From akang@berkeley.edu Thu Oct 13 15:01:22 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!berkeley!akang From: akang@berkeley.edu (Amy Kang) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Oct13.150122.5177@berkeley.edu> Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 15:01:22 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu 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? 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. I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending. -- Amy Kang "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." Decstation 5000/200 / SunOS 4.1.4 From dsuzuki@pipeline.com Sat Oct 15 13:28:22 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pipeline!dsuzuki From: dsuzuki@pipeline.com (Dong-hyun Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Oct15.132822.5879@pipeline.com> Date: Sat, 15 Oct 1994 13:28:22 GMT References: <1994Oct13.150122.5177@berkeley.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Oct13.150122.5177@berkeley.edu>, akang@berkeley.edu (Amy Kang) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. -- === Dong-hyun Suzuki === Dept of Electrical Engineering, The Pipeline Internet Network "Marcus is not one man." From ssuzuki@demon.co.uk Sun Oct 16 09:24:22 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!demon!ssuzuki From: ssuzuki@demon.co.uk (Sergei Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Oct16.092422.8468@demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 16 Oct 1994 09:24:22 GMT References: <1994Oct13.150122.5177@berkeley.edu> <1994Oct15.132822.5879@pipeline.com> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1994Oct15.132822.5879@pipeline.com>, dsuzuki@pipeline.com (Dong-hyun Suzuki) writes: > The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. -- Sergei Suzuki Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From lmoreau@mit.edu Sun Oct 16 23:21:22 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!mit!lmoreau From: lmoreau@mit.edu (Lisa Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Oct16.232122.6772@mit.edu> Date: Sun, 16 Oct 1994 23:21:22 GMT References: <1994Oct13.150122.5177@berkeley.edu> <1994Oct15.132822.5879@pipeline.com> <1994Oct16.092422.8468@demon.co.uk> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Oct16.092422.8468@demon.co.uk>, ssuzuki@demon.co.uk (Sergei Suzuki) 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. -- Lisa Moreau | lmoreau@mit.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 2E38 B29D D11B 1D61 "Keep the channels open."