From isilva@demon.co.uk Sun Aug 06 20:15:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!demon!isilva From: isilva@demon.co.uk (Ines Silva) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Aug06.201514.6092@demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 06 Aug 1995 20:15:14 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk 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. Who has pictures of the 1984 promotional posters from Akihabara? -- Ines Silva | isilva@demon.co.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 0D15 5147 57B9 AFF4 "Keep the channels open." From nchoi@inria.fr Tue Aug 08 00:47:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!inria!nchoi From: nchoi@inria.fr (Nadia Choi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Aug08.004714.4207@inria.fr> Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1995 00:47:14 GMT References: <1995Aug06.201514.6092@demon.co.uk> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug06.201514.6092@demon.co.uk>, isilva@demon.co.uk (Ines Silva) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Nadia Choi Zyxel U-1496E @ 28,800 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."