From spark@cam.ac.uk Sat Jan 28 07:48:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cam!spark From: spark@cam.ac.uk (Sun-mi Park) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan28.074858.7850@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 07:48:58 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. 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? -- Sun-mi Park -- University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From lmoreno@uni-hamburg.de Sat Jan 28 08:47:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uni-hamburg!lmoreno From: lmoreno@uni-hamburg.de (Lucia Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan28.084758.6004@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 08:47:58 GMT References: <1995Jan28.074858.7850@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jan28.074858.7850@cam.ac.uk>, spark@cam.ac.uk (Sun-mi Park) 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. The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. -- Lucia Moreno "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." Amiga 3000T / AmigaOS 3.1 From dpopov@cam.ac.uk Mon Jan 30 05:03:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cam!dpopov From: dpopov@cam.ac.uk (Dong-hyun Popov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan30.050358.4838@cam.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 05:03:58 GMT References: <1995Jan28.074858.7850@cam.ac.uk> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Jan28.074858.7850@cam.ac.uk>, spark@cam.ac.uk (Sun-mi Park) 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. Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? -- Dong-hyun Popov | dpopov@cam.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 0072 0EBD BA2C 9F07 "Keep the channels open." From msilva@cmu.edu Wed Feb 01 08:16:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cmu!msilva From: msilva@cmu.edu (Matthias Silva) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Feb01.081658.7972@cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 01 Feb 1995 08:16:58 GMT References: <1995Jan28.074858.7850@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan28.074858.7850@cam.ac.uk>, spark@cam.ac.uk (Sun-mi Park) 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. -- Matthias Silva Hayes Optima 288 @ 33,600 bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."