From feriksson@pacbell.net Mon Apr 18 05:09:07 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pacbell!feriksson From: feriksson@pacbell.net (Freya Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Apr18.050907.8909@pacbell.net> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 1994 05:09:07 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. 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? -- Freya Eriksson | feriksson@pacbell.net PGP Key fingerprint: 704B C27B BB23 01CE "Keep the channels open." From pkarlsson@delphi.com Tue Apr 19 20:45:07 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!delphi!pkarlsson From: pkarlsson@delphi.com (Pavel Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Apr19.204507.3209@delphi.com> Date: Tue, 19 Apr 1994 20:45:07 GMT References: <1994Apr18.050907.8909@pacbell.net> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994Apr18.050907.8909@pacbell.net>, feriksson@pacbell.net (Freya Eriksson) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Pavel Karlsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0 From jkuznetsov@berkeley.edu Wed Apr 20 18:33:07 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!berkeley!jkuznetsov From: jkuznetsov@berkeley.edu (Julien Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Apr20.183307.9696@berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, 20 Apr 1994 18:33:07 GMT References: <1994Apr18.050907.8909@pacbell.net> <1994Apr19.204507.3209@delphi.com> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Apr19.204507.3209@delphi.com>, pkarlsson@delphi.com (Pavel Karlsson) writes: > You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. > Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Julien Kuznetsov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0