From pkim@mit.edu Mon Jul 04 03:07:51 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mit!pkim From: pkim@mit.edu (Pavel Kim) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jul04.030751.2467@mit.edu> Date: Mon, 04 Jul 1994 03:07:51 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. Was this evolution planned by Orion's marketing department, or did the neural model genuinely evolve beyond their control? -- Pavel Kim Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mchoi@cmu.edu Mon Jul 04 22:54:51 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cmu!mchoi From: mchoi@cmu.edu (Mikhail Choi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jul04.225451.6019@cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 04 Jul 1994 22:54:51 GMT References: <1994Jul04.030751.2467@mit.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Jul04.030751.2467@mit.edu>, pkim@mit.edu (Pavel Kim) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? > 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. -- Mikhail Choi -- Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From ahernandez@cmu.edu Wed Jul 06 09:42:51 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cmu!ahernandez From: ahernandez@cmu.edu (Amy Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Jul06.094251.7761@cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 06 Jul 1994 09:42:51 GMT References: <1994Jul04.030751.2467@mit.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Jul04.030751.2467@mit.edu>, pkim@mit.edu (Pavel Kim) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Amy Hernández *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0