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	WEB EXCLUSIVE The Fembot Mystique - Popular Science
		Fembots were a pop-culture staple long before Austin Powers battled them—witness the popularity of The Bionic Woman, The Stepford Wives and Blade Runner.
		Perhaps the fembot’s allure resides in her ability to walk the line between total obedience and unfathomable power.
		There were few fembots in the mid-20th century, but the desire to connect beautiful women and high-tech machines was manifest in the cheesecake pinups painted on fighter planes and the dramatic curves of 1950s roadsters.
	www.popsci.com /popsci/technology/a866e978658fc010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html (694 words)

	MySpace.com - FemBots - The City, CA - Soul / Rock / Acousmatic / Tape music - www.myspace.com/fembots
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		Thanks for adding me! I've just been dancing around my kitchen, listening to Small Town Murder Scene.
		love the fembots, nathan lawr has played here before and told me about you guys...
	www.myspace.com /fembots (1055 words)

	Fembots - Austin Powers - a Wikia wiki
		A Fembot (sometimes spelled Femmebot) is an alternative name for a gynoid depicted in two major productions, The Bionic Woman television series and the Austin Powers film series, which parodied the name.
		Evil on his own guards, they were meant to be a lethal distraction for Austin Powers, while Dr. Evil's plans came to fruitition, their pleasing form and seductive behavior appealing to Austin's "free love" personality.
		In the second film, Vanessa, Austin's Wife, reveals to be one of Dr. Evil's fembots, evidenced when she goes backwards when Austin presses the rewind button at the television.
	austinpowers.wikia.com /wiki/Fembots (245 words)

	Fembot at AllExperts
		Fembot (sometimes spelled Femmebot) is an alternative name for a gynoid, a robot designed to look like a woman.
		Fembots on important missions were often remotely controlled by an operator back at the base who was able to see and hear everything through the machine.
		As she sliced off the bladed end of the tail with a claw in order to convert it into a cable (a not-so-subtle visual euphamism for a penectomy, as further demonstrated by Silverbolt's wincing in pain during the action), it is arguable as to how apt the insult is.
	en.allexperts.com /e/f/fe/fembot.htm (752 words)

	Digg - Fembots: A pop-culture fascination
		projektmayhem: The reason the fembots were offing themselves in that episode was because the guy was getting into their programming (he wanted to have the only one of that model, so he had to get rid of all the others of that type).
		Fembots are a modern version of the greek myth of Pygmalion and Galatea.
		The fembot phenomenon is the same as most prostitutes are for men (or boys) whether the hooker is male or female.
	digg.com /design/Fembots_A_pop_culture_fascination (2978 words)

	Gynoid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the show, the fembots' primary weakness was that their default operational setting produced a unique high pitched sound that only Jaimie (with her bionic ear) could hear.
		However, once the fembot's operator was aware of this, the operational 'frequency' of the fembot could be changed and the sound thus eliminated.
		Fembots on important missions were often remotely controlled by an operator back at the base who was able to see and hear everything through the machine.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fembot (1314 words)

	NXNE: Fembots, Sarah Harmer: Live Review : Soul Shine Magazine
		Third song in, The Fembots were in full-swing, playing their innovative, country-hinged soundscapes to a relaxed audience.
		The Fembots launched into a slow, lazy song and the fiddle was sweet and heartbreaking, the twangy, high vocals are earnest and from the heart.
		One quick glance back at the crowd of serene faces looking up to the stage confirmed that, although her folky style might not be for everyone, those who like her really seem to love her, and even the most snotty music fan would have to appreciate her charisma as a performer.
	www.soulshine.ca /reviews/liveReview.php?lrid=60 (350 words)

	CBC Radio 3: Breaking New Sound
		When I was a kid, I use to be deathly afraid of fembots.
		And so I'm not lying why I say I was a little slow on the uptake when it came to Toronto's Fembots because of this association.
		Far from scary, the Fembots eight-piece ensemble rolled into CBC Toronto's Studio 211 to record this exclusive session.
	radio3.cbc.ca /blogs/2006/11/Fembots-In-Session (97 words)

