Is this spam? If so, why?

Both why is it spam, and why have they sent it to me?

Received today:

From: IndependentOf@netscape.net
To: (me)
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 22:00:00 +0800
Subject: IBM. Microsoft, what experiment you have done on me ?

Dear, I no longer want to live in lies. Can you give me a favour ?
I will miss you forever.

Yours truly,
Bill's most wanted.

Sent from Hong Kong.

Is this a cunning attempt to work out whether my email address is genuine, by waiting to see if they get a reply from me along the lines of "What the hell are you on about?" If not, what is the point?

It's totally bizarre: it has all the hallmarks of spam (free throwaway email account, none of the standard email client headers), but none of the obvious evil. Yet.