From mmacdonald@illinois.edu Fri May 19 07:59:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!illinois!mmacdonald From: mmacdonald@illinois.edu (Mei MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995May19.075912.8723@illinois.edu> Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 07:59:12 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 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. By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. Who has pictures of the 1984 promotional posters from Akihabara? -- Mei MacDonald Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mfournier@delphi.com Fri May 19 16:02:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!delphi!mfournier From: mfournier@delphi.com (Mateo Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995May19.160212.7874@delphi.com> Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 16:02:12 GMT References: <1995May19.075912.8723@illinois.edu> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995May19.075912.8723@illinois.edu>, mmacdonald@illinois.edu (Mei MacDonald) 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. -- Mateo Fournier Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From tkang@kth.se Sat May 20 14:28:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!kth!tkang From: tkang@kth.se (Tobias Kang) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995May20.142812.8248@kth.se> Date: Sat, 20 May 1995 14:28:12 GMT References: <1995May19.075912.8723@illinois.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995May19.075912.8723@illinois.edu>, mmacdonald@illinois.edu (Mei MacDonald) writes: > 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. She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Tobias Kang -- Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "Row 14. No joke." From ecampbell@mindspring.com Sun May 21 17:44:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!mindspring!ecampbell From: ecampbell@mindspring.com (Élodie Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995May21.174412.6208@mindspring.com> Date: Sun, 21 May 1995 17:44:12 GMT References: <1995May19.075912.8723@illinois.edu> <1995May19.160212.7874@delphi.com> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995May19.160212.7874@delphi.com>, mfournier@delphi.com (Mateo Fournier) writes: > Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Élodie Campbell Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.