Testy about their geographic proximity to a place reputed to be the happiest on earth, the Los Angeles Cacophony Society finds no recourse but to share this honor by dragging some of this dreadfully giddy cheeriness out into the Black Rock wasteland and sending it up in flames. This particular landmark from a tourist site that will remain nameless is one cynically engineered as an expression of childlike internationalism yet insidiously tied up with themes of cultural imperialism and corporate colonialism.  True to the original, the 56-foot facade will be cluttered with multicultural spires, domes, and other architectural trophies from subordinate nations, all rendered in a self-consciously innocent building-block style.  In keeping with this year's theme of Time, the centerpiece of this global cityscape is a clock tower, symbolizing the clockwork regimentation of this utopia, its dreams of dominion over time and its aspirations toward millennial perpetuity. The timepiece of the Southern California prototype functions as a sort of cuckoo clock, with hourly displays of mechanically marching children. Charming as they may be both as puppets and as symbols of the benevolence of an old totalitarian toymaker doting over his puppet regimes, these figures will not make an appearance at Black Rock.  Cacophony's version of the clock, will chime only once, demonstrating instead the results of mechanical friction and a single spark in this delightfully dangerous engine of fantasy. The end will be quick and explosive, but the damnable theme song will go on and on and on.

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