From kwatanabe@uni-hamburg.de Tue Jan 10 08:44:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!uni-hamburg!kwatanabe From: kwatanabe@uni-hamburg.de (Karen Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan10.084435.3370@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 08:44:35 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 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. 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? -- Karen Watanabe -- Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "Hold for relay." From kfischer@earthlink.net Wed Jan 11 04:39:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!earthlink!kfischer From: kfischer@earthlink.net (Katrin Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan11.043935.2917@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 04:39:35 GMT References: <1995Jan10.084435.3370@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Jan10.084435.3370@uni-hamburg.de>, kwatanabe@uni-hamburg.de (Karen Watanabe) 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? -- Katrin Fischer SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 19,200 bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From aoliveira@berkeley.edu Thu Jan 12 23:37:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!berkeley!aoliveira From: aoliveira@berkeley.edu (Aiko Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan12.233735.6975@berkeley.edu> Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 23:37:35 GMT References: <1995Jan10.084435.3370@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jan10.084435.3370@uni-hamburg.de>, kwatanabe@uni-hamburg.de (Karen Watanabe) 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. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Aiko Oliveira *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0