From eschneider@mit.edu Sun Feb 18 10:54:40 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!mit!eschneider From: eschneider@mit.edu (Elaine Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Feb18.105440.7981@mit.edu> Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 10:54:40 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. 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. -- Elaine Schneider US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From stakahashi@titech.ac.jp Tue Feb 20 05:26:40 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!titech!stakahashi From: stakahashi@titech.ac.jp (Sun-mi Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Feb20.052640.3753@titech.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 05:26:40 GMT References: <1996Feb18.105440.7981@mit.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Feb18.105440.7981@mit.edu>, eschneider@mit.edu (Elaine Schneider) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? > In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. -- Sun-mi Takahashi | stakahashi@titech.ac.jp PGP Key fingerprint: 2725 125A 572A 77E8 "Keep the channels open."