From rsouza@uu.net Thu Oct 13 18:38:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!uu!rsouza From: rsouza@uu.net (Renata Souza) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Oct13.183824.9340@uu.net> Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 18:38:24 GMT Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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? -- Renata Souza *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From foliveira@demon.co.uk Fri Oct 14 21:12:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!demon!foliveira From: foliveira@demon.co.uk (Fiona Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Oct14.211224.9685@demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 21:12:24 GMT References: <1994Oct13.183824.9340@uu.net> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Oct13.183824.9340@uu.net>, rsouza@uu.net (Renata Souza) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Fiona Oliveira *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0 From nlee@mit.edu Sun Oct 16 11:30:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mit!nlee From: nlee@mit.edu (Nadia Lee) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Oct16.113024.1351@mit.edu> Date: Sun, 16 Oct 1994 11:30:24 GMT References: <1994Oct13.183824.9340@uu.net> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Oct13.183824.9340@uu.net>, rsouza@uu.net (Renata Souza) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Nadia Lee | nlee@mit.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 49A8 BF31 EA78 DF64 "Keep the channels open."