A critique of a publication by The Pleasure Tendency. Published on 1st May 1985 in London by "a friend of Junius" for The Ripple Press in London.
"Recently a pamphlet called Life and its replacement with a dull reflection of itself was published in Leeds (1984) by the Pleasure Tendency. First when that name was mentioned we thought it must be another Leeds "musical" (ie. noise) group for which that city is so infamous, all products of art school in search of a market. But no, it was a document worthy of our attention. Here some critical notes will be voiced against it, as we will see it is not a luxury to take apart this PT.
One thing in favour of this pamphlet is its attractive cover, the contents inside are less so though. But nowadays it seems to be the customary practice to have books with attractive covers, precisely because what is inside is just plain garbage. But PT’s "preliminary theses " are not all without use, we will concentrate our fire on what seems to us to be in need of being contradicted. As PT is holding a conference this weekend the critique that I pen will be of interest to those attending that service. [...]"
PDF courtesy of Sparrows Nest Archive, Nottingham.
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