Underworldlive version 3.0 thread

[Dirty0900]

Could anyone PM me a short snippet of this song? I still aint heard it and have had problems logging on to the RTSR horde to download the one gig its on. I know its on the recent Brixton thing, but £10+ for one song is a bit Darren Pricey for my liking.

[Liverpool Street]

Slightly OT but I would just like to say that I am really loving Karl's blog lately, it sort of hits the spot. Maybe one day I will see Karl descending the stairs at Liverpool Street to slide beneath the city! Can't help glancing over every morning as I climb the escalator just in case. Makes my journey a little more bearable each day.

[Dirty0900]

An inspiring day in the studio with R&K despite the radio-fear-infection at the start of it.
A constant supply of tea & demon vibes swung it. Working on the vocal to 'Jumpin then Cran' & versions of 'Diamond Jigsaw', 'Always Loved a Film' & 'Paper Cans Glass'.So thats two more new songs to add to the ones we know exsist but haven't had a official release. So is this now:

You Do Scribble [TBC soon apparantly?]
Small Conker And Twix [On Sunshine soundtrack in some sort of form]
Strumpet
Bamboo
Diamond Jigsaw
Paper Cans Glass
Always Loved A Film
Telematic Peal
Swing Up High
Toobee
Soopher
Santeago
Santeago Peal [can't remembe if this is a combination of two]
Stoffer
Jumping The Cran
Helen's Nails
Quid Odd

Anyone got any more i've forgotten? Who knows, some of these may be improvs we've heard on tours etc. At least UW aren't hiding things from us at all. And Darren Price still has stuff that aint been released...

[TheBang]

Oh, there's tons more than that. There are at least 2 dozen alone (some unnamed) from the webcasts over the past 4 years.

And who knows what they have in store for us on the upcoming Riverrun release.

[King of Snake]

there's an upcoming riverrun release?

[TheBang]

there's an upcoming riverrun release?

http://www.darktrain.org/dirty/forums/showthread.php?t=9459

I imagine it'll be announced at the next radio show, and released shortly thereafter.

[testudo]

My prediction is that the next RiverRun will be released on December 15th, Monday

though this may be completely off... I think it might be the case, given the past dates of releases and that the show will be on Wednesday next week...

It would be VERY nice if the RR is released on December 8th, Monday :D

[holden]

My prediction is that the next RiverRun will be released on December 15th, Monday

though this may be completely off... I think it might be the case, given the past dates of releases and that the show will be on Wednesday next week...

It would be VERY nice if the RR is released on December 8th, Monday :D

i hope you're right in either case!
Would be a great Christmas present. But i can wait until the new year...just to know new material is on the horizon is rockin' my days.

[Jan]

Bungalow with Stairs? Wasn't that a track title some time ago?

[holden]

Indeed it was! There is also the Rick's Bungalow mix of "King of Snake"
http://www.bigscreensatellite.co.uk/king.htm

And LemonWorld, is in fact, in a bungalow house. :)


Also found this tracklist from 2005 listing a whitelabel called "Bungalow1" - perhaps from the sources that became one of the RiverRuns?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/oneworld/tracklistingarchive.shtml?20051107

[TheBang]

Bungalow with Stairs was also the name of a design company run by Rick in the mid-90's (I'll dig up the details and post them later), so maybe Rick is doing the mixing on this show.

[TheBang]

Here we go. This is from Tomato ROM 3.

"Bungalow with Stairs" is an "all-media" company founded and produced by Rick Smith of tomato/underworld to enable "difficult things" to be placed in the world.

[stauff]

Love the uglydolls in yesterday's photo. They're so cute..
http://www.shopatron.com/index/322.0

- Matthew

[dubman]

karl i will never understand your glaring affinity for U2

[jose m]

its an age thing and growing up in the uk around the post punk period.u2 were once fresh,exciting,mentioned in the same breath with echo & the bunnymen,joy divison,teardrop explodes,comsat angels,the cure,the banshees.you could see these bands on small stages,in the back of pubs,at your uni.it was before things splintered off into tribal groupings of bands under banners like goth,indie,industrial etc etc,fantastic times.
u2 gigs rocked,they were passionate and they often sounded or played better than the other bands.up to and including "joshua tree" they were ace imo.
its easy to look at u2 thru different eyes and see something very different and i'd never argue with anyone about why they don't like them but i think that for karl, and certainly myself, what they did back in the day will always be enough to keep the fan alive.

[BeautifulBurnout]

jose m

Spot on. I agree that U2 were the dog's danglies right up to Joshua Tree - after that they became too commercialised for my taste, as so many bands do after years of success in the biz.

I still stick Boy, War and Joshua Tree on from time to time. They are still as good as they ever were.

[crazysugarboy]

I agree with jose m too.

U2 at the beginning had a sort-of innocent passion. One review I recall around the time of "October" described them as "peter pan-ish".

Good to see the comsat angels name-checked in jose m's post - their track "Independance Day" is simply spine tingling, with a fabulous, other-wordly guitar sound:)

[dubman]

its an age thing

you mean to tell me that im not actually supposed to remember the last time they were good

augh what is with this band

[jose m]

i suppose so :o:D

[Flywaver]

http://www.underworldlive.com/home/081215.html

Its a good advert for NXEA! :)

[holden]

Underworldlive.com updated with Books of Jam 7,8 and 9!
Looking lovely as always!

[deckard236]

The link to Book of Jam 4 seems to be dead, any way to let someone know? Or is that the same as Whistlejacket? Just trying to be complete.
Thanks

[TheBang]

The link for 4 seems fine for me. Try again? Or maybe try a different browser?

4 is different from Whistlejacket. Whistlejacket is number 4.5.

Underworldlive.com updated with Books of Jam 7,8 and 9!
Looking lovely as always!

The ArtJam book is absolutely stunning. And huge.

[deckard236]

All the others worked with Safari, had to use Firefox for #4, strange. Anyway thanks for the tip, much appreciated.

[nosajmunson]

Love the pics of Rick & Karl with all those guitars.
Beautiful.

[lloyd]

Will hyde remember the words or how to play anything at all?, - will he heck!
(some call it a remix)

:D

[Champiness]

I didn't get that line. Could someone clarify?

[Dirty0900]

I didn't get that line. Could someone clarify?

Will a performance be smooth as the record, or will they tinker around and make the shows as improved as we know and love them. A slipped lyric there or an extra drum roll there.

[Dirty0900]

Loving that Russia has now become Thailand. I love Thailand and have been there about 6 times with another visit planned for next September. There is a random vibe about the place as one moment you can be lost in dense jungles full of wildlife and then be brought in to the grey concrete of the city. People are so nice and friendly that they'll go out there way to help you. Not because there looking for a quick hit of Thai Baht, but becuase they are a caring sort of people. And i've never been somewhere where at 4am in the morning, I can buy a Thai Green curry off a street vendor who'll knock it up in a wok for me. Lovely.

