From hivanov@tum.de Thu Aug 08 17:04:56 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!tum!hivanov From: hivanov@tum.de (Hana Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Aug08.170456.5054@tum.de> Date: Thu, 08 Aug 1996 17:04:56 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. 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. -- Hana Ivanov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Technische Universität München. ------------------------------------------------------------ From nrobertson@netcom.com Fri Aug 09 11:22:56 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!netcom!nrobertson From: nrobertson@netcom.com (Nadia Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Aug09.112256.7834@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 11:22:56 GMT References: <1996Aug08.170456.5054@tum.de> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug08.170456.5054@tum.de>, hivanov@tum.de (Hana Ivanov) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Nadia Robertson | nrobertson@netcom.com PGP Key fingerprint: A36F AAE2 229B 507B "Keep the channels open." From tnilsson@panix.com Fri Aug 09 23:21:56 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!panix!tnilsson From: tnilsson@panix.com (Tobias Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Aug09.232156.4196@panix.com> Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 23:21:56 GMT References: <1996Aug08.170456.5054@tum.de> <1996Aug09.112256.7834@netcom.com> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1996Aug09.112256.7834@netcom.com>, nrobertson@netcom.com (Nadia Robertson) 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. -- Tobias Nilsson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From rlaurent@utexas.edu Sat Aug 10 07:07:56 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!utexas!rlaurent From: rlaurent@utexas.edu (Raj Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Aug10.070756.5199@utexas.edu> Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 07:07:56 GMT References: <1996Aug08.170456.5054@tum.de> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug08.170456.5054@tum.de>, hivanov@tum.de (Hana Ivanov) 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. The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. -- Raj Laurent | rlaurent@utexas.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 9A72 26BF 53F8 76C0 "Keep the channels open."