by leaving drugs and delirium completely out of the story, Deller makes raves seem as saintly as the Durham Miners Gala
public assembly, reclaiming public space, 'there IS such a thing as society, Margaret' etc etc
as if the scene wasn't at least partly driven by crime, the ultimate in c******ism
and the other thing, the bizarre attempt to make out London had nothing to do with it happening
Sure, I agree with all of that. my point was why would you want the bbc to talk about criminal activities and look to fetishise them. either you'll get deller type boring inanity or hypermoralistic bourgeois condemnation. noone is arguing that rave is saintly here, but also don't let the saints through the door? the pious can never truly be corrupted.
I mean we're talking about the cunts here who deliberately faked the 1950s bbc radio lessons on the 1926 general strike. its hardly been known to possess integrity hasn't it?