From heriksson@uni-hamburg.de Mon Jul 15 16:20:15 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uni-hamburg!heriksson From: heriksson@uni-hamburg.de (Heather Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jul15.162015.1487@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 16:20:15 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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? -- Heather Eriksson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From teriksson@uu.net Wed Jul 17 13:46:15 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!uu!teriksson From: teriksson@uu.net (Tyler Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jul17.134615.1193@uu.net> Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 13:46:15 GMT References: <1996Jul15.162015.1487@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Jul15.162015.1487@uni-hamburg.de>, heriksson@uni-hamburg.de (Heather Eriksson) 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. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Tyler Eriksson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mgonzalez@demon.co.uk Thu Jul 18 13:13:15 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!demon!mgonzalez From: mgonzalez@demon.co.uk (Mikhail González) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jul18.131315.8457@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 13:13:15 GMT References: <1996Jul15.162015.1487@uni-hamburg.de> <1996Jul17.134615.1193@uu.net> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Jul17.134615.1193@uu.net>, teriksson@uu.net (Tyler Eriksson) writes: > I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- === Mikhail González === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Demon Internet Services UK "We don't sign stars. We build them." From ahughes@kth.se Fri Jul 19 04:24:15 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!kth!ahughes From: ahughes@kth.se (Aiko Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jul19.042415.3347@kth.se> Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 04:24:15 GMT References: <1996Jul15.162015.1487@uni-hamburg.de> <1996Jul17.134615.1193@uu.net> <1996Jul18.131315.8457@demon.co.uk> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Jul18.131315.8457@demon.co.uk>, mgonzalez@demon.co.uk (Mikhail González) writes: > Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Aiko Hughes "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / AmigaOS 3.1