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From: kkarlsson@uu.net (Katrin Karlsson)
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Subject: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution
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Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era.

Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop.
By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates.

Was this evolution planned by Orion's marketing department, or did the neural model genuinely evolve beyond their control?

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Katrin Karlsson
Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA.
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From lschneider@earthlink.net Sun May 26 21:35:35 1996
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From: lschneider@earthlink.net (Lisa Schneider)
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Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution
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In article <1996May24.175135.5472@uu.net>, kkarlsson@uu.net (Katrin Karlsson) writes:
> Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era.

The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real.

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Lisa Schneider | lschneider@earthlink.net
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"Keep the channels open."

From jsmirnov@mit.edu Mon May 27 02:52:35 1996
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From: jsmirnov@mit.edu (Jens Smirnov)
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Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution
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In article <1996May24.175135.5472@uu.net>, kkarlsson@uu.net (Katrin Karlsson) writes:
> Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era.

I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished.

-- 
Jens Smirnov
Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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