[testudo]

I heard from someone who directly asked Rick about why they don't mix and improvise more, Rick's answer was: "the 'People' want to just hear the hits"

hmmm... maybe got this idea from listening to too much Huey Lewis and the News... must have been a dream come true to play the TV show together the other day.

Yeah, the whole not improvising thing is just plain sad.

I mean did John Coltrane stop improvising after a period in his career so he could help the lighting guys out during his set?

It was really impressive how they lit up Karl last night and the lighting in general, but I would take an improvised sound from UW over a lighting spectacle, any day (at an underworld show)

yeh, sad.