Quote from: Duncan on May 10, 2017, 12:13:30 AM
Ok, so I got finished reading the Tutti book and really enjoyed it. A massive, massive percentage of the content is essentially her side of all the COUM/TG/Personal drama between her and Gen and shines some juicy, gossipy light on the scenes behind the gig cancellations, failed reunions and online bitching etc. Yes, yes we all know that there are 2 or more sides to every story BUT I found it quite easy to side with her accounts of most things having watched P-Orridge fuck about in the lime light for so many years and generally behave like a professional bullshitter. In any case I wasn't expecting such a damning write up of him and it seems like anyone who reads it will have to reconfigure their understanding and impression of what TG is/was in some way.
What do those of us here to have read it think? Do we think there will be some response from Gen? I heard from somebody that the recent COUM retrospective to have taken place in Hull was timed - in some part at least - to preempt the book release. Guess we'll never see those guys work together again now! ha!
p-orridge gets the treatment.
revenge, dish, cold.
had several sources of feedback at his behaviour over the years, from different contexts, all negative.
adding these to the account in the book, along with my work experiences as a psychiatric nurse, cosey's account is compelling.
the tg legacy, or whatever, doesn't necessarily change, just the actors' contributions.
same for coum.
another view is to accept 'visionary/great' people are not necessarily nice people, but make things happen (which is likely p-orridge's 'genius')seems no coincidence that g-po interested in warhol/factory.
a history of topy would add another layer to this debate re gp-o. a fractured contentious era.