[lloyd]

sorry to answer just now.
Karl did say in interviews that he sometimes is so much in trance through the music and his dancing that he forgets his lines, or cues or what song is playing... Rick is always there to rescue of course. If you've seen them a couple of times live on stage, you'll see these little things happen, cues given, singing in closed mikes etc.. That is what it makes it a live preformance...
And due to these 'alterations' to the album versions could be called remixes by purists ;)

[BeautifulBurnout]

Karl
I've been wondering for years if this kinda obsessing by the media isn't some kinda
'Big Stick' being used to beat us down & keep us down - to knock the stuffing out've us & keep us
dispirited & disorientated. Is somebody afraid we're all gonna take to the streets or summat? - 'cause
I for one am more interested in looking for solutions to every day, not pointing fingers & throwing stones in the greenhouse

The biggest fraud Those In Power ever perpetrated is convincing us little guys that we have no power to change anything. You, Karl, you change everybody's life for the better every time you get out there and do your stuff.

Have a fantastic time in Oz, and a Happy and Prosperous New Year to everyone. x

[holden]

From today's Diary de Karl:
"I also love old Holdens"

Gee, thanks! :o Love you, too!

Erm,
http://www.holden.com.au/www-holden/
oh. Right.

[DwarfeD]

Isn't it about time we talked about music seeing as rick & karl are back in the studio working on what used to be called (back in the old daze) an album?

That sounds promising... :)

[Champiness]

Indeed! And they have plenty of WIPs to fill it up with. I hope it gets a release offline... assuming it exists at all.

[crazysugarboy]

Love Karl's photos on todays post (I love frost and the color blue too), and adore the pic of the random paint spray - just perfedtly framed, and reminds me of STITI cover :) - gorgeous

[//\/\/]

just up the road from them, and it's a winter dream on the every branch and leaf...

...spare a thought for the spiders though...

[Buji]

And in Derbyshire just outside Sheffield we had a winter wonderland too!

See below:-

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t272/mybepics/Derbyshire-2.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t272/mybepics/Derbyshire-New-Years-Day-2009.jpg

Was amazing the whole of derbyshire had a sugar coating.

Rick and Karl please come back to Sheffield we miss you here!

[crazysugarboy]

And in Derbyshire just outside Sheffield we had a winter wonderland too!

See below:-

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t272/mybepics/Derbyshire-2.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t272/mybepics/Derbyshire-New-Years-Day-2009.jpg

Was amazing the whole of derbyshire had a sugar coating.

Rick and Karl please come back to Sheffield we miss you here!

Nice pix Buji:)

[Buji]

Thanks Crazysugarboy,

Wish I had gotten some more pics with the landscape but camera battery died!
:)

[//\/\/]

What's 'your' good news today?

'my' good news is i'm not at work, ahead of getting married on friday :)

(along with a couple of icepics from suffolk)

http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/ii421/nutts2020/lanefrost.jpg

http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/ii421/nutts2020/woodfrost.jpg

[Buji]

Really nice pics.

And congrats on the wedding.
:)

[BeautifulBurnout]

Congratulations, Ian! I will raise a glass to you and your bride to be when the sun is over the yardarm.

My good news today is I just managed to get a case kicked out at "half time" (after the Prosecution have finished their bit) - a young lad that was put in a headlock and punched in the face by a rozzer, making his nose bleed, then CS sprayed, and charged with "assaulting a constable in the execution of his duty" (yes, really), and all because he had been a bit cheeky. :(:mad:

[Flywaver]

If only we see New RiverRun release......................

[crazysugarboy]

Really nice pics.

And congrats on the wedding.
:)

I'll 2nd that. Really like the low horizen one :)

[//\/\/]

I'll 2nd that.
thanks!

Really like the low horizen one :)

cheers - it was a shame it was taken with a digital zoom as the focus isn't the best:(; but it sort of gets the feeling of it!

[Champiness]

Today as we continue to write - reaching out to others in the world that we might jam with...

All this potential but so-far unconfirmed NEWS just sends shivers down your spine, right? Straight answers are simultaneously so easy and hard to find with Underworld...

[TheBang]

Karl, it's time to join the modern age and get an Intel Mac. Don't let Rick foist his hand-me-down computers on you! Grab one of those shiny iMacs sitting in the corner of the studio. Malcolm will never notice it's missing until it's too late.

[holden]

Today's diary entry mentions Dave Eggers.
Great author of the "fictional memoir": "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" and the novelized autobiography of Valentino Deng, one of the Sudanese "lost boys" : "What is the What". Both incredible books.
Check out the website of the incredibly brave man that inspired What is the What:
http://www.valentinoachakdeng.org/

Karl, are you hoping to help with Eggers' nonprofit writing schools for youths or programs that aid refugees? Or something musical?

[Futuregrapher]

don't know if asked... but who is DW who puts up poems and pictures from moscow and stuff. ?

[TheBang]

David

[Futuregrapher]

David

ok, i only know underworld as karl hyde and richard smith + two darren's.

so who is THIS david?

[TheBang]

That's all I know, and I wish I knew more.

[King of Snake]

posted by Karl today:

A finger rubs a hole in the night to hang a grinning moon above a single light.
Another two-hander day in the loud Lemon, temperature drops, sky turns red at sunrise. Yet the journey into sound gets better. I'm sorry I been slack with the links to other places this week - we been workin' full-on, focused on writing this album.....must get out more (when?)So...it sounds like they're already working on the follow up for Oblivion with Bells. That's pretty good news, would be nice not to have to wait 5 years for the next one :)

[lloyd]

This was written friday
'Sent the vocal parts off to Mark Knight this mornin' & slid in behind the wheel for the drive to the Loud Lemon.'

Colaboration or remix???

Things are moving that's for sure.

[Champiness]

All I can say to you lucky concert-goers is keep an eye out for some new stuff at your next UW show...

[boywithjavelin]

In case anyone hadn't noticed. It snowed in England last night. This of course is an event of such earth-shattering importance that we are subjected to it from all corners of the British media. 4 inches ( someone will no doubt protest it was more ) and the country of my birth grinds to a standstill. Food air-lifted to Yorkshire villages and something equally dreary happening to the trains...or the tracks.

I thought that Karl's diary entry would offer some sort of respite, but no.

We get a flowerpot with a white hat.

[Dirty0900]

In case anyone hadn't noticed. It snowed in England last night. This of course is an event of such earth-shattering importance that we are subjected to it from all corners of the British media. 4 inches ( someone will no doubt protest it was more ) and the country of my birth grinds to a standstill. Food air-lifted to Yorkshire villages and something equally dreary happening to the trains...or the tracks.

