From kstewart@cern.ch Sun Feb 25 18:10:44 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cern!kstewart From: kstewart@cern.ch (Karen Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Feb25.181044.6399@cern.ch> Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 18:10:44 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch 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? By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. 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. -- Karen Stewart | kstewart@cern.ch PGP Key fingerprint: DB0B 04BE 7534 835D "Keep the channels open." From mstewart@clari.net Mon Feb 26 15:32:44 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!clari!mstewart From: mstewart@clari.net (Mike Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Feb26.153244.2661@clari.net> Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 15:32:44 GMT References: <1996Feb25.181044.6399@cern.ch> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb25.181044.6399@cern.ch>, kstewart@cern.ch (Karen Stewart) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Mike Stewart "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / SunOS 4.1.4 From skarlsson@unam.mx Tue Feb 27 09:10:44 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!unam!skarlsson From: skarlsson@unam.mx (Sergei Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Feb27.091044.5424@unam.mx> Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 09:10:44 GMT References: <1996Feb25.181044.6399@cern.ch> <1996Feb26.153244.2661@clari.net> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb26.153244.2661@clari.net>, mstewart@clari.net (Mike Stewart) writes: > You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. -- Sergei Karlsson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA). ------------------------------------------------------------ From vmacdonald@tum.de Tue Feb 27 11:26:44 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!tum!vmacdonald From: vmacdonald@tum.de (Valeria MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Feb27.112644.5767@tum.de> Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 11:26:44 GMT References: <1996Feb25.181044.6399@cern.ch> <1996Feb26.153244.2661@clari.net> <1996Feb27.091044.5424@unam.mx> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb27.091044.5424@unam.mx>, skarlsson@unam.mx (Sergei Karlsson) writes: > She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. -- Valeria MacDonald SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 33,600 bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens."