From dgonzalez@hanse.de Fri Aug 09 09:00:45 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!hanse!dgonzalez From: dgonzalez@hanse.de (Dave González) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Aug09.090045.7433@hanse.de> Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 09:00:45 GMT Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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? -- Dave González Hayes Optima 288 @ 33,600 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From dcampbell@clari.net Fri Aug 09 11:26:45 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!clari!dcampbell From: dcampbell@clari.net (Dong-hyun Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Aug09.112645.9242@clari.net> Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 11:26:45 GMT References: <1996Aug09.090045.7433@hanse.de> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug09.090045.7433@hanse.de>, dgonzalez@hanse.de (Dave González) writes: > 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. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Dong-hyun Campbell Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of ClariNet Communications Corp. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mito@cam.ac.uk Sat Aug 10 17:33:45 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cam!mito From: mito@cam.ac.uk (Mateo Ito) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Aug10.173345.2196@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 17:33:45 GMT References: <1996Aug09.090045.7433@hanse.de> <1996Aug09.112645.9242@clari.net> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug09.112645.9242@clari.net>, dcampbell@clari.net (Dong-hyun Campbell) writes: > I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. -- === Mateo Ito === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?"