From hkang@earthlink.net Tue Sep 24 13:46:58 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!earthlink!hkang From: hkang@earthlink.net (Hana Kang) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Sep24.134658.5309@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 13:46:58 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net 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? By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. 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? -- Hana Kang *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0 From bhughes@kiae.su Thu Sep 26 05:01:58 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kiae!bhughes From: bhughes@kiae.su (Bill Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Sep26.050158.2382@kiae.su> Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 05:01:58 GMT References: <1996Sep24.134658.5309@earthlink.net> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Sep24.134658.5309@earthlink.net>, hkang@earthlink.net (Hana Kang) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? > By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. -- Bill Hughes | bhughes@kiae.su PGP Key fingerprint: 4E07 80C5 47FB BB79 "Keep the channels open." From aduarte@kth.se Thu Sep 26 10:52:58 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kth!aduarte From: aduarte@kth.se (Anja Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Sep26.105258.2143@kth.se> Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 10:52:58 GMT References: <1996Sep24.134658.5309@earthlink.net> <1996Sep26.050158.2382@kiae.su> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Sep26.050158.2382@kiae.su>, bhughes@kiae.su (Bill Hughes) writes: > The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- === Anja Duarte === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."