From stanaka@pipeline.com Wed Jul 05 03:00:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pipeline!stanaka From: stanaka@pipeline.com (Sun-mi Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jul05.030041.4259@pipeline.com> Date: Wed, 05 Jul 1995 03:00:41 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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. In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. Who has pictures of the 1984 promotional posters from Akihabara? -- Sun-mi Tanaka Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From jfischer@kth.se Wed Jul 05 13:44:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!kth!jfischer From: jfischer@kth.se (Joachim Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jul05.134441.2496@kth.se> Date: Wed, 05 Jul 1995 13:44:41 GMT References: <1995Jul05.030041.4259@pipeline.com> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul05.030041.4259@pipeline.com>, stanaka@pipeline.com (Sun-mi Tanaka) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Joachim Fischer US Robotics Courier V.34 @ ISDN 64k bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."