From lmoreno@stanford.edu Fri Mar 25 06:18:10 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!stanford!lmoreno From: lmoreno@stanford.edu (Lucia Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Mar25.061810.3269@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 25 Mar 1994 06:18:10 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. 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? -- Lucia Moreno -- Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "Marcus is not one man." From lkang@demon.co.uk Sat Mar 26 06:59:10 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!demon!lkang From: lkang@demon.co.uk (Lisa Kang) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Mar26.065910.4589@demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 26 Mar 1994 06:59:10 GMT References: <1994Mar25.061810.3269@stanford.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar25.061810.3269@stanford.edu>, lmoreno@stanford.edu (Lucia Moreno) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Lisa Kang "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Amiga 3000T / AmigaOS 3.1