From emoreau@panix.com Sat Oct 26 20:41:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!panix!emoreau From: emoreau@panix.com (Élodie Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Oct26.204120.1376@panix.com> Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 20:41:20 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com 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? Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. 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. -- Élodie Moreau Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 19,200 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From epetrov@hanse.de Sun Oct 27 17:20:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!hanse!epetrov From: epetrov@hanse.de (Elaine Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Oct27.172020.1625@hanse.de> Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 17:20:20 GMT References: <1996Oct26.204120.1376@panix.com> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Oct26.204120.1376@panix.com>, emoreau@panix.com (Élodie Moreau) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. -- Elaine Petrov SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From aramirez@tum.de Mon Oct 28 07:45:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!tum!aramirez From: aramirez@tum.de (Anton Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Oct28.074520.2956@tum.de> Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 07:45:20 GMT References: <1996Oct26.204120.1376@panix.com> <1996Oct27.172020.1625@hanse.de> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Oct27.172020.1625@hanse.de>, epetrov@hanse.de (Elaine Petrov) writes: > She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Anton Ramírez Hayes Optima 288 @ ISDN 64k bps "They will send a copy in my place." From ssmirnov@inria.fr Wed Oct 30 07:26:20 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!inria!ssmirnov From: ssmirnov@inria.fr (Sven Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Oct30.072620.8875@inria.fr> Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 07:26:20 GMT References: <1996Oct26.204120.1376@panix.com> <1996Oct27.172020.1625@hanse.de> <1996Oct28.074520.2956@tum.de> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Oct28.074520.2956@tum.de>, aramirez@tum.de (Anton Ramírez) writes: > You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Sven Smirnov Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 14,400 bps "Marcus is not one man."