I thought that Karl's diary entry would offer some sort of respite, but no.

We get a flowerpot with a white hat.

I can't believe all of London grinded to a halt and took off all their buses. Come on you people in the south, we put up with it all the time, only seems to be reported when London suffers;)

[DaddyAdv]

I waded knee-deep in paper chasing lyrics to new tracks ... Rick at the Lemon with Darren & brother Dave Spears of G-force (http://www.gforcesoftware.com/) focus on the building of the new live kit ...

Mmmh, sounds exciting.

[lloyd]

http://www.rcrdlbl.com/artists/Miike_Snow/music

[idoru]

Rick at the Lemon with Darren & brother Dave Spears of G-force (http://www.gforcesoftware.com/) focus on the building of the new live kit, a long & arduous process resulting in great loss of hair

This is AWESOME. Rather than just switching the placement on stage like they did last time, it sounds like they're completely redoing their stage setup. I'm certainly looking forward to this.
________
Porn on (http://www.fucktube.com/)

[DaddyAdv]

Dave Spiers is talking a bit about the "new UW live rig" on the recent Sonicstate podcast:

http://www.sonicstate.com/news/2009/02/05/podcast-sonic-talk116-whats-the-difference-between-dated-and-classic/

(about 50:25)

Basically he says they can't find a robust, big USB Controller,
so I guess they're going for bit more control over the Computers, presumably Ableton Live.

/edit: he's also stating at the end he's looking for a mixing desk "smaller than a Midas" (56:15)
looks like they wanna go for a more compact stage setup, maybe ...

[idoru]

Awesome find! Thanks. :)

I really wish that there was more of the technical stuff, such as this, posted up. Don't get me wrong, I love hearing about the tracks, Karls vocals/writing, etc., but there's very little content similar to this. Would be great to see more.
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CHRYSLER 300 SPECIFICATIONS (http://www.dodge-wiki.com/wiki/Chrysler_300)

[Dirty0900]

Very interesting listen, not the biggest geek on this sort of thing but Ricks live set up is really intresting seeing hes not hunched over a laptop and you can actually see what hes doing via video feeds etc. Can't find the link at the minute, but there was an article detailing the set up they used on the road.

[dubman]

heard a record today that i really dug a lot that made me think of karl..

group bombino - guitars from agadez vol. 2

pretty similar to tinariwen but a lot rougher and raw. made me dance at work which i practically never do

[Techno_Bunny]

loo-rolls...
virtual news instead of old fashioned newspapers = lack of loo-rolls ... :p

at the moment too tired and ill to put even that first foot down, let alone the next
but i'll get there in time, eventually, whenever :D

when i look up at the sky, i see the highways of the angels, made of clouds that look like the softest cotton balls, but instead bring more snow
hang in there, make another cuppa and some more music for us to SMILE

[nosajmunson]

Oh my sweet ass sweet. Thanks for the link on this one Mr. Karl.
(Nice Picture too. Love winter skies and winter trees!)
http://www.bosscorp.co.jp/products/en/SL-20/ (http://www.bosscorp.co.jp/products/en/SL-20/)

Fanstatic device. Running my Guitars & MC-303 through this and I may not leave the house for a week.

[idoru]

CDJ platters are pressure-sensitive. The gear nerd inside of me is getting seriously irked looking at the photo of that pedal just resting on top of of the platter. I mean, yeah, I know that it's probably alright, but there's part of me that cringes every time I look at it.

Then again, I've always been overly-sensitive about my gear. *shrug*

Great to hear a bit more about the live setup, though. :)
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Bmw r 90 s history (http://www.bmw-tech.org/wiki/BMW_R_90_S)

[Dirty0900]

The idea of Mr Eno and Underworld makes me excited.

[idoru]

Indeed. Would love to see what comes out of their session.
________
Volcano Classic Vaporizer (http://vaporizers.net/volcano-vaporizer)

[dubman]

it makes me wary.
i dont know what's the last project eno's been in that i've found interesting
i just know about the ones that turned out kind of deflated and not-what-it-could-be

[idoru]

The most recent work of his that I can think of would be his collaboration with David Byrne which is, well... let's just say that I can't really listen to it for more than a minute or so.

That said, I've never been a fan of David Byrne's work, so perhaps that's what rubs me the wrong way.
________
Best Vaporizers (http://vaporizer.org/)

[boywithjavelin]

...OH MY GOD! It snowed. Again....zzzz, zzzzz, zzzz.
For the sake of the Aussies at least. Stop it with the white stuff.

[crazysugarboy]

I had completely forgotten how much I adore "Heavan" by the Psychedelic Furs - I must buy it! Thanks Karl :)

[galama]

Did any of you find iT...interesting?

[lloyd]

http://www.discogs.com/sell/list?artist=Cowboys+International&ev=a2

Yep, was easy. ;)

Didn't know Trash tho, did hear Today before.

http://www.myspace.com/cowboysinternational

[lloyd]

Marcia Baila was thé song for them here in holland, still hear it sometimes during request programs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6FVlfOgTo8

From their wiki:
Jean-Baptiste Mondino (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Mondino) directed most of Les Rita Mitsouko's music videos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_videos) in the 1980s.
aha!
Tons of creativity in those, most 5 mins long clips

[BeautifulBurnout]

Marcia Baila was thé song for them here in holland,

Mais c'est l'amour qui a assassine Marcia...

God I love this album! The No Comprendo was the first one I bought - on cassette - when I moved to France in 87. (Kind of summed up my communications skills at the time ;) ) Bloody brilliant, even if you can't understand all the lyrics!

I especially loved Les Histoires D'A... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML9PWVm0wEQ)

Catchy as f00k. :D

[jose m]

i loved swans way for a brief moment,i even gave away tickets to see the smiths to see them (looking back a daft thing to do).
the bass player in swans way appeared in some ace groups through the 80's, all of them birmingham bands.
first i think he was in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSZD0wmJSAQ
there's more than a touch of underworld mk1 there i reckon?
then after swans way mr.bass and the backing singer had a minor hit with
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW5phls41vI which became an ibiza balearic classic.

[Dirty0900]

So UW and High Contrast? From that I'm assuming he may be there to remix You Do Scribble?

[idoru]

Todays photo is sexy. Beautiful, beautiful wires.
________
Chrysler fifth avenue history (http://www.dodge-wiki.com/wiki/Chrysler_Fifth_Avenue)

[TheBang]

Haha, look how fast that tail is wagging. That's a really nice pic of Barney.

[patrick]

yum! high contrast and UW will be amazing. although you do scribble is already a dnb track, so it isn't the pick for me...

[dubman]

"Rick & Karl record 'version' of Strumpet (it's ok, don't loose your dinner...)"

