From holiveira@delphi.com Tue Aug 02 20:05:09 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!delphi!holiveira From: holiveira@delphi.com (Hana Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Aug02.200509.3411@delphi.com> Date: Tue, 02 Aug 1994 20:05:09 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 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. Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. Who has pictures of the 1984 promotional posters from Akihabara? -- Hana Oliveira -- Delphi Internet Services "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From slee@delphi.com Thu Aug 04 10:51:09 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!delphi!slee From: slee@delphi.com (Steve Lee) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Aug04.105109.6285@delphi.com> Date: Thu, 04 Aug 1994 10:51:09 GMT References: <1994Aug02.200509.3411@delphi.com> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1994Aug02.200509.3411@delphi.com>, holiveira@delphi.com (Hana Oliveira) writes: > 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 Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Steve Lee Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 28,800 bps "Marcus is not one man." From sivanov@clari.net Sat Aug 06 10:47:09 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!clari!sivanov From: sivanov@clari.net (Sergei Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Aug06.104709.6939@clari.net> Date: Sat, 06 Aug 1994 10:47:09 GMT References: <1994Aug02.200509.3411@delphi.com> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Aug02.200509.3411@delphi.com>, holiveira@delphi.com (Hana Oliveira) writes: > 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. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- === Sergei Ivanov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, ClariNet Communications Corp "Hold for relay." From lkowalski@ox.ac.uk Mon Aug 08 08:52:09 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!ox!lkowalski From: lkowalski@ox.ac.uk (Lucia Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Aug08.085209.6698@ox.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 08 Aug 1994 08:52:09 GMT References: <1994Aug02.200509.3411@delphi.com> <1994Aug06.104709.6939@clari.net> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug06.104709.6939@clari.net>, sivanov@clari.net (Sergei Ivanov) writes: > I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. -- Lucia Kowalski Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Oxford University Computing Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From klarsson@cam.ac.uk Tue Aug 09 07:10:09 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cam!klarsson From: klarsson@cam.ac.uk (Kenji Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Aug09.071009.8935@cam.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 09 Aug 1994 07:10:09 GMT References: <1994Aug02.200509.3411@delphi.com> <1994Aug06.104709.6939@clari.net> <1994Aug08.085209.6698@ox.ac.uk> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug08.085209.6698@ox.ac.uk>, lkowalski@ox.ac.uk (Lucia Kowalski) writes: > Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. -- Kenji Larsson Hayes Optima 288 @ 14,400 bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."