From gvasiliev@inria.fr Thu Feb 22 13:23:24 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!inria!gvasiliev From: gvasiliev@inria.fr (Göran Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Feb22.132324.4392@inria.fr> Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 13:23:24 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr 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. Who has pictures of the 1984 promotional posters from Akihabara? -- Göran Vasiliev *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0 From smoreau@unam.mx Fri Feb 23 05:31:24 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!unam!smoreau From: smoreau@unam.mx (Sergei Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Feb23.053124.6917@unam.mx> Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 05:31:24 GMT References: <1996Feb22.132324.4392@inria.fr> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Feb22.132324.4392@inria.fr>, gvasiliev@inria.fr (Göran Vasiliev) 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. The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. -- Sergei Moreau Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA). ------------------------------------------------------------ From opetrov@utexas.edu Sat Feb 24 07:26:24 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!utexas!opetrov From: opetrov@utexas.edu (Olga Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Feb24.072624.1734@utexas.edu> Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 07:26:24 GMT References: <1996Feb22.132324.4392@inria.fr> <1996Feb23.053124.6917@unam.mx> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb23.053124.6917@unam.mx>, smoreau@unam.mx (Sergei Moreau) writes: > The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? -- Olga Petrov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Texas at Austin. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mgarcia@ox.ac.uk Sun Feb 25 07:28:24 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!ox!mgarcia From: mgarcia@ox.ac.uk (Matthias García) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Feb25.072824.7371@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 07:28:24 GMT References: <1996Feb22.132324.4392@inria.fr> <1996Feb23.053124.6917@unam.mx> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1996Feb23.053124.6917@unam.mx>, smoreau@unam.mx (Sergei Moreau) writes: > The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- === Matthias García === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Oxford University Computing Laboratory "We don't sign stars. We build them." From hmartinez@earthlink.net Mon Feb 26 07:57:24 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!earthlink!hmartinez From: hmartinez@earthlink.net (Heather Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Feb26.075724.7979@earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 07:57:24 GMT References: <1996Feb22.132324.4392@inria.fr> <1996Feb23.053124.6917@unam.mx> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb23.053124.6917@unam.mx>, smoreau@unam.mx (Sergei Moreau) writes: > The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Heather Martínez "Hold for relay." Sun SparcStation 20 / AmigaOS 3.1