There's the Underworld Twitter

[big screen satellite]

everyone's doing it and I know you guys update the uw live every day - but get twitting too, then we can all respond directly!!!

i read the PSB's everyday...

Mod edit:

Underworld/Karl Hyde: http://twitter.com/underworldlive
Rick Smith: http://twitter.com/shabbaricky

[TheBang]

Heh. I was just thinking that Twitter (and Twitpic) seemed particularly suited to Karl.

[Dunwho]

I dunno, there is sumtin to be said about the "wait".

If we have it all the time, then itll just be too much. I like the ritual of turning on the computer, checkin my email, ooo maybe ill see what Karl has for us today! ... and then thinkin what might come tomorrow. Also i think with posts like todays (19th June) you cant realy get that in 140 words or less.

Its like everything these days, just too much goin on... we need to learn how to take our time again!!!

Say no to twitter!!! haha

[stimpee]

Karl's UWlive updates are also a way of driving more traffic to the site. Twitter would take a lot of that away. Karl already has a way of expressing what he wants on the UWlive site and I think he needs way more than 140 chars to do it! however, Twitter could be used in turn to drive more traffic to the site I suppose.

[big screen satellite]

i'd still like to know if KH was on the train to Romford - at that exact time, or that KH was just about to go on stage - that's the fun of band related twits they post when they're about to do / or are doing exciting stuff

KH - just boarding a plane to tokyo

etc

Karl takes millions of pictures i'm sure he could snap and post on twitter...

he may not be wanting to do it, i just thought it's suited to Mr Hyde's communications styles

does Pricey have a twitter...?

[bas_I_am]

please UW. . DO NOT TWEET!!!

that would be so 'jump the shark' !

[DaddyAdv]

yeah.
Twitter is way overrated.

[dubman]

it'd be cool if he had one
wouldnt hold my breath for it.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

please UW. . DO NOT TWEET!!!

that would be so 'jump the shark' !


UMM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8GaDuCvYbE

[Dirty0900]

Maybe for Twit pics, but Twitter is to limited for some of Karls entries.

[TheBang]

It doesn't have to be just like his diary entries.

[den]

UW has been mostly echoing UWLive posts on Facebook recently.

[qirex]

Another vote against. I think between UWL and Facebook we're getting the perfect UW dose.

[big screen satellite]

thank you UW (http://twitter.com/underworldlive)

it makes sense :)

[stimpee]

Okay well there it is, another medium to use. I hope its used in a creative manner. Twitpic / videos and links to uwlive posts at least. At the moment I have to actively go to uwlive and sometimes i forget. This is a push message to my twitter account so thats gotta be a plus.

Karl: I hope you know what youre getting yourself into. If you're not careful it could reach Stephen Fry proportions...

[bas_I_am]

oh god.

michael jackson dead,
farah fawcett dead,
underworld twittering

well, at least its all over 122112

[TheBang]

Nice to see that it's not just a reflection of the diary.

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off'ss

[TheBang]

Did you notice the Twitter background says "Essex Sky"?

At first, I thought it was a John Warwicker piece, but looking at it now I think it's by Mr. Hyde.

[froopy seal]

Karl: I hope you know what youre getting yourself into. If you're not careful it could reach Stephen Fry proportions...Couldn't you have told me before? People, I warn you, Twitter is almost as evil as the rest of the Internet (most of which I have ploughed through by now). If you have a job or anything elso to use your time on, don't start twittering; it should only be touched by the strong-willed.

[Dirty0900]

Is this Rick's Twitter?

http://twitter.com/ShabbaRicky

[TheBang]

Could be, eh?

http://twitter.com/ShabbaRicky/status/2346480008

"Off to the [pig]shed meet Dave S[piers]"

References to Essex, Funktion One, Love Party, and following The Sunday Club (http://twitter.com/thesundayclub) (UW management)

If that is Rick, um, are we sure Karl writes all the lyrics?

[34958hq439-qjw9v5jq298v5j]

Why do people see this as a bad thing?? Seriously??

[TheBang]

Seriously, having Rick in your Twitter feed is like having a spam fragmentation bomb go off.

[grady]

Seems like it must be Rick's. The name ShabbaRicky has many times over the years in the chats while radio shows from Lemonworld have been broadcasting.

[Dirty0900]

Twitter feed mentions of Karl[i assume] going out and busking and recording the results.

