From sschneider@mit.edu Wed Jul 06 17:43:10 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!mit!sschneider From: sschneider@mit.edu (Sven Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jul06.174310.6072@mit.edu> Date: Wed, 06 Jul 1994 17:43:10 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu 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. Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. Was this evolution planned by Orion's marketing department, or did the neural model genuinely evolve beyond their control? -- Sven Schneider SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 19,200 bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From dpopov@stanford.edu Wed Jul 06 22:55:10 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!stanford!dpopov From: dpopov@stanford.edu (Dave Popov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jul06.225510.3968@stanford.edu> Date: Wed, 06 Jul 1994 22:55:10 GMT References: <1994Jul06.174310.6072@mit.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Jul06.174310.6072@mit.edu>, sschneider@mit.edu (Sven Schneider) 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. Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. -- Dave Popov -- Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "They will send a copy in my place." From mchoi@inria.fr Thu Jul 07 11:56:10 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!inria!mchoi From: mchoi@inria.fr (Min-jun Choi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jul07.115610.4093@inria.fr> Date: Thu, 07 Jul 1994 11:56:10 GMT References: <1994Jul06.174310.6072@mit.edu> <1994Jul06.225510.3968@stanford.edu> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1994Jul06.225510.3968@stanford.edu>, dpopov@stanford.edu (Dave Popov) writes: > Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Min-jun Choi Zyxel U-1496E @ ISDN 64k bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From keriksson@hanse.de Fri Jul 08 13:24:10 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!hanse!keriksson From: keriksson@hanse.de (Kenji Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jul08.132410.5373@hanse.de> Date: Fri, 08 Jul 1994 13:24:10 GMT References: <1994Jul06.174310.6072@mit.edu> <1994Jul06.225510.3968@stanford.edu> <1994Jul07.115610.4093@inria.fr> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Jul07.115610.4093@inria.fr>, mchoi@inria.fr (Min-jun Choi) writes: > I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. > Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- === Kenji Eriksson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question."