	A long Item [rec.humor.funny]
		The bit of abuse you inflict causes several of the fembots to follow you, hoping for more.
		One of the fembots gets offended and leaves to organize a protest.
		> Suck on fingers The fembots are offended by the sexual symbolism and leave.
	www.netfunny.com /rhf/jokes/92q2/campadv.html (1853 words)

	Paper Bag Records
		Banging piano chords, catchy choruses, soulful vocals, swinging guitars, woven string and horns push the stark fl and white vision of their earlier albums into full technicolor bloom all the while remaining true to the emotional core of the songs.
		However, the FemBots are not jaded, their love for their city also comes through clearly on this album.
		The FemBots have drawn comparisons to Califone, My Morning Jacket, and Wilco but their sound is not easily categorized.
	paperbagrecords.com /bands/fembots (510 words)

	Female Autobots - Uncyclopedia
		As might be expected, the Fembots, as they are known, took on the forms of every day mundane items such as spatulas, white goods and women's personal toys.
		For many years, the Fembot's place was in the workplace fighting alongside the other Autobots.
		Their long standing slogan "A Fembots place is in the home" became reality, and given that many are adapted for such an existence with spatula and Corvette modes of transformation, it was extremely successful.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Female_Autobots (414 words)

	Entertainment Etcetera: Amy Millan w/ The Fembots
		The Fembots, yet another band in the long line of "heard of but have never heard", were opening.
		They have some interesting songs, even a few engaging and catchy tunes, and quite a bit of enthusiasm when performing, which is always good to watch.
		The show was capped with an all-out jam, with the various players from the evening coming out, including some of the Fembots, and struggling to keep it all together.
	www.geekent.com /whatsentertainingthegeek/2006/06/amy_millan_w_the_fembots.html (807 words)

	Eye Weekly - Where the streets have no shame - 09.22.05
		As MacKinnon half-jokingly remarked at a recent FemBots performance at Sneaky Dee's, he's probably played that bar a thousand times (counting his pre-FemBots days in Dig Circus and Hummer); he is, in essence, the link between early-'90s Toronto alt-rock trailblazers like The Lowest of the Low and the DIY community currently fostered by Wavelength.
		For the FemBots, it was time to shape up; for the Snakes, it was time to ship out.
		Several albums into their respective careers, the Snakes and FemBots are both content doing what Dave calls "the old-guy rock thing," determinedly oblivious to scenester hypesterism.
	www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_09.22.05/music/fembotssnakes.html (979 words)

	The Fembot Mystique
		Daniel Wilson, author of How to Survive a Robot Uprising, says that fembots are often presented as the most dangerous robots of all, because feelings of attraction to them could leave their victims vulnerable to attack.
		There were few fembots in the mid-20th century, but the desire to connect women and machines was manifest in the pinups painted on fighter planes and curves of 1950s roadsters.
		In the 1980s movie Eve of Destruction, a robot with a nuclear bomb for a heart threatens a city with extinction after a man in a bar calls her a âbitch.â In Blade Runner, Daryl Hannah plays a delicate yet violent robot named Pris who nearly kills the hero.
	www.we-make-money-not-art.com /archives/008895.php (663 words)

	Fembots Hit The Road Running : Soul Shine Magazine
		The once duo now quartet The Fembots will spend the first part of spring on the road.
		The Fembots are touring in support of their latest album "Small Town Murder Scene".
		The video for The Fembot's latest single "Broken and Blue" is based on the story of the Louis Riel's hanging.
	www.soulshine.ca /news/newsarticle.php?nid=368 (174 words)

	Ghost of a flea: Kill Oscar
		Yesterday's conversation turned to fembots among colleagues of a Flea, the self-styled Axis of Easy, as a grouchy administrative contact was unexpectedly friendly.
		The word "fembot" was coined by teleplay writer Arthur Rowe for an episode of "The Bionic Woman" entitled "Kill Oscar" which first aired on 27 Oct 1976.
		The episode was split into two parts as was its follow-up "Fembots in Las Vegas".
	www.ghostofaflea.com /archives/000568.html (483 words)

	Eye Weekly - Sound affects - 03.20.03
		But like their music, FemBots' survival has everything to do with making something out of nothing.
		It's somewhat disheartening that the FemBots' cast-offs earn them more money than their actual records, but MacKinnon and Poirier don't seem to mind, because they know they've just made one beaut of an album.
		But one piece of equipment FemBots aren't sad to see go is their cassette-decked crooner Teddy Ruxpin, whom the band initially brought onboard to sing a cover of The Weakerthans' "Illustrated Bible Stories for Children" at a Horseshoe gig three years ago.
	www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_03.20.03/music/fembots.php (794 words)

	St. Francis High School - News & Events -
		The FEMBOTS have only six weeks each year to design and build their bot to compete in the FIRST Robotics competition (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology).
		Thus far, the FEMBOTS are sponsored by Pasco, CyboSoft, CELSOC, Jack and Diane Stewart, Magic Megaphone, The Sacramento County Office of Education and St. Francis High School.
		This fall, the “Fembot” team is preparing to build a robot from scratch for the FIRST (For the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) competition in February.
	www.stfrancishs.org /news/robotics.html (877 words)

	Catalyst: Fembots (Robots) - ABC TV Science
		These ‘Fembots’ are experts at multi-tasking, a skill in which women have long claimed superiority over men.
		The father of the Fembots is this man, Peter Hill.
		Narration: And while the Fembots follow a recipe of sorts, they often vary the order of their tasks to achieve their goal.
	www.abc.net.au /catalyst/stories/s973659.htm (793 words)

	The Bionic Woman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Then to have the fembots return and the evil son be a robot was the final dive into the shark infested waters.
		Lisa Galloway; the Fembots] but the brain-dead final season brought in storylines with aliens, a space princess, a deadly pyramid replete with even more extra-terrestrials, a bionic dog, and numerous other atrocities.
		Some of the funnier moments: the Fembots (of course) that were reproductions of Kalahan and the other humans, and the 2-part episodes where that nasty-looking criminal woman gets plastic surgery to look like Jamie Sommers, and eats a special candy bar that helps give her bionics.
	www.jumptheshark.com /b/bionicwoman.htm (3811 words)

	Strip Club Tales: Beth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Beth lay on the bed, waiting for the man lying beside her to make his move. This was the first time she had ever been away from the club since being activated, and it was a new experience for her.
		No two fembots will ever be identical. Their brains are the best we can build, and their programming complex beyond simulation. With different bodies, different program options installed, different environments, and different life experiences, the potential interactions that guide their thoughts and actions approach infinite.
		I sat alone for several minutes. Even the other fembots seemed to be avoiding me tonight. I was convinced that I had somehow just screwed up big time. But the truth was I really can't afford Beth. She's a rich man's toy, and it was time to admit the obvious.
	home.att.net /~DB_Story/StripClub-Beth.html (3842 words)

	AlterNet: Blogs: The Mix: The dicks of Digg
		Fembots" I was struck with a sense of impending doom, but like a car crash you can't look away from, I clicked through and started perusing the comments.
		The article itself discusses the release of a lifelike Korean android, built in female form, who can move from the waist up, make four emotional expressions, and understands 750 words.
		Digg and Slashdot have probably a 100:1 ratio of comments about technology to comments about women, and most of the comments about women are to the effect of "I can't get a girlfriend".
	www.alternet.org /blogs/themix/35880 (1724 words)

	FemBots: Small Town Murder Scene: Pitchfork Record Review
		What really impresses me about this record, and what sets the FemBots apart from their more derivative contemporaries, is how the band cultivates a truly busted ambiance without ever seeming remotely contrived or manipulative.
		The FemBots continue to explore their penchant for unconventional percussion on "A Million Dead End Jobs", which follows the insistent ticking of a clock for its entire duration.
		Sometimes, the FemBots' reliance on traditional song structures obscures the freshness of their sound, but the effect of the overall listening experience is profound.
	www.pitchforkmedia.com /article/record_review/17949/FemBots_Small_Town_Murder_Scene (579 words)

	Your Mud
		You exit stage left, kicking several fembots in the shins as you pass.
		The bit of abuse you inflict causes several of the fembots to follow you, hoping for more.
		The fembots are offended by the sexual symbolism and leave.
	www.duke.edu /web/DRAGO/humor/mud.html (1230 words)

	FemBots - Free Music Downloads - MP3 Downloads - Download.com Music
		No, this isn't some futuristic group of fairer-sex cyborgs; rather, FemBots are one of Toronto's finest country-leaning bands.
		Their latest release Small Town Murder Scene brings the cut chemistry of Mucho Cuidado to heady fruition, infused with sounds new and old and an ever-sharper writing style.
		FemBots have now expanded into a larger ensemble featuring Julie Penner on violin and Jason Tait on drums and saw.
	music.download.com /fembots/3600-8932_32-100374369.html (425 words)

	FemBots - Under The Bed / The Hype Machine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		I am applying to the Sociable Media Group at the MIT Media Lab and NYU ITP.
		This page provides information about the track Under The Bed by FemBots posted on the i (heart) music blog.
		If you are concerned about our listings, you can find more information here and are welcome to contact us directly.
	hype.non-standard.net /track/70250 (121 words)

	CANOE -- JAM! - T.O.'s FemBots take 'City' on road
		Packed like lemmings into Bloor Street's legendary Lee's Palace, fans got to hear selections from last year's critically-acclaimed "The City," and previous discs, "Mucho Cuidado" and "Small Town Murder Scene." What they didn't realize, though, was that they had front row seats to one of the acts that is helping pilot Toronto's recent indie-music craze.
		Born from the ashes of a traditional rock group that was on its last legs, the FemBots came together after MacKinnon and longtime friend, Brian Poirier, started writing music on their own.
		And because it was recorded as a band, the latest live incarnation of the FemBots has been the simplest to manage.
	jam.canoe.ca /Music/Artists/F/FemBots/2006/03/30/pf-1512686.html (901 words)

	Strip Club Tales: Olivia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Second: Pay the girls what you owe them. The whole premise of the club is that the men bring in the money, and the women figure out how to coax it away from them. Even a couple dollars over the minimum can go a long way in gaining a dancer's favor.
		At the end of her performance, I gave polite applause, along with a couple of other people. But most of the rest of the men had long since turned away and paid their attention to their drinks and the other girls wandering around.
		However now those pathways had become overly sensitive waiting for the expected commands. After all, fembots don't normally make their own decisions the way Olivia was doing. Tiny eddy currents on those lines were now popping her in and out of command mode.
	home.att.net /~DB_Story/StripClub-Olivia.html (6462 words)

	NOW Magazine - Music in Toronto, DECEMBER 1 - 7, 2005
		In what's since become a cornerstone of the FemBots' history, the studio was funded by the cash they made when a UK band snapped up one of their cast-off tunes.
		Though they've lived downtown for over a decade, the FemBots still write songs that capture the magical allure the city holds for a Brampton teenager dying to get his first fl eye from a Doc Marten at a False Prophets/NoMeansNo show (as Poirier did back when Healey's was the seedy Slither Club).
		Instead of just bitching about it, the FemBots are hoping to revive the ghosts of stuff they miss – kinda like what they've done with The City.
	www.nowtoronto.com /issues/2005-12-01/cover_story2.php (1142 words)

	CONNEXIONS MUSIC - THE WEAKERTHANS w/ FRACTAL PATTERN FEMBOTS JIM BRYSON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In direct correlation with what I believe was the 2003 graduating class of the University of Alberta (I'm not sure), as well as part of a Welcome Week for new students, Canadian indie rock favorites The Weakerthans returned to Edmonton.
		To be honest, for pretty much their entire set, I was under the impression that this group was Jim Bryson's project.
		Because I was also under the impression that The Fembots were either a rock & roll group or even a punk group; I had heard their name before, I think, and for some reason had corrolated them with heavier music.
	www.connexionsmusic.com /archive/shows/23weak.html (221 words)

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