[Dunwho]

Twitter feed mentions of Karl[i assume] going out and busking and recording the results.

Yea looks cool, and he refers to a "busking album" haha which would be great craic to hear.

[cacophony]

Why do people see this as a bad thing?? Seriously??
no shit. i'm loving the tweets. they're my new most favoritest thing on twitter.

[Dunwho]

Ha! I love the name change of the thread!

[Mumla]

интересно, как выглядит кириллица у вас на форуме... :p

[sanakan]

Is this Rick's Twitter?

http://twitter.com/ShabbaRicky


confirmed (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=81988693656&ref=mf#/underworldlive?v=feed&story_fbid=105079021730&ref=mf) (via facebook)!

[crazysugarboy]

Has Karl's Dad died?? If so, many many sympathies x

[ThingInABook]

Has Karl's Dad died?? If so, many many sympathies x

i was wondering the same. also because of karl's post of "don't go gently into that good night"

http://www.bigeye.com/donotgo.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night

[TheBang]

Shocking news indeed!

http://twitter.com/underworldlive/statuses/3622665461

[Jafs]

No facebook group for UW/dirty/rowla radio ?

[ThingInABook]

Shocking news indeed!

http://twitter.com/underworldlive/statuses/3622665461

i wonder where pricey was at that time of the day... :rolleyes:

[grady]

Shocking news indeed!

http://twitter.com/underworldlive/statuses/3622665461

This is why Pricey needs a Twitter account as well.

[TheBang]

Breaking news: Pricey didn't miss breakfast after all. (http://twitter.com/underworldlive/statuses/3647554354) In other news: The sun rises in the East!

[boywithjavelin]

It was to my dismay that I discovered the Twitter links on the home page.
Can't you see? Twitter is silly. No, I mean really silly - within two years it will be the object of ridicule. Come on boys! Surely you have enough creative outlets and enough need of "personal space" to prevent you from seeking forms of "expression" ( in reality boring everyone with the mundane and the trivial) favoured by little girls?
You have gone down in my estimation, which is not good, because I really really like what you do.

[BrotherLovesDub]

i completely disagree with the statement above.

[BrotherLovesDub]

also, check the stats for the avg. age of twitter users. kids don't use it.

[TheBang]

Twitter's median age is 31, while Facebook's is 26 and MySpace's is 27 (http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/02/study-twitter-users-are-mobile-urban-and-engaged-online.ars). Interesting.

[dubman]

yeah guy that was a pretty retarded thing to say.

[TheBang]

Haha, Karl doesn't think it's half bad. Yet another canvas to explore.

[stimpee]

I must say i'm reading the twitter more than I am the uwlive.com at the moment because its easier to read from my phone. make m.underworldlive.com and make it look nice on iphone :)

[boywithjavelin]

It's called Twitter for a reason...

It's retarded to want to share with everyone what you had for breakfast.
It's why children make poor converstionalists over long periods ( they don't how to filter whats interesting from what people don't want or need to hear) Indeed they tend to twitter which is sweet but...

Twitter ( The online version) is dangerous because it fills up our time with the mundane and the ordinary which masquerade as the profound. Something like Ring Road on the other hand is a powerful work of art because it elevates the mundane and the ordinary and draws our attention to its hidden beauty through the mix of: spoken words, music, a cohesive creative idea (a journey around a town) and a time limit!

I don't buy Twitter as a "sketch pad" either. A sketch pad needs to be intimate to be a real testing ground of ideas for the artist - full of stuff he or she wouldn't normally want people to see.

Having written all of the above I don't deny any one the right to Twitter or question the enjoyment it provides. Just like I have a McDonalds around once a month and enjoy it greatly - I enjoy it even more by not fooling mysef it's Haute Cuisine.

[dubman]

i think you should write more about twitter in relation to profound works of art.

[boywithjavelin]

Er, not sure what you mean?
But on a more constructive note.
Wouldn't Twitter be a great idea for a song?
The stuff of Twitter I mean:
Disjointed sentences, several repetitive overlapping musical voices, words about everyday things.
Ideal for UW.

[jap_]

Er, not sure what you mean?
But on a more constructive note.
Wouldn't Twitter be a great idea for a song?
The stuff of Twitter I mean:
Disjointed sentences, several repetitive overlapping musical voices, words about everyday things.
Ideal for UW.

