From dmacdonald@illinois.edu Thu Sep 01 06:35:35 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!illinois!dmacdonald From: dmacdonald@illinois.edu (Dmitri MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Sep01.063535.1418@illinois.edu> Date: Thu, 01 Sep 1994 06:35:35 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.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? 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. I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending. -- Dmitri MacDonald Zyxel U-1496E @ 9600 Telebit bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From dsilva@ox.ac.uk Fri Sep 02 00:59:35 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!ox!dsilva From: dsilva@ox.ac.uk (Dave Silva) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Sep02.005935.4740@ox.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 02 Sep 1994 00:59:35 GMT References: <1994Sep01.063535.1418@illinois.edu> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1994Sep01.063535.1418@illinois.edu>, dmacdonald@illinois.edu (Dmitri MacDonald) 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. Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Dave Silva *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From djohansson@kiae.su Fri Sep 02 20:17:35 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kiae!djohansson From: djohansson@kiae.su (Dong-hyun Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Sep02.201735.2666@kiae.su> Date: Fri, 02 Sep 1994 20:17:35 GMT References: <1994Sep01.063535.1418@illinois.edu> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Sep01.063535.1418@illinois.edu>, dmacdonald@illinois.edu (Dmitri MacDonald) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? -- Dong-hyun Johansson Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."