Comments on: Episode 7: New Year’s Special – Adam Curtis and Avery Edison

By: Confusing information with power « Fear and Loathing in Glasvegas

Confusing information with power « Fear and Loathing in Glasvegas — Tue, 25 May 2010 19:07:20 +0000

[...] of The Self and the recent It Felt Like A Kiss interactive event in Manchester – during his New Year interview on the Shift Run Stop podcast. Computer utopians from both left and right have given you this idea [...]

By: kramer

kramer — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 16:57:34 +0000

I know what you mean, Melissa, but intercutting Curtis’s points about the substance vacuum in modern “play” technology with comments by a proprietor of said technology — I presumed that was an intentional juxtaposition? Or am I looking for wry commentary where none was intended? Either way, great podcast, I’m sharing it with virtual friends right now, via the same narcissistic social networking technology Curtis brilliantly skewered…

By: leila

leila — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 16:03:27 +0000

Hi Melissa, not sure what you’re referring to?
Cheers, Leila

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 22:25:53 +0000

Why ruin a great Adam Curtus interview with annoying, giggling females?

By: Adam Tandy

Adam Tandy — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:08:38 +0000

Well, he’s reached the same conclusion, and he’s still having problems with rights issues it would appear. I feel like such a dinosaur, going on about copyright when the Internet-at-large basically doesn’t give a toss about intellectual property. Only today I had to write a tough email about some rights that a co-producer declined to buy, and is now in a bit of a fix.

By: roo

roo — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:49:43 +0000

Hi Adam. Have you seen the other Adam's blog, and the It Felt Like a Kiss project he talked about in the podcast? In terms of telling stories and going beyond broadcast TV, both are very interesting. Charlie Brooker wrote about them both last year.

By: Adam Tandy

Adam Tandy — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:28:48 +0000

The Adam Curtis stuff was compelling. I can’t help but think that Curtis needs to move on from broadcast TV. His trademark bricolage style of story-telling is beautiful and entertaining, but because of all the problems of licensing this material for wider use, it becomes an ephemeral lightning-flash of genius instead of becoming the milestone on the Road to Enlightenment. As broadcast TV becomes less and less relevant, how will Curtis find his audience? The Power of Nightmares is propped up by loads of awards and still isn’t available on DVD.

By: The On Demand Echo Chamber // katy lindemann // seemingly unconnected

The On Demand Echo Chamber // katy lindemann // seemingly unconnected — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:49:40 +0000

[...] recently listened to the Episode 7 of the fabulous Shift Run Stop podcast from the ingenious and supremely talented Leila Johnston and [...]

By: links for 2010-01-05 « pootling

links for 2010-01-05 « pootling — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:30:20 +0000

[...] Shift Run Stop – Episode 7: New Year’s Special – Adam Curtis and Avery Edison The interview with Adam Curtis is one of the best things I've heard this year, and last year, and probably for a few years before that too. (tags: shiftrunstop podcast adamcurtis averyedison politics government elites hippies power) [...]