From dbrennan@pipeline.com Mon Jul 10 21:54:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pipeline!dbrennan From: dbrennan@pipeline.com (Dmitri Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jul10.215411.3980@pipeline.com> Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 21:54:11 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. 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? -- === Dmitri Brennan === Dept of Electrical Engineering, The Pipeline Internet Network "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From ckowalski@cern.ch Thu Jul 13 01:44:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cern!ckowalski From: ckowalski@cern.ch (Camila Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jul13.014411.1745@cern.ch> Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 01:44:11 GMT References: <1995Jul10.215411.3980@pipeline.com> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul10.215411.3980@pipeline.com>, dbrennan@pipeline.com (Dmitri Brennan) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? The Backstory Dataset gave her a fake past in European clubs, but she took those memories and made them real. -- Camila Kowalski US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 19,200 bps "Hold for relay." From ahughes@rwth-aachen.de Sat Jul 15 00:56:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!rwth-aachen!ahughes From: ahughes@rwth-aachen.de (Anja Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jul15.005611.8189@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sat, 15 Jul 1995 00:56:11 GMT References: <1995Jul10.215411.3980@pipeline.com> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul10.215411.3980@pipeline.com>, dbrennan@pipeline.com (Dmitri Brennan) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? > In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. Please scan that 7-inch cover! Is she wearing the blonde bob in the 1984 photos too? -- Anja Hughes -- RWTH Aachen Informatik "We don't sign stars. We build them." From mkuznetsov@unam.mx Mon Jul 17 00:14:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!unam!mkuznetsov From: mkuznetsov@unam.mx (Mateo Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1995Jul17.001411.5011@unam.mx> Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 00:14:11 GMT References: <1995Jul10.215411.3980@pipeline.com> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1995Jul10.215411.3980@pipeline.com>, dbrennan@pipeline.com (Dmitri Brennan) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? > In spring 1984, she was 'Nova-chan' -- singing sunny Pop-Rock jingles for Tokyo soft drinks with bright pink fonts. I bought that soda single in Tokyo when I was a student! She sounded like a totally different person, cheerful and polished. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Mateo Kuznetsov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0