[kid cue]

maybe i'm just projecting, but i remember hearing a lot of snare rolls (in the background, at the very least) the one time i saw UW live, and it did feel like a series of endless ascents. i always assumed that snare rolls were just another way that Rick would improvise. i think this is getting beside the original point, though, which was that the raveyness in UW music draws on a certain prog-house feel, which i can buy. (on the other hand, i wasn't on drugs at that show, so maybe the argument falls flat, since it was distinctly better than anything prog.)