From rsantos@pacbell.net Sun Apr 17 14:58:04 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pacbell!rsantos From: rsantos@pacbell.net (Renata Santos) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Apr17.145804.1967@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 17 Apr 1994 14:58:04 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending. -- Renata Santos SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 28,800 bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From mweber@mit.edu Mon Apr 18 18:14:04 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!mit!mweber From: mweber@mit.edu (Mathieu Weber) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Apr18.181404.8112@mit.edu> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 1994 18:14:04 GMT References: <1994Apr17.145804.1967@pacbell.net> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Apr17.145804.1967@pacbell.net>, rsantos@pacbell.net (Renata Santos) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? > The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? -- Mathieu Weber | mweber@mit.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 70A1 B706 08F1 A8C3 "Keep the channels open." From breyes@uni-hamburg.de Tue Apr 19 07:22:04 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!uni-hamburg!breyes From: breyes@uni-hamburg.de (Bill Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Apr19.072204.6549@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Tue, 19 Apr 1994 07:22:04 GMT References: <1994Apr17.145804.1967@pacbell.net> <1994Apr18.181404.8112@mit.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Apr18.181404.8112@mit.edu>, mweber@mit.edu (Mathieu Weber) writes: > Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. -- Bill Reyes Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------