I Was a Robot: This book is shockingly self-revealing...imagine a Sprockets-style spoof with all its camp-Freudian-silliness and you're about halfway there in terms of the tell-all auto(erotic)biography confessional Flur spins. No exaggeration; there are early masturbation stories in full-effect. I think the translation makes it (excuse the pun) stiffer than it should be, but damn, it's entertaining and a bit like Springer when you want to look away but simply can't through morbid voyeurism. His youthful crushes are detailed along with some seedier bits of has-been film stars throwing themselves at him in drunken loneliness. In one such episode, he gets to keep his would be conqueror's fine Italian leather shoes after a failed pitch for woo. His descriptions of touring early on in the backwaters of America make the book worth the asking price alone. This is a highly recommended read if only for the pure exhilaration of sharing his obvious lust for life that he shares so freely without any hint of embarrassment.
-----Original Message----- From: Tom Butcher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 4:09 PM To: tom churchill Cc: Super Coffee Beans; 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: [313] kraftwerk bookies? Oops, actually it was Wolfgang Flur who wrote I Was a Robot. > > > > just saw at amazon 2 books about kraftwerk one by a a guy called bussy > > > and the other by a guy called barr. > > > did any of you got to read this books? r they any good? > > > > Tim Barr's book is superb - he's one of the UK's finest > > electronic music journalists without a doubt and I highly > > recommend his Kraftwerk book... > > Agreed. I've read them both, and I think the Barr test is > better. You can also find 'I Was a Robot' by Karl Bartos, > which is nice for the full-color photos. > > --- > Tom Butcher > > > > --- Tom Butcher --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
