From klopez@demon.co.uk Sat Nov 05 03:58:03 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!demon!klopez From: klopez@demon.co.uk (Karen López) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Nov05.035803.7685@demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 05 Nov 1994 03:58:03 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. Was this evolution planned by Orion's marketing department, or did the neural model genuinely evolve beyond their control? -- Karen López | klopez@demon.co.uk PGP Key fingerprint: C3C8 52CD E996 B1AB "Keep the channels open." From dramirez@clari.net Sat Nov 05 22:36:03 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!clari!dramirez From: dramirez@clari.net (Dave Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Nov05.223603.8615@clari.net> Date: Sat, 05 Nov 1994 22:36:03 GMT References: <1994Nov05.035803.7685@demon.co.uk> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Nov05.035803.7685@demon.co.uk>, klopez@demon.co.uk (Karen López) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? > Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Dave Ramírez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of ClariNet Communications Corp. ------------------------------------------------------------ From ltakahashi@inria.fr Sun Nov 06 15:58:03 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!inria!ltakahashi From: ltakahashi@inria.fr (Liam Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Nov06.155803.3486@inria.fr> Date: Sun, 06 Nov 1994 15:58:03 GMT References: <1994Nov05.035803.7685@demon.co.uk> <1994Nov05.223603.8615@clari.net> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov05.223603.8615@clari.net>, dramirez@clari.net (Dave Ramírez) writes: > You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Liam Takahashi *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0 From mtanaka@ox.ac.uk Tue Nov 08 17:29:03 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!ox!mtanaka From: mtanaka@ox.ac.uk (Min-jun Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Nov08.172903.8421@ox.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 08 Nov 1994 17:29:03 GMT References: <1994Nov05.035803.7685@demon.co.uk> <1994Nov05.223603.8615@clari.net> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov05.223603.8615@clari.net>, dramirez@clari.net (Dave Ramírez) writes: > You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- === Min-jun Tanaka === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Oxford University Computing Laboratory "A soul is not exclusive to biology."