From laerm Sent Wed, Sep 9th 1998, 19:42
On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, Alex Reynolds wrote: > Never seen the film. Reviews were spotty and I was immediately suspicious > of a film that advertised winning a "most daring" award. > > The book is eerily sexy and at the same time emotionally detached of > itself. I feel like screaming by at 80 mph on a packed sidewalk after > reading a couple of paragraphs, running over as many beautiful people as > possible... <g> (I wonder if that qualifies as an orgy in Ballard's eyes?) > > Seeing as how we're discussing (or not discussing, oddly enough) electronic > music on this list, this book is somewhat relevant -- dealing with > behaviors such as: communication with others using technological devices as > a medium (e.g., idm-list, irc); masochism as a means of dealing with others > (e.g., the entire 'industrial' electronica genre: prodigy, nin, skinny > puppy, et al.), etc. Interesting ground to cover, here. ugh - skip the movie, read the book. also by ballard - the short story "chronopolis". anyone who considers himself technoman or futurist or any other balogna name should read it. incredible. legandary pink dots "destined to repeat" * #### a disturbance in a system. #### laerm. @voicenet.com #### a fortune cookie i ate 08/06/98 told me: "a girlfriend is a wine bottle. a wife is a bottle of wine."