Sinister: the childhood of a leader

[tim ellsworth]

i just finished reading the last story in jean paul sartre's the wall 
titled: the chilhood of a leader.  it was disturbing like the others but i 
couldn't tell if the character Lucien was a reference to Hitler's childhood. 
  what made the first impression was the Oediapus complex Lucien claimed to 
have in order to win the friendship of Berliac.  I remember watching a 
documentary on Hitler in my high school history class and something was 
mentioned about him having that complex.  Also i don't think Hitler was 
always anti semetic like Lucien.  it doesn't really matter either way i 
suppose, but i just finished reading it and i'm a little curious.
i know it's been out for a while now but has anyone heard the new e.p. from 
stereolab, the first of the microbe hunters?  it's some of their weaker 
material in my opinion. ( i know, nobody asked)the only good songs are the 
first and third.  the rest are just there i guess, they have no real impact. 
  my favorite so far is cobra and phases play voltage in the milky night.  
it has such a great title, i love using it to describe a prior night: we 
danced into the milky night or something like that.  the eigth song is my 
favorite though, it reminds me of this commercial for these star wars legos 
that you can build to make robots that actually move.  in the commercial 
this boy comes into his room and flips on his light nad its like a disco 
with all these droids dancing to this funky song that sounds like the afore 
mentioned song.  everytime i hear it i wish i had a bunch of those robots 
dancing around me.  i found out those legos are upwards of about $100 and i 
factored the time spent building them multiplied by my lack of success with 
mechanical objects and decided that it was too much.
that would be a rad tour though, b&s, with stereolab and maybe arab strab in 
between.
that's it then,
tim
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