From adubois@hanse.de Fri Sep 08 18:38:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!hanse!adubois From: adubois@hanse.de (Andrei Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Sep08.183818.3546@hanse.de> Date: Fri, 08 Sep 1995 18:38:18 GMT Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending. -- Andrei Dubois -- Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg "Hold for relay." From rnilsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sat Sep 09 08:34:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!u-tokyo!rnilsson From: rnilsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Renata Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Sep09.083418.3857@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 09 Sep 1995 08:34:18 GMT References: <1995Sep08.183818.3546@hanse.de> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep08.183818.3546@hanse.de>, adubois@hanse.de (Andrei Dubois) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? > By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. -- Renata Nilsson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From sokonkwo@mindspring.com Sun Sep 10 00:02:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!mindspring!sokonkwo From: sokonkwo@mindspring.com (Seo-yeon Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Sep10.000218.9810@mindspring.com> Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 00:02:18 GMT References: <1995Sep08.183818.3546@hanse.de> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep08.183818.3546@hanse.de>, adubois@hanse.de (Andrei Dubois) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? > By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- === Seo-yeon Okonkwo === Dept of Electrical Engineering, MindSpring Enterprises "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From tstewart@cern.ch Mon Sep 11 10:26:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cern!tstewart From: tstewart@cern.ch (Tyler Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Sep11.102618.9132@cern.ch> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 10:26:18 GMT References: <1995Sep08.183818.3546@hanse.de> <1995Sep09.083418.3857@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Sep09.083418.3857@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, rnilsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Renata Nilsson) writes: > The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. -- Tyler Stewart -- European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "We don't sign stars. We build them." From kokonkwo@ox.ac.uk Mon Sep 11 20:59:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!ox!kokonkwo From: kokonkwo@ox.ac.uk (Kenji Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Sep11.205918.6313@ox.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 20:59:18 GMT References: <1995Sep08.183818.3546@hanse.de> <1995Sep09.083418.3857@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1995Sep11.102618.9132@cern.ch> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep11.102618.9132@cern.ch>, tstewart@cern.ch (Tyler Stewart) writes: > The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Kenji Okonkwo "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / SunOS 4.1.4