:D hahaha
just handle it like you would nitroglycerin

[Dunwho]

Just had a look at the Broadcasts page... because i thought i remembered seeing that the next broadcast was going to be sometime in march 2009... i wouldnt cross my heart hope to die on that but i just had this memory of thinkin "shit im gonna miss that cus im gonna be travelling at the time" and now i had a look and its not there at all...

is it just me or did they have something up about a broadcast next week?

If they took it down its probably because they are so busy in the studio, which for me is understandable - id prefer the album to be better than to have a radio show, as much as i love the shows... if they dont have time they dont have time!

[TheBang]

Yes, it was scheduled for next week Wed. That's too bad. I was looking forward to it, since it's been a while since we've gotten anything.

[DaddyAdv]

It was there just a few days ago scheduled for next wednesday.
So now ... how about just a livestream of what's going on at the Loud Lemon ? :)

(and hooray for the Moogerfoogers !)

[holden]

Like the cut-up lyrics from yesterday's post. Wonder how many days' worth of Karl's writings go into the average song? In the case of "Ring Road", we know it was all written in one outing. But with all those notebooks of lyrics, i wonder how far back Karl digs for lyrics to a new song?

[crazysugarboy]

This is a sort-of request for sort-of info linked to one of Karl's u/wlive links back in the summer (I'm being hesitant cos it's not exactly u/w related - altho the link proves that Karl is a a fan).

Where has the full length Youtube vid of ELP performing Fanfare to the Common Man in the Winter Olympic Stadium gone??

And while I'm on the subject of lost vids - the vid of Karl, Rick, and Darren Emm in Japan '96 blasting Pearls Girl ("warriors, come out to play") on the jp version - where is that?? The bit where rick and darren start the elongated improv (after Karl's hyper-lie-down) just has to be one of the coolest u/w moments ever! Someone please reinstate it on the web

[TheBang]

And while I'm on the subject of lost vids - the vid of Karl, Rick, and Darren Emm in Japan '96 blasting Pearls Girl ("warriors, come out to play") on the jp version - where is that?? The bit where rick and darren start the elongated improv (after Karl's hyper-lie-down) just has to be one of the coolest u/w moments ever! Someone please reinstate it on the web
That was on darktrain.jp, but is no longer there.

[phaseblue]

That was on darktrain.jp, but is no longer there.

I`ll try and get it back up this weekend!

I took all the videos down because when I switched over to the new "news" page (which was 3rd party php code), it would not allow me to embed my .flv player. I`ll try and locate the "offending" code and change it, or else put a link to another page with the video.

[crazysugarboy]

I`ll try and get it back up this weekend!


Oh cool! Many thanks phaseblue :)

[stauff]

How did I miss the lovely poetry on the 9th.. another little slice of beauty direct from Romford..

[TheBang]

Those are some nice memories today, K, thanks.

Just to put some dates to places, the first time the head stock snapped off in Brighton was very early in MKII touring, Sept. 2, 1994. The 2nd snapping at BDO in Auckland was during the AHDO tour on Jan. 17, 2003. They saw the Manic Street Preachers perform in Milan on Nov. 5, 1998, one day before their own performance there.

[phaseblue]

Crazysugarboy, sorry but darktrain.jp is down for the moment!
Yes, I paid my bills on time! It`s just that I`m having a bit of a problem with spam bots attacking the site
and they have been using the "Send to a Friend" link in my
news page to send out mass emails! Because of this, the hosting company temporarily
froze the account!

Needless to say, I am angry as hell!:mad: If I could track one of the perpetrators down,
I would exact some serious punishment, however that won`t fix the problem right now!

I still haven`t forgotten about the PG video, and I will put it up as soon as this situation is resolved!

Matt

[BeautifulBurnout]

That sucks, Matt. I bet you are cheesed off. :mad:

[crazysugarboy]

Crazysugarboy, sorry but darktrain.jp is down for the moment!

Many thanks Matt for the semi-personal post

[phaseblue]

Many thanks Matt for the semi-personal post

No problem man!

The site is back up and I have posted the Pearls Girl video here:
http://www.darktrain.jp/pearls_girl_shizuoka_1996.html

Don`t forget to check out the Shibuya Apple Store interview with Karl Hyde in 2007:
http://www.darktrain.jp/karl_hyde_applestore_interview.html

The numbers of people visiting the Apple Store interview page weren`t too high, so I don`t know if it was because A) people had already scene it,
or B) they didn`t know it was there. The quality is fairly high and Karl is very light hearted and funny! Anyway, I just wanted to let you guys know
about it again (in English) just to be sure ;)

[crazysugarboy]

Three cheers for Matt! - made my day seeing the PG vid again:)

[Dirty0900]

Looks like Karl is doing something with Brian Eno then, wonder what it is.

[lloyd]

PURE SCENIUS is the one-off, nothing-else-like-it, concert finale to LUMINOUS. Produced by Eno and featuring Leo Abrahams and Karl Hyde of Underworld fame. Sign Up (http://luminous.sydneyoperahouse.com/SignUp.aspx) for the LUMINOUS enews for the latest on the line-up, ticket prices and on sale date.

[phaseblue]

Three cheers for Matt! - made my day seeing the PG vid again:)

Thanks man!

Now, if I can only track down the rest of that show:confused:

[luminary]

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Please tell us more about Luminous (http://luminous.sydneyoperahouse.com/light_installation.htm)

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[Dunwho]

The site is down and not working....this is either very very bad.... or very very good....

they never said they will be closing the site for a period of time as they usually do when they are changing things... but it could be that they are adding something new? maybe? perhaps?

Either way im sure things will be back to normal soooooooooon

[TheBang]

Sometimes it just goes down for a while. Probably when aNt trips on the power cord after a night out.

[Dunwho]

Yea my bad... havnt slept in days.. and too much coke.....a-cola.... makes you jump t conclusions at times.

[boywithjavelin]

Wow! That's a surprise!
Quoting ABC's Lexicon of Love I mean. I doubt a better POP record was recorded during the 80's (excluding the output of the plastic-nosed one of course).
If you aint never bothered, then I thoroughly recommend it. It's good in the car and then you don't have to look at the cover.

Talking of the cover. Martin Fry is wearing a metallic shiny jacket I believe...Hmmm

[crazysugarboy]

What are Karl and Rick doing with that lovely teddy??? Looks like some sort-of awful electronic experimentation! :eek:

[BrotherLovesDub]

I need the Rotterdam discs, have stuff for trade but willing to buy. Does anyone have a spare copy?

[dubman]

yeah same here.
practically the ONLY one left that i'm itchin to buy.

[Futuregrapher]

What a beautiful picture from the Malta show last night.

Surreal...

[galama]

what do you think, what kind of tea does karl drink?