Well there you go, out of something mundane as twitter grows a perfect idea for an interesting piece of music. That's what it's all about right? Exploring, observing, trying out new things, getting inspired by them.

Indeed twitter can be boring, when looked at it from one angle. Yet that's not the only thing it can be. Broaden your view ;)!

[klingklang]

Unless it's a friend I know in "real life," I don't follow people on Twitter nor use it myself for updates on dining habits or complaining about being tired. I think it's grown away from such a purpose and can be something valuable, particularly in the information department (I find out about world events quicker on Twitter than I do perusing online news sites). Also, I think a lot of people do not abide by shorthand or texting shortcuts to post there and instead write in complete sentences, despite the character limit (I've noticed some people will make three posts in a row to convey a thought in an eloquent manner). But like most social networks, it really depends on who you are interacting with that will form a negative or positive opinion of a place. I mean, I definitely don't go browsing on Twitter for random things. If I did, I'm sure I would then have boywithjavelin's view that's it's useless and filled with spambots or people who can't type.

In Underworld's case, I love it since the Twitter posts are like a shortened version of the Underworldlive posts. I'm not saying it's better than Underworldlive (those have them pretty pictures!). I'm just saying it's useful for when one does not happen to have computer access and needs an instant fix of Karl or Rick's musings. Like what stimpee mentioned: it's easy to look at on a mobile device (hooray for apps).

[boywithjavelin]

"An instant fix of Karl and Rick's musings" Are you sure?

[gaborez]

RT @underworldlive: got time in the art studio B4 music studio with rick I'm so lookin forward to jammin with my buddy, diggin the forum debate on twitter

[klingklang]

"An instant fix of Karl and Rick's musings" Are you sure?
Sorry, I don't know what you mean. Do you mean, am I sure it's Karl or Rick? Or that they don't have musings? Or that I don't need an instant fix? Because I always need an instant fix of musings. And if it happens to be by Karl or Rick, then I'm happily satiated.

[TheBang]

I do enjoy hearing about Karl meeting with Eno to review the Pure Scenius recordings or about Rick working on Diamond Jigsaw. It's an interesting window into the Process, and the Underworld feeds are relatively free of the mundane, cake and supermodels aside. Are supermodels mundane?

[Dunwho]

Are supermodels mundane?

They are most certainly not...:D

[grady]

Are supermodels mundane?

They can be.

[Yannick]

it's barney typing for them you should see a picture of the keys :rolleyes:
he should be in the world guinness record book as the only dog to know how to do shift + 2.

[ThingInABook]

if rick starts uploading pics to twitpic :rolleyes:...

[TheBang]

I knew it couldn't stay away forever. (http://twitter.com/underworldlive/statuses/3912884751)

[Dunwho]

This is a bit worrying... (http://twitter.com/underworldlive/status/3922653342) everything must be OK though if they are still going to Bestival.

ope everyhting is grand guys!

[klingklang]

Being an ignorant America (and lacking a thing called health care), what is an A&E?

[dubman]

being someone who lives probably a couple hours away from you: Accident & Emergency

[ThingInABook]

karl also posted about that in the blog - i hope they're fine and safe from harm, whatever it happened over there

besides that, it looks like rick is going fine with the supermodels in the bus :D

[klingklang]

being someone who lives probably a couple hours away from you: Accident & Emergency
Thank you very much for the definition. In that case, I'm just an ignorant Californian. I too hope they're all okay. And Rick sure does seem to be a supermodel magnet wherever he goes!

[TheBang]

I knew it couldn't stay away forever. (http://twitter.com/underworldlive/statuses/3912884751)

I think they played it. (http://twitter.com/ShabbaRicky/statuses/3945547539) I wonder if it was live.

[TheBang]

Changes afoot in Twitter-land. Karl gets his own feed (http://twitter.com/theboyhyde). And abandons (http://twitter.com/theboyhyde/status/5108450947) the Underworld feed (http://twitter.com/underworldlive/status/5102835720)?

So what happens to the Underworld feed? Is the experiment over? I hope they don't just change it into some lame marketing announcements feed or something like that. Karl's lyrical musings are part of what makes Underworld Underworld, and I thought that was represented nicely in the Underworld Twitter.

[dubman]

sounds like rick is tapping out

Friends I'm tired tired of the tedious tweet poetry. Like an over- used fart joke. Know what i mean? I'm going home. Xxx

yeaaaaaah right, he'll be back