From nramirez@kiae.su Sun Jun 25 02:04:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kiae!nramirez From: nramirez@kiae.su (Nadia Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun25.020432.6001@kiae.su> Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1995 02:04:32 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su 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? In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. Who has pictures of the 1984 promotional posters from Akihabara? -- Nadia Ramírez -- Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From ckarlsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon Jun 26 03:24:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!u-tokyo!ckarlsson From: ckarlsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Callum Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun26.032432.2579@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 03:24:32 GMT References: <1995Jun25.020432.6001@kiae.su> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun25.020432.6001@kiae.su>, nramirez@kiae.su (Nadia Ramírez) 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. -- Callum Karlsson | ckarlsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp PGP Key fingerprint: 66A4 7AA3 0144 3AA6 "Keep the channels open." From tnovak@panix.com Tue Jun 27 03:57:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!panix!tnovak From: tnovak@panix.com (Tobias Novak) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun27.035732.2204@panix.com> Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 03:57:32 GMT References: <1995Jun25.020432.6001@kiae.su> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun25.020432.6001@kiae.su>, nramirez@kiae.su (Nadia Ramírez) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? -- Tobias Novak "Row 14. No joke." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / AmigaOS 3.1