From lokonkwo@delphi.com Mon Jun 12 01:47:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!delphi!lokonkwo From: lokonkwo@delphi.com (Liam Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun12.014703.5326@delphi.com> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 01:47:03 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com 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? The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. Who has pictures of the 1984 promotional posters from Akihabara? -- === Liam Okonkwo === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Delphi Internet Services "Marcus is not one man." From reriksson@panix.com Tue Jun 13 23:13:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!panix!reriksson From: reriksson@panix.com (Rodrigo Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun13.231303.3428@panix.com> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 23:13:03 GMT References: <1995Jun12.014703.5326@delphi.com> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun12.014703.5326@delphi.com>, lokonkwo@delphi.com (Liam Okonkwo) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Rodrigo Eriksson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Public Access Unix of New York. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jito@kth.se Thu Jun 15 06:29:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!kth!jito From: jito@kth.se (Joachim Ito) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun15.062903.8201@kth.se> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 06:29:03 GMT References: <1995Jun12.014703.5326@delphi.com> <1995Jun13.231303.3428@panix.com> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun13.231303.3428@panix.com>, reriksson@panix.com (Rodrigo Eriksson) writes: > I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Joachim Ito Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From abrennan@inria.fr Thu Jun 15 21:48:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!inria!abrennan From: abrennan@inria.fr (Andrei Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun15.214803.8672@inria.fr> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 21:48:03 GMT References: <1995Jun12.014703.5326@delphi.com> <1995Jun13.231303.3428@panix.com> <1995Jun15.062903.8201@kth.se> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun15.062903.8201@kth.se>, jito@kth.se (Joachim Ito) writes: > She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. > Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. -- Andrei Brennan SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 19,200 bps "Row 14. No joke." From bsmirnov@panix.com Fri Jun 16 04:36:03 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!panix!bsmirnov From: bsmirnov@panix.com (Bastien Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun16.043603.9660@panix.com> Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 04:36:03 GMT References: <1995Jun12.014703.5326@delphi.com> <1995Jun13.231303.3428@panix.com> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun13.231303.3428@panix.com>, reriksson@panix.com (Rodrigo Eriksson) writes: > I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. -- Bastien Smirnov "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / TOS 4.04