I was going through some of my old archives and stumbled upon messages I saved from the earliest incarnation of Dirty, the Dirtylist. These are all circa 1996. I'm just dumping this here in raw form so I'm not promising anything coherent; I just thought some of you might find it interesting to see what this community was like nearly 14 years ago.
First few messages here are all from Mr. Emerson.
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From: Darren Emerson <d@spoonman.demon.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 03:46:45 +0000
Subject: Hello all......
I'm just writing this quickie to say that, I am around...
I've just got a new computer and I'm having a few minor problems with
it...
But I am recieving my mail still...
Hopefully I'll see you all at Big Love.....
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From: Darren Emerson <d@spoonman.demon.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 00:03:09 +0000
Subject: ===
Martin (who saw Darren DJing at the Complex on Friday night, but who was
less than blown away. Dave Angel was MILES better)
======================
he should have came last saturday.....i was back on form....that friday
wasn't a good nite for me..
still we all have our ups and downs...
now that Underworld has calmed down a little I can get back into some djin
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From: Darren Emerson <d@spoonman.demon.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 09:39:11 +0000
Subject: top 10
here's a top 10 i done for mixmag recently:
1.Life's Little Pleasures...Ned Flanders...Underwater Records
2.Scenic Route.....Urban Groove......Parasols (Plink Plonk)
3.Bless The Funk....N.Y. Connection.......Evolution
4.Cliffhanger E.P......Cliffhanger.......Underwater Records.
5.Premonition......Downlink e.p.....4th Wave Records
6.N.P.2..2...........FLARE.......Reel Records.
7.Babes From Bahia(Eddie Flashin Fowlkes Mix)......Rio Funk...End Records
8.Echoes Of The Set......Alien Funk Movement....AFM.
9.Abstrakt Dance 003
10.Sweet Decay EP.......KEEK... Head In The Clouds.
so shut up you lot
anyway...looks like i'm up and running on my computer again...so i'll be on
here a bit.....
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From: Darren Emerson <d@spoonman.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 10:27:14 +0000
Subject: THANX !!!!!!!
Just gonna say thanx to everyone that came to see us at Big Love.
we had a great time apart from a few minor wierd things things.
Anyway thanx to everyone that has supported us this year...wot can i say..
top year 4 us.
we're gonna chill for a couple of months...well i say chil...
I'm gonna be djin all over the place...and hopefully get in
the studio and put ideas down ...maybe do a few remixes etc
but we're gonna start the next album in jan....i'm still gonna be poopin
about on here though.
If you fancy coming out to a club in london...i'm gonna be doin the end
once a month on a sat.....i'll be doin that every month with Mr C.
it's a stormin nite so get your arse down there.
Also at the moment I'm doin a mix for bjork...so hopefully I'll have that done
oh yeah...new release on Underwater soon...h20 005....Cliffhanger(mr Price)
and I've done one for the following release 006.....lovely
speak to you soon
emerson
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From: Darren Emerson <d@spoonman.demon.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 06:54:29 +0000
Subject: Re: darren interview
>hopefully i'm talking to darren today at tomato about 'dirtylist'. it's
>for a 5 minute show about the net and technology etc. for radio 1 in the
>UK. it's little late to be asking but any comments or questions you think
>i should ask?
>
>tamsin
Yeah...done it today..nice one Tamsin...I'll look forward to
hearing my stoopid voice on thursday.
So it's on thrusday evening kids...
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From: Darren Emerson <d@spoonman.demon.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 06:54:26 +0000
Subject: Re: Underworld recordbags
>On Ocrober 8th, Scott Warner wrote:
>
><<I think we need a _dirtylist_ shirt. yeah...with that john deer lawnmower
>image from "Born Slippy." And we can superimpose Duncan riding on it.>>
>
>Hahahaha!!!
>I'd bootleg a few just to see that....
>Troy
Actually...that's got me thinking...maybe we should do a T-shirt `n ting.
hands up all in favour...
