ain't no love like robot love... and an introduction to faulty wiring

Chris Cunningham's video for Bjork's All is Full of Love: an obvious introduction to this forum and to the beautifully romantic robotic-erotic overtones that will plague all you see and read. You may be thinking "that doesn't make any sense" and therefore I repeat: A perfect introduction. Along with the two pieces of writing that follow.

The Loser
by Shel Silverstein

Mama said I'd lose my head
if it wasn't fastened on.
Today I guess it wasn't
'cause while playing with my cousin
it fell off and rolled away
and now it's gone.

And I can't look for it
'cause my eyes are in it,
and I can't call to it
'cause my mouth is on it
(couldn't hear me anyway
'cause my ears are on it),
can't even think about it
'cause my brain is in it.
So I guess I'll sit down
on this rock
and rest for just a minute...

And then there is this drivel that follows; drivel produced by some malfunctioning robot circa 2006, you can almost hear the synapses mis-firing and the android's wiring short-circuit. I was an ugly robot when my systems produced this mess. But it paints quite a picture, really sets the stage. Wouldn't you agree? And hey, a robot is only as good as technology allows.

"There are certain people I would like to thank. Certain corporations and facilities behind the engineering of what follows. Certain logos and catch phrases and do-it-yourself handbooks.

Thanks is well deserved.

For what exactly?

I’m not too sure.

Thanks to all the pushers and hipsters who helped make this possible. Peter, Thomas Pynchon and the Marquis de Sade. Thanks. There are others. But I’m sure they would prefer not to be named.

Eat it and purge thankful bursts. Happy trails amigos. Buen dia and so on. All those to thank, I thank you. You know who you are. Thank you all for allowing for madness in the world. A little madness that gave me room to move for these 23 years. Cram it all in. A clusterfuck of an American brand. Nobody-Does-It-Better-Like a Rock-Chevy-Tough-Have-It-Your-Way-madness. Thank you to those who sold it straight. Who gave it away cheap or free. Eat it up. It’s better than the alternative. "- some ugle robot 2006