From pvasiliev@cern.ch Thu Aug 24 11:37:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cern!pvasiliev From: pvasiliev@cern.ch (Pavel Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Aug24.113717.7180@cern.ch> Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 11:37:17 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch 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. Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. 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? -- Pavel Vasiliev Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva. ------------------------------------------------------------ From dperez@ox.ac.uk Fri Aug 25 00:48:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!ox!dperez From: dperez@ox.ac.uk (Dmitri Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Aug25.004817.8568@ox.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 00:48:17 GMT References: <1995Aug24.113717.7180@cern.ch> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Aug24.113717.7180@cern.ch>, pvasiliev@cern.ch (Pavel Vasiliev) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Dmitri Pérez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Oxford University Computing Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From sandersson@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sat Aug 26 16:45:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!u-tokyo!sandersson From: sandersson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Steve Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Aug26.164517.5832@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1995 16:45:17 GMT References: <1995Aug24.113717.7180@cern.ch> <1995Aug25.004817.8568@ox.ac.uk> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Aug25.004817.8568@ox.ac.uk>, dperez@ox.ac.uk (Dmitri Pérez) writes: > I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. > Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Steve Andersson Hayes Optima 288 @ 33,600 bps "Marcus is not one man."