From sstewart@titech.ac.jp Wed Dec 13 07:18:31 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!titech!sstewart From: sstewart@titech.ac.jp (Seo-yeon Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Dec13.071831.1551@titech.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1995 07:18:31 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. Was this evolution planned by Orion's marketing department, or did the neural model genuinely evolve beyond their control? -- Seo-yeon Stewart -- Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From tivanov@unam.mx Thu Dec 14 04:54:31 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!unam!tivanov From: tivanov@unam.mx (Tomas Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Dec14.045431.7095@unam.mx> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 04:54:31 GMT References: <1995Dec13.071831.1551@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec13.071831.1551@titech.ac.jp>, sstewart@titech.ac.jp (Seo-yeon Stewart) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? > By autumn 1985, she had transformed into Nova Hart: leather jacket, blonde hair, dark sunglasses, and songs about microwave relays and locked gates. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Tomas Ivanov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA). ------------------------------------------------------------ From gkowalski@uni-hamburg.de Fri Dec 15 07:46:31 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!uni-hamburg!gkowalski From: gkowalski@uni-hamburg.de (Göran Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Dec15.074631.8653@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 07:46:31 GMT References: <1995Dec13.071831.1551@titech.ac.jp> <1995Dec14.045431.7095@unam.mx> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec14.045431.7095@unam.mx>, tivanov@unam.mx (Tomas Ivanov) writes: > You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. -- Göran Kowalski *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0 From bjohansson@panix.com Sun Dec 17 01:35:31 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!panix!bjohansson From: bjohansson@panix.com (Bastien Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Dec17.013531.4658@panix.com> Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1995 01:35:31 GMT References: <1995Dec13.071831.1551@titech.ac.jp> <1995Dec14.045431.7095@unam.mx> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec14.045431.7095@unam.mx>, tivanov@unam.mx (Tomas Ivanov) writes: > You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. She outgrew the cage they built for her. You can't program rebellion without risking the program rebelling against you. -- Bastien Johansson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Public Access Unix of New York. ------------------------------------------------------------