From mperez@panix.com Wed Oct 26 10:40:02 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!panix!mperez From: mperez@panix.com (Morag Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Oct26.104002.3083@panix.com> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 10:40:02 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. I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending. -- Morag Pérez -- Public Access Unix of New York "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From jkim@unam.mx Wed Oct 26 11:56:02 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!unam!jkim From: jkim@unam.mx (Jens Kim) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Oct26.115602.3385@unam.mx> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 11:56:02 GMT References: <1994Oct26.104002.3083@panix.com> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Oct26.104002.3083@panix.com>, mperez@panix.com (Morag Pérez) 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. Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. -- Jens Kim *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0