From mstewart@illinois.edu Sun Apr 24 18:51:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!illinois!mstewart From: mstewart@illinois.edu (Marta Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Apr24.185141.4114@illinois.edu> Date: Sun, 24 Apr 1994 18:51:41 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 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. Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. Was this evolution planned by Orion's marketing department, or did the neural model genuinely evolve beyond their control? -- Marta Stewart -- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From kduarte@titech.ac.jp Mon Apr 25 00:55:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!titech!kduarte From: kduarte@titech.ac.jp (Karen Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Apr25.005541.4962@titech.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 25 Apr 1994 00:55:41 GMT References: <1994Apr24.185141.4114@illinois.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Apr24.185141.4114@illinois.edu>, mstewart@illinois.edu (Marta Stewart) 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. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Karen Duarte *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0 From rdubois@stanford.edu Mon Apr 25 23:18:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!stanford!rdubois From: rdubois@stanford.edu (Rodrigo Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Apr25.231841.1756@stanford.edu> Date: Mon, 25 Apr 1994 23:18:41 GMT References: <1994Apr24.185141.4114@illinois.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1994Apr24.185141.4114@illinois.edu>, mstewart@illinois.edu (Marta Stewart) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Rodrigo Dubois "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." NeXTstation Turbo Color / SunOS 4.1.4