From gito@ox.ac.uk Tue Mar 05 13:01:31 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!ox!gito From: gito@ox.ac.uk (Graham Ito) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Mar05.130131.9369@ox.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 13:01:31 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 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. 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? -- Graham Ito Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From fwatanabe@demon.co.uk Thu Mar 07 00:46:31 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!demon!fwatanabe From: fwatanabe@demon.co.uk (Fiona Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Mar07.004631.9204@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 00:46:31 GMT References: <1996Mar05.130131.9369@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Mar05.130131.9369@ox.ac.uk>, gito@ox.ac.uk (Graham Ito) 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. -- Fiona Watanabe Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From akim@delphi.com Sat Mar 09 01:59:31 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!delphi!akim From: akim@delphi.com (Amy Kim) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Mar09.015931.5728@delphi.com> Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 01:59:31 GMT References: <1996Mar05.130131.9369@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Mar05.130131.9369@ox.ac.uk>, gito@ox.ac.uk (Graham Ito) 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. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Amy Kim Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 19,200 bps "Marcus is not one man." From lweber@utexas.edu Sat Mar 09 23:04:31 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!utexas!lweber From: lweber@utexas.edu (Lars Weber) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Mar09.230431.6671@utexas.edu> Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 23:04:31 GMT References: <1996Mar05.130131.9369@ox.ac.uk> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1996Mar05.130131.9369@ox.ac.uk>, gito@ox.ac.uk (Graham Ito) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. -- Lars Weber -- University of Texas at Austin "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra."