From jkowalski@uni-hamburg.de Mon Oct 02 01:32:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uni-hamburg!jkowalski From: jkowalski@uni-hamburg.de (Ji-woo Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Oct02.013232.1726@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Mon, 02 Oct 1995 01:32:32 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de 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. 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? -- Ji-woo Kowalski *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0 From kweber@stanford.edu Mon Oct 02 19:42:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!stanford!kweber From: kweber@stanford.edu (Kirsty Weber) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Oct02.194232.1840@stanford.edu> Date: Mon, 02 Oct 1995 19:42:32 GMT References: <1995Oct02.013232.1726@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995Oct02.013232.1726@uni-hamburg.de>, jkowalski@uni-hamburg.de (Ji-woo Kowalski) 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. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Kirsty Weber Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Stanford University Computer Systems Lab. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mgirard@mit.edu Tue Oct 03 14:41:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!mit!mgirard From: mgirard@mit.edu (Mike Girard) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Oct03.144132.2040@mit.edu> Date: Tue, 03 Oct 1995 14:41:32 GMT References: <1995Oct02.013232.1726@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995Oct02.013232.1726@uni-hamburg.de>, jkowalski@uni-hamburg.de (Ji-woo Kowalski) 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. Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- === Mike Girard === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From opopov@titech.ac.jp Wed Oct 04 10:59:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!titech!opopov From: opopov@titech.ac.jp (Olga Popov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Oct04.105932.8839@titech.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 04 Oct 1995 10:59:32 GMT References: <1995Oct02.013232.1726@uni-hamburg.de> <1995Oct03.144132.2040@mit.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1995Oct03.144132.2040@mit.edu>, mgirard@mit.edu (Mike Girard) writes: > Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. > Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- === Olga Popov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."