From mtanaka@panix.com Thu Dec 28 21:05:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!panix!mtanaka From: mtanaka@panix.com (Mei Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Dec28.210530.9166@panix.com> Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 21:05:30 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. 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 Tanaka Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Public Access Unix of New York. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mreyes@demon.co.uk Sun Dec 31 00:38:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!demon!mreyes From: mreyes@demon.co.uk (Marta Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Dec31.003830.4311@demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 31 Dec 1995 00:38:30 GMT References: <1995Dec28.210530.9166@panix.com> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Dec28.210530.9166@panix.com>, mtanaka@panix.com (Mei Tanaka) 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? -- Marta Reyes Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mduarte@cam.ac.uk Mon Jan 01 18:09:30 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cam!mduarte From: mduarte@cam.ac.uk (Mikhail Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jan01.180930.2900@cam.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 01 Jan 1996 18:09:30 GMT References: <1995Dec28.210530.9166@panix.com> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec28.210530.9166@panix.com>, mtanaka@panix.com (Mei Tanaka) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? > Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? -- Mikhail Duarte *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0