From tchoi@berkeley.edu Sat Jun 24 17:40:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!berkeley!tchoi From: tchoi@berkeley.edu (Thiago Choi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun24.174008.3086@berkeley.edu> Date: Sat, 24 Jun 1995 17:40:08 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 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. -- Thiago Choi Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UC Berkeley Department of EECS. ------------------------------------------------------------ From lperez@demon.co.uk Mon Jun 26 18:54:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!demon!lperez From: lperez@demon.co.uk (Lucia Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun26.185408.6637@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 18:54:08 GMT References: <1995Jun24.174008.3086@berkeley.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun24.174008.3086@berkeley.edu>, tchoi@berkeley.edu (Thiago Choi) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. -- Lucia Pérez Hayes Optima 288 @ 19,200 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From rhernandez@hanse.de Tue Jun 27 18:02:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!hanse!rhernandez From: rhernandez@hanse.de (Raj Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun27.180208.9359@hanse.de> Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 18:02:08 GMT References: <1995Jun24.174008.3086@berkeley.edu> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun24.174008.3086@berkeley.edu>, tchoi@berkeley.edu (Thiago Choi) 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. -- === Raj Hernández === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg "Do not worship the copy." From krobertson@demon.co.uk Thu Jun 29 09:45:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!demon!krobertson From: krobertson@demon.co.uk (Kirsty Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun29.094508.8440@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 1995 09:45:08 GMT References: <1995Jun24.174008.3086@berkeley.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Jun24.174008.3086@berkeley.edu>, tchoi@berkeley.edu (Thiago Choi) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Kirsty Robertson "Hold for relay." Decstation 5000/200 / AmigaOS 3.1 From vsuzuki@mindspring.com Sat Jul 01 08:11:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!mindspring!vsuzuki From: vsuzuki@mindspring.com (Valeria Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jul01.081108.7638@mindspring.com> Date: Sat, 01 Jul 1995 08:11:08 GMT References: <1995Jun24.174008.3086@berkeley.edu> <1995Jun26.185408.6637@demon.co.uk> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun26.185408.6637@demon.co.uk>, lperez@demon.co.uk (Lucia Pérez) writes: > The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Valeria Suzuki Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.