From dsouza@demon.co.uk Sat Aug 13 01:09:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!demon!dsouza From: dsouza@demon.co.uk (Dong-hyun Souza) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Aug13.010924.8957@demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 01:09:24 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 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. In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending. -- Dong-hyun Souza "Hold for relay." Macintosh IIfx / AmigaOS 3.1 From smuller@kiae.su Sun Aug 14 14:46:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!kiae!smuller From: smuller@kiae.su (Sven Müller) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Aug14.144624.8932@kiae.su> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 1994 14:46:24 GMT References: <1994Aug13.010924.8957@demon.co.uk> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Aug13.010924.8957@demon.co.uk>, dsouza@demon.co.uk (Dong-hyun Souza) 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. She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. -- Sven Müller Hayes Optima 288 @ 33,600 bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From ssanchez@utexas.edu Sun Aug 14 17:41:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!utexas!ssanchez From: ssanchez@utexas.edu (Sergei Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Aug14.174124.4649@utexas.edu> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 1994 17:41:24 GMT References: <1994Aug13.010924.8957@demon.co.uk> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug13.010924.8957@demon.co.uk>, dsouza@demon.co.uk (Dong-hyun Souza) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Sergei Sánchez SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 9600 Telebit bps "We don't sign stars. We build them."