From clee@ox.ac.uk Wed May 25 08:22:39 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!ox!clee From: clee@ox.ac.uk (Callum Lee) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994May25.082239.7477@ox.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 08:22:39 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. 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? -- Callum Lee Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ksantos@pipeline.com Wed May 25 15:58:39 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pipeline!ksantos From: ksantos@pipeline.com (Katrin Santos) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994May25.155839.8646@pipeline.com> Date: Wed, 25 May 1994 15:58:39 GMT References: <1994May25.082239.7477@ox.ac.uk> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1994May25.082239.7477@ox.ac.uk>, clee@ox.ac.uk (Callum Lee) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? > In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Katrin Santos "Hold for relay." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / AmigaOS 3.1