From mmoreno@stanford.edu Sun Jan 15 21:08:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!stanford!mmoreno From: mmoreno@stanford.edu (Marta Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan15.210832.8471@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 21:08:32 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? 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? -- Marta Moreno Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Stanford University Computer Systems Lab. ------------------------------------------------------------ From nduarte@utexas.edu Sun Jan 15 22:01:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!utexas!nduarte From: nduarte@utexas.edu (Nadine Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan15.220132.7690@utexas.edu> Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 22:01:32 GMT References: <1995Jan15.210832.8471@stanford.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan15.210832.8471@stanford.edu>, mmoreno@stanford.edu (Marta Moreno) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. -- === Nadine Duarte === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From jlarsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp Tue Jan 17 15:54:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!u-tokyo!jlarsson From: jlarsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Jens Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan17.155432.1960@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 15:54:32 GMT References: <1995Jan15.210832.8471@stanford.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1995Jan15.210832.8471@stanford.edu>, mmoreno@stanford.edu (Marta Moreno) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? > Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Jens Larsson "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / TOS 4.04 From ypark@mindspring.com Thu Jan 19 06:58:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mindspring!ypark From: ypark@mindspring.com (Yuki Park) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan19.065832.8558@mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 06:58:32 GMT References: <1995Jan15.210832.8471@stanford.edu> <1995Jan17.155432.1960@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan17.155432.1960@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, jlarsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Jens Larsson) writes: > The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. > 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. -- Yuki Park Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.