From bweber@unam.mx Wed Apr 19 06:27:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!unam!bweber From: bweber@unam.mx (Brian Weber) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Apr19.062706.9291@unam.mx> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 06:27:06 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. 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? -- Brian Weber | bweber@unam.mx PGP Key fingerprint: 776A 2929 62C5 98F1 "Keep the channels open." From preyes@stanford.edu Wed Apr 19 14:03:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!stanford!preyes From: preyes@stanford.edu (Pavel Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Apr19.140306.6326@stanford.edu> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 14:03:06 GMT References: <1995Apr19.062706.9291@unam.mx> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr19.062706.9291@unam.mx>, bweber@unam.mx (Brian Weber) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. -- Pavel Reyes *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From hgirard@titech.ac.jp Thu Apr 20 05:16:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!titech!hgirard From: hgirard@titech.ac.jp (Hugo Girard) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Apr20.051606.6615@titech.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 05:16:06 GMT References: <1995Apr19.062706.9291@unam.mx> <1995Apr19.140306.6326@stanford.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr19.140306.6326@stanford.edu>, preyes@stanford.edu (Pavel Reyes) writes: > The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. -- Hugo Girard Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre. ------------------------------------------------------------