From lhughes@kiae.su Fri Mar 25 12:00:19 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kiae!lhughes From: lhughes@kiae.su (Lars Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Mar25.120019.6295@kiae.su> Date: Fri, 25 Mar 1994 12:00:19 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending. -- Lars Hughes -- Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From tivanov@illinois.edu Fri Mar 25 14:24:19 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!illinois!tivanov From: tivanov@illinois.edu (Tyler Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Mar25.142419.2365@illinois.edu> Date: Fri, 25 Mar 1994 14:24:19 GMT References: <1994Mar25.120019.6295@kiae.su> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1994Mar25.120019.6295@kiae.su>, lhughes@kiae.su (Lars Hughes) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? -- Tyler Ivanov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ssato@uni-hamburg.de Sun Mar 27 00:06:19 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!uni-hamburg!ssato From: ssato@uni-hamburg.de (Sergei Sato) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Mar27.000619.7996@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sun, 27 Mar 1994 00:06:19 GMT References: <1994Mar25.120019.6295@kiae.su> <1994Mar25.142419.2365@illinois.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1994Mar25.142419.2365@illinois.edu>, tivanov@illinois.edu (Tyler Ivanov) writes: > Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Sergei Sato -- Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From brobertson@kiae.su Mon Mar 28 15:48:19 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kiae!brobertson From: brobertson@kiae.su (Bastien Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Mar28.154819.9503@kiae.su> Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 15:48:19 GMT References: <1994Mar25.120019.6295@kiae.su> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar25.120019.6295@kiae.su>, lhughes@kiae.su (Lars Hughes) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? > In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. -- Bastien Robertson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From fkarlsson@netcom.com Wed Mar 30 13:34:19 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!netcom!fkarlsson From: fkarlsson@netcom.com (Freya Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Mar30.133419.8761@netcom.com> Date: Wed, 30 Mar 1994 13:34:19 GMT References: <1994Mar25.120019.6295@kiae.su> <1994Mar28.154819.9503@kiae.su> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar28.154819.9503@kiae.su>, brobertson@kiae.su (Bastien Robertson) writes: > The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. -- Freya Karlsson "Marcus is not one man." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / AmigaOS 3.1