From lcampbell@kiae.su Sat Dec 16 22:16:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kiae!lcampbell From: lcampbell@kiae.su (Lucia Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Dec16.221632.5396@kiae.su> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 22:16:32 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. 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? -- Lucia Campbell Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow. ------------------------------------------------------------ From bsouza@demon.co.uk Mon Dec 18 04:02:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!demon!bsouza From: bsouza@demon.co.uk (Bruno Souza) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Dec18.040232.8604@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 04:02:32 GMT References: <1995Dec16.221632.5396@kiae.su> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec16.221632.5396@kiae.su>, lcampbell@kiae.su (Lucia Campbell) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? > In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. -- === Bruno Souza === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Demon Internet Services UK "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From mramirez@stanford.edu Wed Dec 20 05:14:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!stanford!mramirez From: mramirez@stanford.edu (Mateo Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Dec20.051432.4623@stanford.edu> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 05:14:32 GMT References: <1995Dec16.221632.5396@kiae.su> <1995Dec18.040232.8604@demon.co.uk> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec18.040232.8604@demon.co.uk>, bsouza@demon.co.uk (Bruno Souza) writes: > The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Mateo Ramírez SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 33,600 bps "Do not worship the copy." From mchoi@cern.ch Fri Dec 22 01:52:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cern!mchoi From: mchoi@cern.ch (Matthias Choi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Dec22.015232.7759@cern.ch> Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 01:52:32 GMT References: <1995Dec16.221632.5396@kiae.su> <1995Dec18.040232.8604@demon.co.uk> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec18.040232.8604@demon.co.uk>, bsouza@demon.co.uk (Bruno Souza) writes: > The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Matthias Choi Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ ISDN 64k bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From jmoreau@tum.de Sun Dec 24 04:05:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!tum!jmoreau From: jmoreau@tum.de (Ji-woo Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Dec24.040532.3270@tum.de> Date: Sun, 24 Dec 1995 04:05:32 GMT References: <1995Dec16.221632.5396@kiae.su> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Dec16.221632.5396@kiae.su>, lcampbell@kiae.su (Lucia Campbell) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? > In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. 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