From iivanov@cam.ac.uk Sun Jul 17 13:01:46 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cam!iivanov From: iivanov@cam.ac.uk (Ines Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jul17.130146.1513@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 17 Jul 1994 13:01:46 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk 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. The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. Who has pictures of the 1984 promotional posters from Akihabara? -- Ines Ivanov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0 From mduarte@purdue.edu Mon Jul 18 10:16:46 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!purdue!mduarte From: mduarte@purdue.edu (Mike Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jul18.101646.9854@purdue.edu> Date: Mon, 18 Jul 1994 10:16:46 GMT References: <1994Jul17.130146.1513@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994Jul17.130146.1513@cam.ac.uk>, iivanov@cam.ac.uk (Ines Ivanov) 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? Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Mike Duarte Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 14,400 bps "Do not worship the copy."