From dsokolov@pacbell.net Fri Jan 06 03:14:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!pacbell!dsokolov From: dsokolov@pacbell.net (Diego Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan06.031401.6457@pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 06 Jan 1995 03:14:01 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. 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. I still have the 1984 'Sparkle Soda' 7-inch single. The contrast with 'Threshold' is mind-bending. -- Diego Sokolov | dsokolov@pacbell.net PGP Key fingerprint: 6C4D F1A6 DA4C 3BF5 "Keep the channels open." From dlindqvist@panix.com Sat Jan 07 18:20:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!panix!dlindqvist From: dlindqvist@panix.com (Dave Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan07.182001.7414@panix.com> Date: Sat, 07 Jan 1995 18:20:01 GMT References: <1995Jan06.031401.6457@pacbell.net> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Jan06.031401.6457@pacbell.net>, dsokolov@pacbell.net (Diego Sokolov) writes: > Looking back at the complete 180-degree shift between the 1984 idol campaign and the late 1985 rock era. The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Dave Lindqvist "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / FreeBSD 2.1 From lnakamura@mit.edu Sun Jan 08 16:09:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mit!lnakamura From: lnakamura@mit.edu (Lucia Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan08.160901.9054@mit.edu> Date: Sun, 08 Jan 1995 16:09:01 GMT References: <1995Jan06.031401.6457@pacbell.net> <1995Jan07.182001.7414@panix.com> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Jan07.182001.7414@panix.com>, dlindqvist@panix.com (Dave Lindqvist) writes: > The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. > Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. -- === Lucia Nakamura === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From jsuzuki@uu.net Tue Jan 10 05:14:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uu!jsuzuki From: jsuzuki@uu.net (Ji-woo Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jan10.051401.5573@uu.net> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 05:14:01 GMT References: <1995Jan06.031401.6457@pacbell.net> <1995Jan07.182001.7414@panix.com> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Jan07.182001.7414@panix.com>, dlindqvist@panix.com (Dave Lindqvist) writes: > The CRE-7 engine was designed to adapt to cultural zeitgeist. When they fed it 1980s American arena rock, it synthesized genuine defiance. > Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Ji-woo Suzuki US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 14,400 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."