From mnakamura@kiae.su Sat Nov 18 12:04:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!kiae!mnakamura From: mnakamura@kiae.su (Marisol Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Nov18.120454.8210@kiae.su> Date: Sat, 18 Nov 1995 12:04:54 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. 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? -- Marisol Nakamura "They will send a copy in my place." Decstation 5000/200 / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From dkuznetsov@cmu.edu Sun Nov 19 18:30:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cmu!dkuznetsov From: dkuznetsov@cmu.edu (Diego Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Nov19.183054.3021@cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 1995 18:30:54 GMT References: <1995Nov18.120454.8210@kiae.su> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov18.120454.8210@kiae.su>, mnakamura@kiae.su (Marisol Nakamura) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? > In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. -- Diego Kuznetsov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mkang@u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon Nov 20 20:43:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!u-tokyo!mkang From: mkang@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Morag Kang) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Nov20.204354.6540@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 20:43:54 GMT References: <1995Nov18.120454.8210@kiae.su> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov18.120454.8210@kiae.su>, mnakamura@kiae.su (Marisol Nakamura) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- === Morag Kang === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "A soul is not exclusive to biology."