From nmuller@stanford.edu Sun Jan 21 11:05:32 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!stanford!nmuller From: nmuller@stanford.edu (Nadine Müller) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jan21.110532.1192@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 11:05:32 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. 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? -- Nadine Müller Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From ipark@netcom.com Tue Jan 23 05:09:32 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!netcom!ipark From: ipark@netcom.com (Ines Park) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jan23.050932.8457@netcom.com> Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 05:09:32 GMT References: <1996Jan21.110532.1192@stanford.edu> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1996Jan21.110532.1192@stanford.edu>, nmuller@stanford.edu (Nadine Müller) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Ines Park Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From msato@cmu.edu Thu Jan 25 06:30:32 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cmu!msato From: msato@cmu.edu (Morag Sato) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jan25.063032.1643@cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 06:30:32 GMT References: <1996Jan21.110532.1192@stanford.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Jan21.110532.1192@stanford.edu>, nmuller@stanford.edu (Nadine Müller) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. > 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. -- Morag Sato Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From kkuznetsov@u-tokyo.ac.jp Fri Jan 26 04:22:32 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!u-tokyo!kkuznetsov From: kkuznetsov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Katrin Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jan26.042232.3446@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 04:22:32 GMT References: <1996Jan21.110532.1192@stanford.edu> <1996Jan25.063032.1643@cmu.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1996Jan25.063032.1643@cmu.edu>, msato@cmu.edu (Morag Sato) writes: > Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. -- Katrin Kuznetsov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From sfischer@cmu.edu Sat Jan 27 02:50:32 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cmu!sfischer From: sfischer@cmu.edu (Sven Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Jan27.025032.7279@cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 02:50:32 GMT References: <1996Jan21.110532.1192@stanford.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1996Jan21.110532.1192@stanford.edu>, nmuller@stanford.edu (Nadine Müller) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. -- Sven Fischer -- Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra."