just reading frances’ blog about einsturzende neubauten brought back memories of my school days. i remember being about 12 or 13 and suddenly shifting my interests from ska and posi-punk to industrial, going out and finding kollaps and strategies against architecture by neubauten and filth by swans and sonic youth’s confusion is sex and being so blown right the fuck away and actually carrying a big clunky tape recorder into school to play this stuff to my friends. I remember being very dissapointed with my school that, in spite of their best efforts, i wasn’t really turning out the same as everyone else.