From bsilva@panix.com Sat Nov 12 14:37:02 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!panix!bsilva From: bsilva@panix.com (Bastien Silva) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Nov12.143702.4957@panix.com> Date: Sat, 12 Nov 1994 14:37:02 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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. Who has pictures of the 1984 promotional posters from Akihabara? -- Bastien Silva SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 19,200 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From mkim@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun Nov 13 18:02:02 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!u-tokyo!mkim From: mkim@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Mathieu Kim) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Nov13.180202.5903@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 13 Nov 1994 18:02:02 GMT References: <1994Nov12.143702.4957@panix.com> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov12.143702.4957@panix.com>, bsilva@panix.com (Bastien Silva) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. -- Mathieu Kim | mkim@u-tokyo.ac.jp PGP Key fingerprint: 5E98 93CC AF6C 08F4 "Keep the channels open." From dperez@unam.mx Mon Nov 14 04:11:02 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!unam!dperez From: dperez@unam.mx (Dmitri Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Nov14.041102.8747@unam.mx> Date: Mon, 14 Nov 1994 04:11:02 GMT References: <1994Nov12.143702.4957@panix.com> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1994Nov12.143702.4957@panix.com>, bsilva@panix.com (Bastien Silva) 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. -- Dmitri Pérez -- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From mstewart@ox.ac.uk Wed Nov 16 01:57:02 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!ox!mstewart From: mstewart@ox.ac.uk (Mateo Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Nov16.015702.3054@ox.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 01:57:02 GMT References: <1994Nov12.143702.4957@panix.com> <1994Nov14.041102.8747@unam.mx> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov14.041102.8747@unam.mx>, dperez@unam.mx (Dmitri Pérez) 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. -- Mateo Stewart *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0