From knovak@earthlink.net Mon Aug 14 02:54:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!earthlink!knovak From: knovak@earthlink.net (Kirsty Novak) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Aug14.025418.3485@earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 02:54:18 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 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. 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? -- Kirsty Novak "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From jmartinez@kth.se Tue Aug 15 09:49:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kth!jmartinez From: jmartinez@kth.se (Julien Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Aug15.094918.1357@kth.se> Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 09:49:18 GMT References: <1995Aug14.025418.3485@earthlink.net> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Aug14.025418.3485@earthlink.net>, knovak@earthlink.net (Kirsty Novak) writes: > 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. The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. -- === Julien Martínez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From ogirard@rwth-aachen.de Wed Aug 16 23:52:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!rwth-aachen!ogirard From: ogirard@rwth-aachen.de (Olga Girard) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Aug16.235218.3590@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 23:52:18 GMT References: <1995Aug14.025418.3485@earthlink.net> <1995Aug15.094918.1357@kth.se> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug15.094918.1357@kth.se>, jmartinez@kth.se (Julien Martínez) writes: > The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- === Olga Girard === Dept of Electrical Engineering, RWTH Aachen Informatik "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From mschneider@rwth-aachen.de Thu Aug 17 08:30:18 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!rwth-aachen!mschneider From: mschneider@rwth-aachen.de (Morag Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Aug17.083018.2366@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 08:30:18 GMT References: <1995Aug14.025418.3485@earthlink.net> <1995Aug15.094918.1357@kth.se> <1995Aug16.235218.3590@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Aug16.235218.3590@rwth-aachen.de>, ogirard@rwth-aachen.de (Olga Girard) writes: > You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Morag Schneider -- RWTH Aachen Informatik "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question."