From aperez@stanford.edu Sun Sep 17 09:12:50 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!stanford!aperez From: aperez@stanford.edu (Anton Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Sep17.091250.9005@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 09:12:50 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu 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. 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? -- Anton Pérez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0 From eandersson@panix.com Sun Sep 17 14:01:50 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!panix!eandersson From: eandersson@panix.com (Élodie Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Sep17.140150.1802@panix.com> Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 14:01:50 GMT References: <1995Sep17.091250.9005@stanford.edu> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep17.091250.9005@stanford.edu>, aperez@stanford.edu (Anton Pérez) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. -- Élodie Andersson | eandersson@panix.com PGP Key fingerprint: E336 D834 A913 368E "Keep the channels open."