[ndrwrld]

to rick and karl and darren...
thank you thank you thank you thank you.
see you august 11th.

[qirex]

I just noticed they haven't done a radio show since December, any news on that?

[TheBang]

The March one was postponed until a later date TBD. With the touring, work on the album, and Pure Scenius coming up, it might be a while though. Who knows, they could squeeze one in though.

[Dunwho]

The March one was postponed until a later date TBD. With the touring, work on the album, and Pure Scenius coming up, it might be a while though. Who knows, they could squeeze one in though.

Wouldnt be a bad way of letting the fans hear some of their latest work.. in a nice studio quality version, rather than having to sieze it from the clicks and clacks of a bad phone video at one of their festival spots...

...also would be cool just to get a show..something new after a long hard winter!

[galama]

Let's be patient....leave room for a surprise

[Dunwho]

Let's be patient....leave room for a surprise

But i want my elephant!

ha no your right... i can wait.. it is afterall half the fun of the whole thing!

[DaddyAdv]

Happy Birthday Karl!

[ndrwrld]

happy birthday Karl !

[Dunwho]

LÃ* breithe shona duit Karl!

[crazysugarboy]

Nearly a day late by half an hour, but happy birthday Karl :)

[Vectorman0]

Happy birthday!

[DwarfeD]

A bit late, but: Van harte gefeliciteerd Karl :)

[Dwr Budr]

Happy Belated birthday indeed Karl.

Here's hoping that the show here in Toronto in August provides adequate reason to celebrate! 2 of my friends will be sharing a birthday that night & I am rallying a huge contingent to see the long overdue return.

Fingers crossed and begging for a massive 3+ hour epic of a show.

[lloyd]

you don't see a chain that friendly very often.

[Champiness]

you don't see a chain that friendly very often.

PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH
The chain thanks.


Anybody notice that the book they ordered copies of today was called "The Floating World" and that the Tokyo performance of Simple Distinctive was subtitled "Floating Worlds"?

[Dunwho]

PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH
The chain thanks.


Anybody notice that the book they ordered copies of today was called "The Floating World" and that the Tokyo performance of Simple Distinctive was subtitled "Floating Worlds"?

I think its based on yukio-e (spelling???) which is a traditional japanese concept that is applied to their style of art and calligraphy... often used to describe the open spaces on Japanese prints...

...a while back i remember reading something karl said about his love of japanese art and how he read a lot about it in books as a child/young artist... and its clear to see the influence of monochromatic caligraphy in the Tomato Art group works and interest in typography...

[TheBang]

Anybody notice that the book they ordered copies of today was called "The Floating World" and that the Tokyo performance of Simple Distinctive was subtitled "Floating Worlds"?

See here:

http://www.darktrain.org/dirty/forums/showthread.php?t=6393

The Floating World is a book by John Warwicker that's been delayed since like 2004. For a while, there was a promo movie for the book on the Tomato site, and the background music was "Simple Distinctive".

[ndrwrld]

Happy Belated birthday indeed Karl.

Here's hoping that the show here in Toronto in August provides adequate reason to celebrate! 2 of my friends will be sharing a birthday that night & I am rallying a huge contingent to see the long overdue return.

Fingers crossed and begging for a massive 3+ hour epic of a show.
seconded, i'm up to 7 peeps deep, and it's only getting larger the closer to the show it gets.

[galama]

dark and long train and a smile tretched allover my face. one of those moments to share energy with all

and in compliance with the ongoing topic, the preview of the book looks incredibly good. the content and volume more than justifies the price

[Dunwho]

Wouldnt mind knowing what some of that advice Mike was giving to the artists he is working with in Africa.. I'm always afraid im not going to be able to protect my music, and im conflicted between wanting it to be heard and not wanting it to be stolen...


...ill probably never know haha

anybody got any ideas?

[Champiness]

choosing tracks for an upcoming cover-mount

My favroite part of the entry. Wonder what'll be on there?

[DaddyAdv]

from the UWLive shop:

Change is coming.....

Over the coming months, we're going to be working hard to get a new site and new shop built and online.

Something younger, fitter and faster.

As part of the rebuild, we have to close the existing shop and stop new member registrations at the end of May 2009. So, it's your last chance to buy things for a while - and to help you get going, we've taken 50% off all t-shirts.

Form an orderly queue and no pushing at the back there please.....

[Dirty0900]

So, are "Diamond Jigsaw" and "Between Stars" new UW tunes or things they've been listening to? Or are they old tunes renamed. Questions questions!

[Dunwho]

SWEET JESUS THERE IS SPAM EVERYWHERE! I think we need to get a mob together and ransack this mother fuckers life...grrr i hate spam!

[TheBang]

So, are "Diamond Jigsaw" and "Between Stars" new UW tunes or things they've been listening to? Or are they old tunes renamed. Questions questions!
"Diamond Jigsaw" has been mentioned before on Nov. 29, 2008 diary. "Between Stars" seems to be new "fresh up the pipe".

[DaddyAdv]

Happy 50th Birthday, Rick !

[Dunwho]

Happy Birthday Rick... 50 years young!

[crazysugarboy]

And a Happy Birthday from sunny Witney :)

[holden]

More good vibes and Birthday wishes for you, Rick!

[Ybli]

Keep on keeping on and happy n°50 to you Rick !

(there is one bird in your house)

[Vectorman0]

Happy Birthday!

[TheBang]

Wow, 50? Here's to 100 (and continued music making)!

[froopy seal]

Rick's birthday is on towel day? :eek: Correlations upon correlations.

Happy birthday belatedly, Rick!

[BeautifulBurnout]

Happy Birthday Rick, and many more of em! :)

[King of Snake]

interesting pic on uwlive today. Looks like we may be getting some live drumming (by who?) in upcoming gigs.

Question to Karl: you've mentioned you guys are excited about the changes to the setup. Could you (or maybe Rick) expand a bit more on what changes have been made and what this means for how underworld will be playing live in the near future?

[potatobroth]

interesting pic on uwlive today. Looks like we may be getting some live drumming (by who?) in upcoming gigs

Or for recording purposes?

[King of Snake]

well I guess, but the pic shows the rehearsal room/live setup so I'm thinking/hoping it might show up on stage as well :)

[boywithjavelin]

"drunken haze"... that's a bit worrying. What happened to the tea?

[crazysugarboy]

"drunken haze"... that's a bit worrying. What happened to the tea?

I can't imagine for one moment that Karl has relapsed - he's been sober for 10 years. This is either a past memory or was written by Rick celebrating his 50th

[crazysugarboy]

The (sausage and tomato?) stew on today's page looks delicious!:) Are the Hyde and Smith families bbqueing in this glorious English weather??

[boywithjavelin]

Reflections on youth and mortality from the land of the prematurely wrinkled. It's funny how the sun too, has it's dark side.

