From nsantos@titech.ac.jp Tue Feb 13 14:06:51 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!titech!nsantos From: nsantos@titech.ac.jp (Natalia Santos) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Feb13.140651.5930@titech.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 14:06:51 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. 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? -- === Natalia Santos === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre "Do not worship the copy." From bgonzalez@uni-hamburg.de Thu Feb 15 07:18:51 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uni-hamburg!bgonzalez From: bgonzalez@uni-hamburg.de (Brian González) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Feb15.071851.8259@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 07:18:51 GMT References: <1996Feb13.140651.5930@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1996Feb13.140651.5930@titech.ac.jp>, nsantos@titech.ac.jp (Natalia Santos) 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. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Brian González "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." Amiga 3000T / AmigaOS 3.1 From msuzuki@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sat Feb 17 10:56:51 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!u-tokyo!msuzuki From: msuzuki@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Matthias Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Feb17.105651.5796@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 10:56:51 GMT References: <1996Feb13.140651.5930@titech.ac.jp> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Feb13.140651.5930@titech.ac.jp>, nsantos@titech.ac.jp (Natalia Santos) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Matthias Suzuki -- University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From tmuller@pacbell.net Sat Feb 17 22:04:51 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pacbell!tmuller From: tmuller@pacbell.net (Tobias Müller) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Feb17.220451.3236@pacbell.net> Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 22:04:51 GMT References: <1996Feb13.140651.5930@titech.ac.jp> <1996Feb15.071851.8259@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb15.071851.8259@uni-hamburg.de>, bgonzalez@uni-hamburg.de (Brian González) writes: > The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Tobias Müller "Do not worship the copy." NeXTstation Turbo Color / FreeBSD 2.1 From lpetrov@earthlink.net Mon Feb 19 01:18:51 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!earthlink!lpetrov From: lpetrov@earthlink.net (Lars Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Feb19.011851.3947@earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 01:18:51 GMT References: <1996Feb13.140651.5930@titech.ac.jp> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Feb13.140651.5930@titech.ac.jp>, nsantos@titech.ac.jp (Natalia Santos) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? > Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Lars Petrov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0