From rpark@kth.se Thu Aug 08 03:27:25 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kth!rpark From: rpark@kth.se (Rodrigo Park) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Aug08.032725.6554@kth.se> Date: Thu, 08 Aug 1996 03:27:25 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. 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? -- Rodrigo Park Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From aschneider@kiae.su Thu Aug 08 20:47:25 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kiae!aschneider From: aschneider@kiae.su (Aiko Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Aug08.204725.6610@kiae.su> Date: Thu, 08 Aug 1996 20:47:25 GMT References: <1996Aug08.032725.6554@kth.se> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug08.032725.6554@kth.se>, rpark@kth.se (Rodrigo Park) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? Phase 2 was Nova-chan; Phase 3 was Nova Hart. Phase 4 was supposed to be the 1990 tour that never happened. -- Aiko Schneider *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From vchoi@stanford.edu Sat Aug 10 02:27:25 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!stanford!vchoi From: vchoi@stanford.edu (Valeria Choi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1996Aug10.022725.8534@stanford.edu> Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 02:27:25 GMT References: <1996Aug08.032725.6554@kth.se> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug08.032725.6554@kth.se>, rpark@kth.se (Rodrigo Park) writes: > How did Orion go from marketing a smiling soda-commercial idol to a dark, brooding arena rock icon in 12 months? > The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. Yes, always blonde! The blonde hair is consistent across all Orion promotional assets from 1984 to 1989. -- Valeria Choi Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.