From ffournier@inria.fr Fri Jul 08 10:36:18 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!inria!ffournier From: ffournier@inria.fr (Freya Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jul08.103618.6714@inria.fr> Date: Fri, 08 Jul 1994 10:36:18 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr 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? 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. Who has pictures of the 1984 promotional posters from Akihabara? -- Freya Fournier US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From msilva@ox.ac.uk Fri Jul 08 17:59:18 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!ox!msilva From: msilva@ox.ac.uk (Marisol Silva) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jul08.175918.8104@ox.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 08 Jul 1994 17:59:18 GMT References: <1994Jul08.103618.6714@inria.fr> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1994Jul08.103618.6714@inria.fr>, ffournier@inria.fr (Freya 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. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Marisol Silva *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0