From lmuller@mindspring.com Mon Jun 24 04:57:24 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mindspring!lmuller From: lmuller@mindspring.com (Lisa Müller) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jun24.045724.1886@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 04:57:24 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com 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? 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. Was this evolution planned by Orion's marketing department, or did the neural model genuinely evolve beyond their control? -- Lisa Müller *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0 From reriksson@earthlink.net Wed Jun 26 05:05:24 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!earthlink!reriksson From: reriksson@earthlink.net (Rodrigo Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jun26.050524.4528@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 05:05:24 GMT References: <1996Jun24.045724.1886@mindspring.com> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1996Jun24.045724.1886@mindspring.com>, lmuller@mindspring.com (Lisa Müller) 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. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Rodrigo Eriksson -- EarthLink Network "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From coliveira@cern.ch Wed Jun 26 19:28:24 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cern!coliveira From: coliveira@cern.ch (Callum Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jun26.192824.4669@cern.ch> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 19:28:24 GMT References: <1996Jun24.045724.1886@mindspring.com> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1996Jun24.045724.1886@mindspring.com>, lmuller@mindspring.com (Lisa Müller) 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. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Callum Oliveira -- European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "Hold for relay."