[crazysugarboy]

Appreciated the "heads up" to Tangerine Dream today - I've always assumed that Karl and Rick are fans. To name just one fav moment, Edgar Froesse's freeforming guitar on "Coldwater Canyon" is just fabulous :)

[TheBang]

Oh man, those are some awesome shoes. I hope we see them on tour.

[Dunwho]

such a great diary entry today, nothing like a couple of friends sittin in the sun..

.. everyso often we are reminded that they are still just normal geezers with a craving for tea and cake.. who rock out in their spare time

[BeautifulBurnout]

This is England - new millennium. Where's the love? The care in the community? London, broken,
it's tribes that used to watch each other's backs & look out for each other's children?
New-think evolution - walks away smiling - wagging it's finger on the other side of the barrier.

After a day in the stinking heat of the tubehole from Victoria to Wood Green and Wood Green to Barkingside and Barkingside to Victoria, believe me... you are damn right, Karl. *sigh*

[Dirty0900]

So can we add "Between Stars" as a new song then?

[Champiness]

Woo! Lyric sheet! (http://www.underworldlive.com/home/mainColumnParagraphs/09/content_files/file/090625.jpg) And a great name, no less!

[the-star-samurai]

Aw man. I love stars.
(Asifthisisn'tobviousalready.)
This is fabulous.
Makes my day slightly brighter.

[phaseblue]

interesting pic on uwlive today. Looks like we may be getting some live drumming (by who?) in upcoming gigs.

I remember just 8 years ago, sometime shortly after Emerson left, there was a joke going around
(I think Scott Werner started it) in the forums that Underworld was going to reform as a "rock band",
and everyone was mortified even at the thought of this! Now it it seems as though moves in this
direction are welcomed like some great advance forward!

I don`t know about this! Drums in the studio for sampling - awesome!
Live drums on stage - unacceptable!

Sorry, just my opinion.

[TheBang]

So can we add "Between Stars" as a new song then?
"Between Stars" was already mentioned on May 22 (http://www.underworldlive.com/archives/years/months-for-2009/weeks-for-may/18-24-may.html). ;)

[Dirty0900]

Very much liking these snippets of lyrics that appearing and will probably change.

[Champiness]

Another lyric sheet (http://www.underworldlive.com/home/mainColumnParagraphs/012/content_files/file/090626.jpg) today, this one for a track tentatively titled "Diamond-Jigsaw", and with a very touching first verse. An inescapable reference to MJ's death today comes off heartfelt - what else can you expect from a group like Underworld? Makes me glad they're in no such chance of suddenly leaving us.

[TheBang]

We had a close call in fall 2007.

[phaseblue]

We had a close call in fall 2007.

That one scared the hell out of me too!

I couldn`t imagine a world without Underworld:(

[DaddyAdv]

"Tricky Ricky's All Night Massage Parlour" :D

[boywithjavelin]

Notice the SEMTEX advertising on the Hradec Kralove festival site.

SEMTEX, SEMTEX... Now where do I know that brand name from?....

Aaah, yes. Plastic Explosives! I knew it was familiar :rolleyes:

[TheBang]

Montreaux DVD, mmm... Yes, please! And 2005's also. Better yet on Blu-ray!

[sanakan]

*Montreux* ;)

They film each and every gig in Montreux - with high quality TV-studio cameras, that is! A bummer though that they don't release all of the recordings (although sometimes they creep up unexpectedly a few years later in a late-night TV program).

It seems Karl got hold of a copy, lucky bastard :)

[TheBang]

I always have a hard time spelling it. :)

They're all recorded and archived in HD by Montreux Sounds (http://www.montreuxsounds.com/), which then licenses them to Eagle Vision (http://www.eagle-rock.com/eaglerockUK/) for DVD and Blu-ray releases. Now, how to get an Underworld release...

[dubnobasswithme]

oh man.....that would be sweet to see.

[TheBang]

The Brotherhood returns...

[selector]

No doubt, Karl!

Re:
"Thank you to Santogold for inspiring me with you're joyous music & dancing. Arriving from a long road
& giving your best. The people felt your goodvibes. We felt the electricity form the side of your stage."

I noticed that lineup a few days back. Thought that might be a nice vibe to play into.... Wish I could have been there with ya! Unstoppable.

Cheers,
J

[vel]

I love this photo (the trees), really strikes me for some reason.

Everyday something new to give me inspiration - underworldlive

Thanks as always

http://www.underworldlive.com/home/090714.html

[Maboul59]

Where is the site gone ?

[Champiness]

Off to a better place where it can frolic with all the other broken band webpages.
Or under the knife of the designer for the site overhaul we've been awaiting. That would be nice.

[Dunwho]

On twitter this is what Karl wrote bout the site, sounds like he tried to upload something from his busking yesterday and it done broke the site!!!

"underworldlive.com took a direct hit from the Anti-Busker. Awaiting techmedics & gaffa tape till then, imagine a diary entry for today"

... anybody got some good imaginary diary entries?

[stauff]

Come on all you dirts I got rhythm on my mind & an itch only new music can satisfy.

I'm listening to some acoustic stuff. Josh Ritter (http://www.joshritter.com/music.shtml) at the moment. Still making time for the essex stuff of course :)

[TheBang]

Haha, "Moaner" has a big Batman symbol. That jives with the whimsical nature of the mixer strips too. It'd be fun to see closeups of all the song cards and mixer strips.

[happiness stan]

This might be a stupid question, but what is the deal with "The Brotherhood of the Cards" thing, is that an Oblique Strategies reference?

[Dirty0900]

This might be a stupid question, but what is the deal with "The Brotherhood of the Cards" thing, is that an Oblique Strategies reference?

something to do with setlist prep.

[potatobroth]

they have their songs and lights-strategies on index cards. and they rearrange them before the show as they try and plan out the evening.

ie: the first card has the light-sticks standing up, and later on in the list it shows them all stagged and laying on each-other.

[TheBang]

We were first shown the Brotherhood last year:

http://www.darktrain.org/dirty/forums/showthread.php?t=7399

Did anyone save the image?

[happiness stan]

ah, very interesting.
thanks for that.

[DaddyAdv]

Did anyone save the image?

Yep :cool:

[big screen satellite]

Yep :cool:

geekkk !! ;)

[BeautifulBurnout]

Don't talk to me about the M25!

Record so far - home to Hatton Cross.

Distance - 36 miles.

Left the house at 7.30am, got to tribunal at 12.50pm.

Nightmare.

[darktrain]

Don't talk to me about the M25!

Record so far - home to Hatton Cross.

Distance - 36 miles.

Left the house at 7.30am, got to tribunal at 12.50pm.

Nightmare.

Holy hell! And here I thought LA traffic was bad.

