLink Network "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question."