Isles of Wonder - to 'frighten people'
 

Excellent article in the Guardian

Underworld's brief to "frighten people" at London 2012 opening ceremony

Well it didn't really frighten me, but I still get goosepimples when I listen to "And I Will Kiss"

:eek::D

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Big heavy drums and lots of weird sounds. I think they hit the spot.

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that article and the comments are making me teary-eyed. i feel so proud for rick & karl and the rest of the team :)

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I know!

The Graun is my main online haunt these days, and I am really chuffed to see so many people giving them the props they deserve.

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A quick article about Esme, who is, in fact, Rick's daughter:

http://www.dunmowbroadcast.co.uk/new...mony_1_1469350

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i should be studying french but INSTEAD i'm posting here aaand thanks for that bit of info todd. caliban's dream is a smash :D

aaaand back to that dialogue i'm supposed to understand. my tutrice is going to kill me.

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...so that puts them fairly north-east of Romford ;)

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London2012 YouTube channel put up a lot of behind-the-scenes videos of the Opening Ceremonies. They're pretty short, but interesting. This one about the Pandemonium Drummers has a quick shot of Rick:



Here are the others:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZmyp3zcm4I&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWLxgd2_3Vk&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZEYCRWpsZk&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiut8Zf7A20&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg51FPbgIiE&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUDbvEsD_T8&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT4RpvNRM_8&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ6MM3eW_Pk&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClTGfJCE0j0&feature=plcp

Re: Isles of Wonder - to 'frighten people'
 

frightening for Lord Coe - the Fawlty Towers clip where Basil's about to launch into his Hitler impersonation, the appearance of Fuck Buttons on the playlist...

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Makes sense as when I saw Karl in 2005 it was at a Cafe in Saffron Walden. Tripped over a chair as i went to pay....

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Chaps.. Do you think Esme was The Second Toughest In The Infants!? :-D

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She was 1 year old when STITI was released, so maybe! :)

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If I remember right, STITI was coined by Darren Emerson or his family.

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Rick Smith's nephew:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_...in_the_Infants

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Too perfect! What a lovely and talented young lady.

Passing the torch in so many glorious ways...