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From: Darren Emerson <d@spoonman.demon.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 06:54:33 +0000
Subject: Re: darren interview
>and she also had seen the video on t.v. the other night.
>
>then she suddenly said: "one of them is kind of cute".
tell her I'm not worth it...i've got a beer gut
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From: Darren Emerson <d@spoonman.demon.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 11:04:49 +0000
Subject: Re: I vote "I like his hair too"
>something I have been thinking of. Why are UW releasing promos of their
>second to last single, especially when their last single was a re-
>release?
>I know darren said they were taking a rest but this is ridiculous are
>they working backwards through their back catalogue?
>------------------------
>Duncan Pike
welll...the reason why Pearls Girl is being re-released is because we think
it's a strong track.
Steve thinks it will do alot better this time and derseves a higher place
in the chart.
I was a bit dubious about it at first...but it is one of my faves...so
sorry Duncan if you've got the hump about it ...tin there's on there
though...also there's a remix of pearls girl that has been done and its
great...so hopefully we'll try and get that out.
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From: Darren Emerson <d@spoonman.demon.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 11:04:53 +0000
Subject: NME article about Big Love
What a load of crap...
I know that Ben Willmott doesn't like Underworld but theres no need to make
up lies about the gig.
Everyone that went to Big Love knows that it was a good nite and that
people weren't having a bad time.
it's not cool or credible to like a band that sells a lot of records ...
typical old indie kid that discovers dance music...sad..
well got that off me chest
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From: Darren Emerson <d@spoonman.demon.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 10:49:33 +0000
Subject: Re: NME article about Big Love
>On Thu, 10 Oct 1996, Scott Warner wrote:
>Damn, beat me to it. I was going to ask if that was the same guy who's
>wrote the negative things about Underworld in the past (like the only
>bad review of _Second Toughest_, in Vox magazine.) Oh well, I get the
>impression that, to him, if you're having a good time at a gig, then
>it's just not a good a gig then.
>
>I really don't think that's the in-general opinion about a live
>Underworld performance. That guy will never be pleased with anything, so
>why bother?
>
>
>Scott Warner
>interrupt@pbrealtors.com
As long it only sells 50 records ,it's really cool and trendy..
you always get 'em.
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From: Darren Emerson <d@spoonman.demon.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 10:49:37 +0000
Subject: Re: I vote "I like his hair too"
>but why not release the other storming track off the album - Juanita. or
>is it cheaper and easier to do a re-release with one remixed version?
>------------------------
>Duncan Pike
well...juanita is a bloody long track....we all love it ,but how do you do
an edit on the track and not lose the vibe on it..??
it's hard sometimes ...but i think Pearl's girl is one of me faves anyway.
Funny thing happened the other day actually.You know that we got the name
"Pearl's Girl" from a greyhound ...well,the owner of the dog rang us up the
other day to say thank you for using the name..
She said that Pearl's Girl was very happy and that she has just had puppies.
Which is even more weird because there is a track called "puppies" on the
release....strange eh?
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From: Darren Emerson <d@spoonman.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 10:21:54 +0000
Subject: Re: Favorite Tracks...
>When I got into high school, I went through that "80's alternative" stage,
>put away my rap records, and listed a lot to the Smiths, the Cure, Bauhaus,
>that sort of thing. As soon as I got into techno, all of that became
>really boring to me really fast...but I still love New Order. They're
>the Beatles of the 80's to me.
>
>scott warner
nice selection scott.....it sounds like we were into the same sort of stuff
when we were younger also the later stuff...the cure new order....
thats why you most probably like us...you've got the same taste
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From: Darren Emerson <d@spoonman.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 10:21:58 +0000
Subject: Re: underwater, take 3...
>so, Darren, can I take it that there is no Underwater web page (yet)?
>
>Tom
you are totaly correct......i'm useless ain't i
got some good stuff coming out though...
number 5 is cliffhanger....4 wicked fast tracks (mr Price)
then number 6.....ME with 2 tracks ...dunno wot there called yet but i'm
gonna get them pressed soon.....