[big screen satellite]

oooh i've been digging Miike Snow's Animal too - especially the fake blood remix - check it out on KH's advice :D

(its two ii's in Miike though for some reason)

[//\/\/]

Don't talk to me about the M25!

Record so far - home to Hatton Cross.

Distance - 36 miles.

Left the house at 7.30am, got to tribunal at 12.50pm.

Nightmare.

serves karl right for not riding the sainted rythms... :D

[phaseblue]

Haha, "Moaner" has a big Batman symbol. That jives with the whimsical nature of the mixer strips too. It'd be fun to see closeups of all the song cards and mixer strips.

I was wondering what those cards were! I briefly looked at the pic the other day and thought
they were playing some sort of Pokemon style card game themed to Batman (Moaner...duh)!
Thanks for the insight guys!

Darren: "Rick, I challenge you with my 20-point Born Slippy Original!"

Rick: "Oh yeah? Well, I counter you with my 50-point Dirty Guitar! Haven`t played that one live
in years. Take that!!!"

btw - The only cards I can read are "REZ ?" (3rd down from the right), "Two Months Off"
(4th down in the column with the yellow circle), and "King of Snake" (to the right of Moaner).
Hmmm...what is the "yellow circle"? Ball drop maybe?

[TheBang]

The big yellow circle is the round video screen they have now.

So going across the top of the cards it shows what the stage setup looks like during each stage of the show. The first part of the show has the Inflatables standing vertically next to each other to form the video screen, then the round video screen comes down in the second part of the show, then the Inflatables come back in the traditional haphazard arrangement. I'm not sure what the big black bar above Moaner indicates.

The one immediately under the circle reads "You Do Scribble." And the first one under the vertical Inflatables looks like "Nu Train". Underneath "Rez/Cowgirl", I think it's "Juanita". The cards might have BPM numbers written on them too.

This is probably the setlist for Glade, but I wouldn't know since NO ONE HAS POSTED IT YET.

[Dunwho]

but I wouldn't know since NO ONE HAS POSTED IT YET.

Ha id say nobody can remember ;)

[phaseblue]

This is probably the setlist for Glade, but I wouldn't know since NO ONE HAS POSTED IT YET.

I checked http://uwlive.rowla.com/ and the Glade set list they have posted is as follows:

Nu Train
King of Snake
Between Stars
Born Slippy NUXX

I think this is obviously not complete, but who knows. Maybe Underworld had a shorter spot, but highly unlikely!

[DaddyAdv]

That just what Mike put together based on our YouTube findings.

[phaseblue]

The site is down!

I`ve heard that there are some pretty exciting things coming, so whether this
is, or isn`t, part of the process, my eagerness to see the final result is just
the same :D

[Champiness]

The site is down!

I`ve heard that there are some pretty exciting things coming, so whether this
is, or isn`t, part of the process, my eagerness to see the final result is just
the same :D

Every time the site goes down my heart stops.
Alas, this is not the redesign we were waiting for. Yet.

[//\/\/]

oooh; vulcan bomber restored and flying over essex, eh? wonder if that's been making the rumbling noise late at night recently. very strange...

[Dunwho]

Just saw this mentioned on the Twitter... Karl is mulling over something called 'egged-bus' ... is this new or has it been around awhile?

Im itchin to hear all this new stuff!

[stauff]

Mmm.. a lovely cd of voices today. How many can you place? I see about 10 that are immediately familiar..

[holden]

Mmm.. a lovely cd of voices today. How many can you place? I see about 10 that are immediately familiar..

You Drink Summer's Juices!
Oh Yes Please!

Nice memories of live interludes.

[rudydaduck]

here's what i can gather : a. the vocoder is back! rock! b. the hard dancefloor beats and bass are back! and based on todays underworldlive pic c. the mesmerizing spoken word pieces will once again penetrate songs, albums and interstitial moments between tracks and singles. beauty!

all three of these things i missed on the last disc. me need new music now.

see you at hardfest (s)!!!!

RIDE!

[TheBang]

here's what i can gather : a. the vocoder is back! rock!
...
all three of these things i missed on the last disc.

How did you miss the vocoder on the last album?

[rudydaduck]

just did not feel like it was given a starring platform like it had on all the other albums. i always feel that texturally, when it's used, it's a side personality almost separate from hyde..... something, a voice, that seems to be coming from a city itself at night . . . . whispered along metal tracks as trains carry on or empty streets as some loner does a walk of shame.

never felt that presence on the last album and felt it could have had a great place. so maybe not vocorder per se but the personality behind the vocorder on cups say and not just karl's voice filtered.

[TheBang]

A glimpse into Studio Hyde today, hm?

[crank]

All I ever see these days is Mac OsX server holding pages.

[TheBang]

Holy crap, that's a lot of staples.

[Dunwho]

some might say that THAT tree is on a .."staple" diet...

[klingklang]

some might say that THAT tree is on a .."staple" diet...
Oooh.... ;)
That is a really bizarre shot, though.

And that Pink Dot shot out front of their store with their Bug and the homeless dude from Monday is still disturbing me.

[khouri]

Nerd request:

I've been reorganizing all my Underworld music files and was saddened to discover the tracklisting pages for old web broadcasts are down. Does anybody happen to have the graphics associated with the archived broadcasts? I'm looking to add them to the sound files.

[TheBang]

The versions of the broadcasts on the RTSR tracker have all the associated graphics and artwork for the broadcast attached to the tracks.

[khouri]

That'll work! Thanks.

[//\/\/]

"bukowski was a jerk
berryman was best
he wrote like wet papier-mache
aha but he went the hemmingway
wierdly and on wings and with maximum pain...

...we call upon the author to explain!"

[galama]

that "telegraph" pole riddled with staples looks amazing. good photo too.

[Dirty0900]

I still don't understand why various numbers are written next to a track on those cards when UW are picking a set.

[TheBang]

Well, bottom left number is BPM. Bottom right is the song key. The top number must be the number of the song in the sequencing software or something. That is, the song number matches from night to night and doesn't change. For example, in today's picture, Dirty Epic is 30 and Kittens is 31, the same numbers they had on the Vegas setlist (http://www.aloha.com/~tabanger/underworld/lvsetlist.jpg).

And they had 60 songs sequenced (http://www.native-instruments.com/en/community/tech-talk/underworld/) after Malta and Spain earlier this year. With "Diamond Jigsaw" and "Between Stars" being numbers 66 and 67, respectively, that's about right.

Anyone wanna go through the setlists and match songs to song numbers?

[jose m]

try and stop me !

[//\/\/]

karl's not the only one with a liking of haybales east of london (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nutts2020/sets/72157622157851544/)

[big screen satellite]

love the picture on the 31st August

it certainly looks finished - and it is smiling back at us....

