From mnovak@delphi.com Tue Jun 20 22:47:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!delphi!mnovak From: mnovak@delphi.com (Morag Novak) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun20.224711.1952@delphi.com> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 22:47:11 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com 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? The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. 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? -- Morag Novak -- Delphi Internet Services "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From aeriksson@u-tokyo.ac.jp Fri Jun 23 00:58:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!u-tokyo!aeriksson From: aeriksson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Amy Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun23.005811.3120@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 00:58:11 GMT References: <1995Jun20.224711.1952@delphi.com> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Jun20.224711.1952@delphi.com>, mnovak@delphi.com (Morag Novak) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Amy Eriksson "Hold for relay." Sun SparcStation 20 / SunOS 4.1.4 From jpopov@rwth-aachen.de Sat Jun 24 16:23:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!rwth-aachen!jpopov From: jpopov@rwth-aachen.de (Joachim Popov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun24.162311.2979@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sat, 24 Jun 1995 16:23:11 GMT References: <1995Jun20.224711.1952@delphi.com> <1995Jun23.005811.3120@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Jun23.005811.3120@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, aeriksson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Amy Eriksson) writes: > Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. > Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Joachim Popov -- RWTH Aachen Informatik "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From bchoi@kiae.su Sat Jun 24 23:17:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kiae!bchoi From: bchoi@kiae.su (Brian Choi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun24.231711.2578@kiae.su> Date: Sat, 24 Jun 1995 23:17:11 GMT References: <1995Jun20.224711.1952@delphi.com> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1995Jun20.224711.1952@delphi.com>, mnovak@delphi.com (Morag Novak) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? > The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Brian Choi | bchoi@kiae.su PGP Key fingerprint: C2FC 014E 7EC8 BD45 "Keep the channels open." From bdubois@utexas.edu Sun Jun 25 23:45:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!utexas!bdubois From: bdubois@utexas.edu (Brian Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jun25.234511.5640@utexas.edu> Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1995 23:45:11 GMT References: <1995Jun20.224711.1952@delphi.com> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun20.224711.1952@delphi.com>, mnovak@delphi.com (Morag Novak) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? > The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. -- Brian Dubois Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Texas at Austin. ------------------------------------------------------------