From twatanabe@cmu.edu Sat Jan 13 12:33:12 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cmu!twatanabe From: twatanabe@cmu.edu (Takeshi Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jan13.123312.8316@cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 12:33:12 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu 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? The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. Who has pictures of the 1984 promotional posters from Akihabara? -- Takeshi Watanabe -- Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From aivanov@mit.edu Mon Jan 15 14:29:12 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!mit!aivanov From: aivanov@mit.edu (Andrei Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jan15.142912.4422@mit.edu> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 14:29:12 GMT References: <1996Jan13.123312.8316@cmu.edu> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Jan13.123312.8316@cmu.edu>, twatanabe@cmu.edu (Takeshi 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. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Andrei Ivanov Hayes Optima 288 @ ISDN 64k bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."