From tcampbell@panix.com Sun Jul 24 01:32:38 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!panix!tcampbell From: tcampbell@panix.com (Tobias Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jul24.013238.1120@panix.com> Date: Sun, 24 Jul 1994 01:32:38 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 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? -- Tobias Campbell -- Public Access Unix of New York "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From agirard@ox.ac.uk Mon Jul 25 10:16:38 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!ox!agirard From: agirard@ox.ac.uk (Amy Girard) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jul25.101638.4828@ox.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 25 Jul 1994 10:16:38 GMT References: <1994Jul24.013238.1120@panix.com> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Jul24.013238.1120@panix.com>, tcampbell@panix.com (Tobias Campbell) 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. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Amy Girard "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Acorn RiscPC 600 / FreeBSD 2.1 From nkang@demon.co.uk Wed Jul 27 06:17:38 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!demon!nkang From: nkang@demon.co.uk (Natalia Kang) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jul27.061738.2908@demon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 1994 06:17:38 GMT References: <1994Jul24.013238.1120@panix.com> <1994Jul25.101638.4828@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Jul25.101638.4828@ox.ac.uk>, agirard@ox.ac.uk (Amy Girard) writes: > You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Natalia Kang | nkang@demon.co.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 05EF 1356 037F ACBA "Keep the channels open." From srodriguez@panix.com Thu Jul 28 02:26:38 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!panix!srodriguez From: srodriguez@panix.com (Sven Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jul28.022638.9922@panix.com> Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1994 02:26:38 GMT References: <1994Jul24.013238.1120@panix.com> <1994Jul25.101638.4828@ox.ac.uk> <1994Jul27.061738.2908@demon.co.uk> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Jul27.061738.2908@demon.co.uk>, nkang@demon.co.uk (Natalia Kang) writes: > Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. -- Sven Rodríguez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Public Access Unix of New York. ------------------------------------------------------------