From elarsson@ox.ac.uk Wed Nov 08 16:53:05 1995
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From: elarsson@ox.ac.uk (Emi Larsson)
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Subject: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution
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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 Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code.

I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending.

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Emi Larsson -- Oxford University Computing Laboratory
"Do not worship the copy."

From tmuller@utexas.edu Fri Nov 10 20:02:05 1995
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Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution
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In article <1995Nov08.165305.4886@ox.ac.uk>, elarsson@ox.ac.uk (Emi Larsson) 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.

Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989.

Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice.

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Tobias Müller -- University of Texas at Austin
"5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question."