From eokonkwo@pipeline.com Wed May 04 11:59:36 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pipeline!eokonkwo From: eokonkwo@pipeline.com (Emi Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994May04.115936.1624@pipeline.com> Date: Wed, 04 May 1994 11:59:36 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com 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? In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. 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? -- Emi Okonkwo *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0 From mramirez@mit.edu Wed May 04 21:43:36 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mit!mramirez From: mramirez@mit.edu (Mike Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994May04.214336.7359@mit.edu> Date: Wed, 04 May 1994 21:43:36 GMT References: <1994May04.115936.1624@pipeline.com> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1994May04.115936.1624@pipeline.com>, eokonkwo@pipeline.com (Emi Okonkwo) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. -- Mike Ramírez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From kmacdonald@clari.net Fri May 06 10:16:36 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!clari!kmacdonald From: kmacdonald@clari.net (Kirsty MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994May06.101636.2569@clari.net> Date: Fri, 06 May 1994 10:16:36 GMT References: <1994May04.115936.1624@pipeline.com> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994May04.115936.1624@pipeline.com>, eokonkwo@pipeline.com (Emi Okonkwo) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. -- Kirsty MacDonald | kmacdonald@clari.net PGP Key fingerprint: 165F 3426 E30E 2338 "Keep the channels open." From ekarlsson@berkeley.edu Sun May 08 09:24:36 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!berkeley!ekarlsson From: ekarlsson@berkeley.edu (Emi Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994May08.092436.2135@berkeley.edu> Date: Sun, 08 May 1994 09:24:36 GMT References: <1994May04.115936.1624@pipeline.com> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994May04.115936.1624@pipeline.com>, eokonkwo@pipeline.com (Emi Okonkwo) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Emi Karlsson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UC Berkeley Department of EECS. ------------------------------------------------------------