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I'm very proud to say I flew from California to NYC to see Adam Curtis vs Massive Attack at the Armory in 2013 and it was probably the best live show I have eve

I'm very proud to say I flew from California to NYC to see Adam Curtis vs Massive Attack at the Armory in 2013 and it was probably the best live show I have ever seen. Huge video monitors, live Massive Attack behind them (gauzy) and Curtis voice booming out. It was superb. https://youtu.be/3e3I1mLc3RM https://youtu.be/3e3I1mLc3RM I really hope this new Curtis work is as thought provoking as his previous series! I really miss his BBC blog which is hidden now but still there, those posts were terrific too. https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/entries/2989a78a-ee94-385e-808f-c9c7c38d1cb7 https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/entries/2989a78a-ee94...

heavyset_go 6y ago
I regret missing Adam Curtis and Massive Attack to this day.
possibleworlds 6y ago
Loved his blog. My favourite post was this one on interventionism: https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/2011/03/goodies_and_baddies.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/2011/03/goodies_and_b... You may need to enable flash temporarily, the archival videos are half the fun.
rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago
I saw Massive Attack in their 2019 reunion tour, and Adam Curtis did all the visuals. Without those visuals it would've just been old timers playing their old hits, but instead the show was visually arresting, challenging, political, and indeed, superb.
- olivermarks 6y ago
  The experience of all my vision and peripheral vision being dominated by huge screens at the 2013 Armory show was incredible. Massive Attack (who I'm pretty luke warm on apart from Karmacoma) were pretty much the backing band to a lengthy Curtis documentary. This was the trailer for the show that made me instantly buy a plane ticket to NYC https://youtu.be/yv_S8GdylEA https://youtu.be/yv_S8GdylEA
rusk 6y ago
Is that the one with the war footage and the radio chatter transcripts in the background? I’ve seen that a couple of times now. Didn’t realise Adam Curtis was involved with it but it makes perfect sense now!

heavyset_go 6y ago

I regret missing Adam Curtis and Massive Attack to this day.

possibleworlds 6y ago

Loved his blog. My favourite post was this one on interventionism: https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/2011/03/goodies_and_baddies.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/2011/03/goodies_and_b... You may need to enable flash temporarily, the archival videos are half the fun.

rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y ago

I saw Massive Attack in their 2019 reunion tour, and Adam Curtis did all the visuals. Without those visuals it would've just been old timers playing their old hits, but instead the show was visually arresting, challenging, political, and indeed, superb.

olivermarks 6y ago
The experience of all my vision and peripheral vision being dominated by huge screens at the 2013 Armory show was incredible. Massive Attack (who I'm pretty luke warm on apart from Karmacoma) were pretty much the backing band to a lengthy Curtis documentary. This was the trailer for the show that made me instantly buy a plane ticket to NYC https://youtu.be/yv_S8GdylEA https://youtu.be/yv_S8GdylEA

rusk 6y ago

Is that the one with the war footage and the radio chatter transcripts in the background? I’ve seen that a couple of times now. Didn’t realise Adam Curtis was involved with it but it makes perfect sense now!