From sstewart@utexas.edu Mon Dec 04 08:02:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!utexas!sstewart From: sstewart@utexas.edu (Seo-yeon Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Dec04.080220.1788@utexas.edu> Date: Mon, 04 Dec 1995 08:02:20 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu 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? In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending. -- Seo-yeon Stewart "They will send a copy in my place." NeXTstation Turbo Color / SunOS 4.1.4 From mnakamura@rwth-aachen.de Mon Dec 04 17:04:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!rwth-aachen!mnakamura From: mnakamura@rwth-aachen.de (Min-jun Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Dec04.170420.8540@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Mon, 04 Dec 1995 17:04:20 GMT References: <1995Dec04.080220.1788@utexas.edu> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec04.080220.1788@utexas.edu>, sstewart@utexas.edu (Seo-yeon Stewart) 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. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Min-jun Nakamura Hayes Optima 288 @ 14,400 bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From fpetrov@delphi.com Wed Dec 06 14:51:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!delphi!fpetrov From: fpetrov@delphi.com (Freya Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Dec06.145120.4300@delphi.com> Date: Wed, 06 Dec 1995 14:51:20 GMT References: <1995Dec04.080220.1788@utexas.edu> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec04.080220.1788@utexas.edu>, sstewart@utexas.edu (Seo-yeon Stewart) 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. She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. -- Freya Petrov SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 28,800 bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From lpark@netcom.com Wed Dec 06 23:21:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!netcom!lpark From: lpark@netcom.com (Lars Park) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Dec06.232120.1341@netcom.com> Date: Wed, 06 Dec 1995 23:21:20 GMT References: <1995Dec04.080220.1788@utexas.edu> <1995Dec06.145120.4300@delphi.com> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec06.145120.4300@delphi.com>, fpetrov@delphi.com (Freya Petrov) writes: > She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. -- Lars Park | lpark@netcom.com PGP Key fingerprint: CA48 465F 7B78 C8F3 "Keep the channels open."