the art in your party

I’m really enjoying Tariq Goddard’s occasional forays at The Quietus; the lad’s got a fine turn of phrase about him. There is a tentative Curtis consensus which allows those who rate him and those who don’t to coalesce round certain qualities inherent in his work that the latter simply don’t attribute as much value to as the former. Tariq Goddard https://thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/live-reviews/adam-curtis-party-conference-review/ I like to think we could have a very enjoyable chat over a beer or three. The Adam Curtis Party Conference that he’s describing, however—whose most notable feature seems to be not only the non-presence of the man whose name it bears, but the nigh-total lack of engagement with his work by the speaking attendees—seems to have been rather less enjoyable. That said, the cross-spectrum rogue’s gallery feel of the speakers list feels indicative; these are times for strange bedfellows, if only in the form of the occasional one-night stand. The old alignments and…