From mchoi@ox.ac.uk Sun Jul 16 06:30:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!ox!mchoi From: mchoi@ox.ac.uk (Mike Choi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jul16.063013.2083@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 16 Jul 1995 06:30:13 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.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. 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? -- Mike Choi | mchoi@ox.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: FDF7 5946 8780 8BCA "Keep the channels open." From jweber@purdue.edu Sun Jul 16 19:56:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!purdue!jweber From: jweber@purdue.edu (Jens Weber) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jul16.195613.7110@purdue.edu> Date: Sun, 16 Jul 1995 19:56:13 GMT References: <1995Jul16.063013.2083@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul16.063013.2083@ox.ac.uk>, mchoi@ox.ac.uk (Mike Choi) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Jens Weber -- Purdue University Engineering Computer Network "Do not worship the copy." From tkarlsson@unam.mx Tue Jul 18 21:21:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!unam!tkarlsson From: tkarlsson@unam.mx (Tomas Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jul18.212113.4262@unam.mx> Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 21:21:13 GMT References: <1995Jul16.063013.2083@ox.ac.uk> <1995Jul16.195613.7110@purdue.edu> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul16.195613.7110@purdue.edu>, jweber@purdue.edu (Jens Weber) writes: > The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? -- Tomas Karlsson | tkarlsson@unam.mx PGP Key fingerprint: 4F40 A65F CDB2 5CAC "Keep the channels open." From lgirard@berkeley.edu Wed Jul 19 05:31:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!berkeley!lgirard From: lgirard@berkeley.edu (Liam Girard) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jul19.053113.1305@berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 05:31:13 GMT References: <1995Jul16.063013.2083@ox.ac.uk> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul16.063013.2083@ox.ac.uk>, mchoi@ox.ac.uk (Mike Choi) 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. Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? -- Liam Girard "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." Atari Falcon 030 / AmigaOS 3.1