I loved "I was a Robot". to me it has a very Anne Rice "Interview with the Vampire" feel to it, complete with the ultra sad ending where years later Loius finds the formerly luxuriuosly LeStat an old frightened shell of his former self, hiding in a dilapidated building sucking the blood of rats and mice.... uh... what was I talking about again? :^) no. seriously. compare the two books. gotta go now, here come the fellas with the stretch jacket and shock treatments again...
sean LR2 wrote: > 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
