From smoreau@mindspring.com Sun Jul 09 16:06:56 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mindspring!smoreau From: smoreau@mindspring.com (Sven Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jul09.160656.2520@mindspring.com> Date: Sun, 09 Jul 1995 16:06:56 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com 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? Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. 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? -- === Sven Moreau === Dept of Electrical Engineering, MindSpring Enterprises "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From klaurent@earthlink.net Mon Jul 10 05:12:56 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!earthlink!klaurent From: klaurent@earthlink.net (Kenji Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jul10.051256.5852@earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 05:12:56 GMT References: <1995Jul09.160656.2520@mindspring.com> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul09.160656.2520@mindspring.com>, smoreau@mindspring.com (Sven Moreau) writes: > 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. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Kenji Laurent Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From apopov@pipeline.com Wed Jul 12 00:16:56 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pipeline!apopov From: apopov@pipeline.com (Amy Popov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jul12.001656.1464@pipeline.com> Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 00:16:56 GMT References: <1995Jul09.160656.2520@mindspring.com> <1995Jul10.051256.5852@earthlink.net> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Jul10.051256.5852@earthlink.net>, klaurent@earthlink.net (Kenji Laurent) writes: > I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Amy Popov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0