From mhughes@inria.fr Mon Jul 25 01:26:17 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!inria!mhughes From: mhughes@inria.fr (Marisol Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jul25.012617.6805@inria.fr> Date: Mon, 25 Jul 1994 01:26:17 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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? -- Marisol Hughes | mhughes@inria.fr PGP Key fingerprint: FA07 28DD 19DC 523E "Keep the channels open." From neriksson@unam.mx Mon Jul 25 17:08:17 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!unam!neriksson From: neriksson@unam.mx (Natalia Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jul25.170817.6017@unam.mx> Date: Mon, 25 Jul 1994 17:08:17 GMT References: <1994Jul25.012617.6805@inria.fr> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Jul25.012617.6805@inria.fr>, mhughes@inria.fr (Marisol Hughes) 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. -- Natalia Eriksson Hayes Optima 288 @ ISDN 64k bps "We don't sign stars. We build them." From mpopov@u-tokyo.ac.jp Wed Jul 27 05:43:17 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!u-tokyo!mpopov From: mpopov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Marisol Popov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jul27.054317.5495@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 1994 05:43:17 GMT References: <1994Jul25.012617.6805@inria.fr> <1994Jul25.170817.6017@unam.mx> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Jul25.170817.6017@unam.mx>, neriksson@unam.mx (Natalia Eriksson) writes: > Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. -- === Marisol Popov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?"