From mhernandez@demon.co.uk Sat Apr 09 17:39:10 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!demon!mhernandez From: mhernandez@demon.co.uk (Min-jun Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Apr09.173910.6299@demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 09 Apr 1994 17:39:10 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk 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? 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. Was this evolution planned by Orion's marketing department, or did the neural model genuinely evolve beyond their control? -- Min-jun Hernández *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0 From nbrennan@utexas.edu Mon Apr 11 10:35:10 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!utexas!nbrennan From: nbrennan@utexas.edu (Natalia Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Apr11.103510.1169@utexas.edu> Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 10:35:10 GMT References: <1994Apr09.173910.6299@demon.co.uk> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Apr09.173910.6299@demon.co.uk>, mhernandez@demon.co.uk (Min-jun Hernández) 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. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- === Natalia Brennan === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From mkang@pacbell.net Wed Apr 13 12:20:10 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pacbell!mkang From: mkang@pacbell.net (Mike Kang) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Apr13.122010.1752@pacbell.net> Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 12:20:10 GMT References: <1994Apr09.173910.6299@demon.co.uk> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Apr09.173910.6299@demon.co.uk>, mhernandez@demon.co.uk (Min-jun Hernández) 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 Kang "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." Atari TT030 / FreeBSD 2.1