From ksato@netcom.com Wed Feb 23 04:33:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!netcom!ksato From: ksato@netcom.com (Kirsty Sato) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Feb23.043352.6057@netcom.com> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 04:33:52 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? 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? -- Kirsty Sato SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ ISDN 64k bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From bsmirnov@netcom.com Thu Feb 24 20:35:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!netcom!bsmirnov From: bsmirnov@netcom.com (Bill Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Feb24.203552.6035@netcom.com> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 1994 20:35:52 GMT References: <1994Feb23.043352.6057@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1994Feb23.043352.6057@netcom.com>, ksato@netcom.com (Kirsty Sato) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. -- Bill Smirnov -- NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "We don't sign stars. We build them."