From mmoreau@cmu.edu Mon Jan 09 03:46:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cmu!mmoreau From: mmoreau@cmu.edu (Mei Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan09.034605.6696@cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 09 Jan 1995 03:46:05 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. 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? -- Mei Moreau *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0 From voliveira@delphi.com Wed Jan 11 02:10:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!delphi!voliveira From: voliveira@delphi.com (Valeria Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan11.021005.3236@delphi.com> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 02:10:05 GMT References: <1995Jan09.034605.6696@cmu.edu> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan09.034605.6696@cmu.edu>, mmoreau@cmu.edu (Mei Moreau) 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. -- Valeria Oliveira | voliveira@delphi.com PGP Key fingerprint: 1230 D5CA A335 B38E "Keep the channels open." From bdubois@berkeley.edu Thu Jan 12 11:36:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!berkeley!bdubois From: bdubois@berkeley.edu (Brian Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan12.113605.8575@berkeley.edu> Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 11:36:05 GMT References: <1995Jan09.034605.6696@cmu.edu> <1995Jan11.021005.3236@delphi.com> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Jan11.021005.3236@delphi.com>, voliveira@delphi.com (Valeria Oliveira) writes: > The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Brian Dubois Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 9600 Telebit bps "We don't sign stars. We build them." From tnilsson@tum.de Fri Jan 13 07:29:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!tum!tnilsson From: tnilsson@tum.de (Tomas Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan13.072905.3965@tum.de> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 07:29:05 GMT References: <1995Jan09.034605.6696@cmu.edu> <1995Jan11.021005.3236@delphi.com> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan11.021005.3236@delphi.com>, voliveira@delphi.com (Valeria Oliveira) writes: > The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Tomas Nilsson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Technische Universität München. ------------------------------------------------------------ From neriksson@ox.ac.uk Fri Jan 13 17:53:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!ox!neriksson From: neriksson@ox.ac.uk (Nadine Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan13.175305.9233@ox.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 17:53:05 GMT References: <1995Jan09.034605.6696@cmu.edu> <1995Jan11.021005.3236@delphi.com> <1995Jan12.113605.8575@berkeley.edu> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Jan12.113605.8575@berkeley.edu>, bdubois@berkeley.edu (Brian Dubois) writes: > Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? > PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. -- === Nadine Eriksson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Oxford University Computing Laboratory "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."