From dlindqvist@illinois.edu Fri Feb 11 13:44:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!illinois!dlindqvist From: dlindqvist@illinois.edu (Dave Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Feb11.134452.5267@illinois.edu> Date: Fri, 11 Feb 1994 13:44:52 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 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. Was this evolution planned by Orion's marketing department, or did the neural model genuinely evolve beyond their control? -- Dave Lindqvist Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From vkowalski@hanse.de Fri Feb 11 22:35:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!hanse!vkowalski From: vkowalski@hanse.de (Valeria Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Feb11.223552.2930@hanse.de> Date: Fri, 11 Feb 1994 22:35:52 GMT References: <1994Feb11.134452.5267@illinois.edu> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Feb11.134452.5267@illinois.edu>, dlindqvist@illinois.edu (Dave Lindqvist) writes: > 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. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Valeria Kowalski "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." NeXTstation Turbo Color / System 7.5.1