[TheBang]

Does Adidas just ship them like a footlocker full of shoes, and people on the team just go grab a new pair whenever they like?

[ThingInABook]

Does Adidas just ship them like a footlocker full of shoes, and people on the team just go grab a new pair whenever they like?

well, talking about adidas, when they're going to put up those shiny red superstars for sale? I WANT A PAIR. seriously.

[//\/\/]

We make exotic vacuums as we pass through, suckin' at tired commuters waiting for their own Electric Snakes to carry them back to sanctuary.


...ha! written the very day i stopped being one of those 'tired commuters' on the self-same rails that carried him away from the city.

[//\/\/]

unannounced webcast - nice! (and crude!)

[Dunwho]

Looks like Karl broke a key on his Korg Nanokey. Oh dear

I use the korg nanoKontrol... what a godsend!

[khouri]

Is it just me or are the ceilings of the Lemon unusually low?

[TheBang]

Is it just me or are the ceilings of the Lemon unusually low?
Pigs are short.

Edit: Gah, I already (http://www.darktrain.org/dirty/forums/showpost.php?p=108018&postcount=9) made that joke. Although it's not really a joke, it's the reason why.

[TheBang]

If you'd just send me your number, Karl, I'll stop sending you so many e-mails. ;)

[ndrwrld]

thank you for posting that pic of Moono from Yo Gabba Gabba !
My 1 year old daughter loves that show.:p

[holden]

I'm always up for pix of little plastic-y rubber-y toy friends!
Recently visited Italy - in Venice, the street merchants were hawking something similarly blobby and cool out of plastic bags. i wanted one, but the missus said, no way...any anyway, the guys kept scrabling from the police. Contraband plastic friends.

Always great to see the found photos on UWLive. Anything can be art if the mood is right.

[boywithjavelin]

Just what is it Karl , with you and "bad news"?
What do expect the media to be: a kind of 'Truman Show'?
Just really try and imagine, just for a second, what a newspaper front page would look like if it carried just good news.
There are wars and earthquakes and death and suffering. It's actually
what we humans are far more interested in (when reading about other humans) It's called "human interest" (a term thought up by the evil media of course). Your neighbour going on holiday with his family to Spain, having a wonderful, coming back healthy and tanned, is dull. Your neighbour going to Spain and being murdered in Ibiza by "Tongy" is much more exciting to read about.
There's blood on that tissue, on the floor of the train, Karl, not Eau de Cologne.

[//\/\/]

jeez - who "rattled" your "cage"?! actually, ''bad news'' isn't the same as ''human interest'', and not all "news" you read is "bad", necessarily. maybe calm "down" a little?

[galama]

there can't be good news without any bad news. that doesn't justify how media conglomerates temper with any of the current affairs in the world. too much is at stake for too many powerful people. the media has the power to control. TV is the mass religion, it doesnt take a genius to figure that out.

on the brighter side of life...our news anchor talks about 'Who Stole the Web Shop mystery' and that's good news

[Dirty0900]

Link for pre-ordering doesn't work for moi!

[Champiness]

Link for pre-ordering doesn't work for moi!

Me either. Do the boys know about this?

[dubman]

Just what is it Karl , with you and "bad news"?
What do expect the media to be: a kind of 'Truman Show'?
Just really try and imagine, just for a second, what a newspaper front page would look like if it carried just good news.
There are wars and earthquakes and death and suffering. It's actually
what we humans are far more interested in (when reading about other humans) It's called "human interest" (a term thought up by the evil media of course). Your neighbour going on holiday with his family to Spain, having a wonderful, coming back healthy and tanned, is dull. Your neighbour going to Spain and being murdered in Ibiza by "Tongy" is much more exciting to read about.
There's blood on that tissue, on the floor of the train, Karl, not Eau de Cologne.
could say that it's it's spirit and approach of the news more than wanting to will the content out
but that'd be useless because this post is basically one big lol.

[boywithjavelin]

Yup. Totally useless.

[DaddyAdv]

a kind of "no diary" diary entry today - one less blob of information
Do you feel relieved, Karl ?

[Dunwho]

Im starting to really dig this new direction... pretty cool

[TheBang]

I'm actually feeling a bit of withdrawal, with no (or minimal) diaries and no Twitter updates. At least Facebook is working.

[happiness stan]

Is this the thread where we talk about the updates on the main site?
I never do that, but the CSN youtube clip still blows my socks off.

For those of similar leanings check out the C&N Another Stoney Evening, ignore the lukewarm AMG review.

This clip has sparked another CSN and related revisit.

[TheBang]

Eh Karl, if you like learn slack key, I got one place you can stay, brah.

[klingklang]

I love the pic of the walking Tom Jones adverts (plus the one with the Underworld and the Tom Jones again next to it).

[ThingInABook]

that angel mural is epic. i could stare at it for hours but i have to work :(

[Dirty0900]

I don't think its been on the UWlive, but Twitter/Facebook seem to suggest that they are trying something new tonight. New tracks would be ace.

[ThingInABook]

I don't think its been on the UWlive, but Twitter/Facebook seem to suggest that they are trying something new tonight. New tracks would be ace.

rick posted something about that in his twitter, but i guess three song titles don't say much: you do scribble, bamboo, strumpet.

strumpet is one of the songs i'm dying to hear, the snippets around youtube aren't enough.

[TheBang]

I don't think its been on the UWlive, but Twitter/Facebook seem to suggest that they are trying something new tonight.

It's actually on the diary today:

http://www.underworldlive.com/home/091111.html

"We gonna make something new tonight in Macedonia - are you comin?"

strumpet is one of the songs i'm dying to hear, the snippets around youtube aren't enough.
Just get either one of the 2008 Brixton shows.

[ThingInABook]

Just get either one of the 2008 Brixton shows.

thanks for the hint ;)

[change]

I have to ask.... what kind of Antonov does UW use to haul their gear around? I'd guess an AN-74 (http://blog.zaq.ne.jp/blueocean/img/img_box/img20090418014458807.jpg) but an AN-124 (http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/an124/images/an124_2.jpg) or AN-225 (http://widebodyaircraft.nl/an225no6.jpg) would be badass! :D

[boywithjavelin]

Oh yes. How "badass" that would be. To take a fat military transport plane from the country where they've only recently banned the gay pride march (Serbia) to the the home of the murderers of Chechnya. How "baddass" indeed. Oblivous with bells are you, or just a fan of Ted Nugent?

[Dunwho]

Oh yes. How "badass" that would be. To take a fat military transport plane from the country where they've only recently banned the gay pride march (Serbia) to the the home of the murderers of Chechnya. How "baddass" indeed. Oblivous with bells are you, or just a fan of Ted Nugent?

Riiiiight... ehm... bit irrelivant