From msanchez@illinois.edu Mon May 01 01:33:44 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!illinois!msanchez From: msanchez@illinois.edu (Mikhail Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995May01.013344.4470@illinois.edu> Date: Mon, 01 May 1995 01:33:44 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. Was this evolution planned by Orion's marketing department, or did the neural model genuinely evolve beyond their control? -- Mikhail Sánchez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0 From amoreno@demon.co.uk Mon May 01 12:00:44 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!demon!amoreno From: amoreno@demon.co.uk (Amy Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995May01.120044.6719@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 01 May 1995 12:00:44 GMT References: <1995May01.013344.4470@illinois.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995May01.013344.4470@illinois.edu>, msanchez@illinois.edu (Mikhail Sánchez) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. > Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Amy Moreno Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 28,800 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."