The Power Of Nightmares/Adam Curtis

all that could have been avoided with a simple "I'm so sorry! I'm watching a documentary and didn't know they would be showing things like that! ...have you heard about TraumaZone!?"

i'm looking forward to watching. my VPN is having trouble fooling the bbc iplayer but it'll work somehow.

episode 2
loved the old woman taking the long journey to visit her friend to get some potatoes. she was great.

holy shit at the laundry that had a refit one year that resulted in lots of scrap metal of old machines and the central planners noting this volume of scrap and writing it into future plans that they must have the same amount of scrap EVERY year from now on or be fined despite the fact that obviously no new refitting was taking place in subsequent years. resulting in the laundry going looking for scrap to fulfill their quota. astonishing.

Just started in on this. Am reminded a lot of El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency another really good breakdown of how a country becomes a kleptocracy.

FYI, it's Lawrence English doing some of the soundscapes
https://lawrenceenglish.bandcamp.com/album/themes-and-atmospheres-for-adam-curtiss-russia-1985-1999-traumazone

I was confusing him with Adam Curry in my mind - talk about the Power of Nightmares

holy shit at the laundry that had a refit one year that resulted in lots of scrap metal of old machines and the central planners noting this volume of scrap and writing it into future plans that they must have the same amount of scrap EVERY year from now on or be fined despite the fact that obviously no new refitting was taking place in subsequent years. resulting in the laundry going looking for scrap to fulfill their quota. astonishing.

Episode 4: Every scene with the national anthem committee had me laughing.

Interview with Curtis from yesterday as the UK government collapsed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=663vLIYBcpI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtVx3KaZ-Z0

curtis on office hours

That little beggar girl, she does act up for the camera with the confidence of a Hollywood child actor, it's quite amazing. Wonder what happened to her, most probably I don't want to know.

need to know what this karaoke track from Kyrgyzstan in episode 4 is

this is good

Did v much enjoy the taxi driver saying

The plan is the plan.
It's a pain in the arse.

lol that the Russian fascists decided to call themselves liberal democrats

extra lol at a party calling itself demicrats and openly campaigning for abolishing elections

traumazone is on bbc4 on Monday (pts 1, 2, 3)

I keep thinking Adam Curry

need to know what this karaoke track from Kyrgyzstan in episode 4 is

heck yeah, Reddit came through here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwAuCdO62UU

Anyone seen this?

today is 9/11. but in a way, every day since 9/11 has also been 9/11......

i interviewed Christopher Jason Bell (@UpdateTheGrids) about his sprawling found-footage chronicle of the B*sh years MISS ME YET, free to stream on @means_tv, for @thebafflermag ~https://t.co/EJmB1AnIIs

— $teve Macfarlane (℠) (@dimension_tide) September 11, 2023

I’m intrigued by this but, having been in high school during this era, I don’t know how long I could watch it without ruining my day with anger. Had the same reaction last year when I read Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump.