Dirty History

[Scott Warner]

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From: Darren Emerson <d@spoonman.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 08:11:34 +0000
Subject: Re: Future Music

>I've just read the interview with Rick & Karl in Future Music. Not bad, but
>some bits in it seem to have been nicked from other interviews. And it's a
>pity they didn't go into greater detail about how they do the live thing,
>but it was nice to see an equipment list to get an idea how those mad
>sounds are created. I wouldn't mind getting hold of that OSC Oscar (wanna
>swap for a Roland System 100?)

Actually,we didn't even do the interview with them....
they took snippets of other old interveiews..
which is a shame coz a lot of things have changed since
the dubnobass days.
we all have our own studios not just one for starters.
still it was still ok to read.

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From: Darren Emerson <d@spoonman.demon.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 14:59:56 +0000
Subject: Re: NME - load of b******s

>Just got hold of NME (for the free tape) and they've published
>a letter from some bloke slagging Ben Wilmott's criticism of
>Underworld's performance at Big Love (with the almost amusing
>title of Emerson, Hate and Calmer). Ben Willmott then completely
>arses up by saying that all UW's music sounds the same. What a wanker.
>Just shows you how much he really listens to it, dunnit?

Sounds quite funny!!!he's such a knob you've gotta laugh at him.



>On a lighter note, there's also a story that the Smurfs are in
>negotiations to do a cover of Born Slippy...Born Smurfy,
>anyone? (aaarrrgghhh!)


No we should get Ben Willmot to do a mix of it.

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From: Darren Emerson <d@spoonman.demon.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 09:35:03 +0000
Subject: oi tom

tom irwin.............you're a fuckin fruitcake m8

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From: Tom Irwin <t.irwin@udcf.gla.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 10:08:56 +0100
Subject: Re: oi tom

>tom irwin.............you're a fuckin fruitcake m8

why thank you kindly darren emerson.....love you to bits m25
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From: Ben Willmot <d@spoonman.demon.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 18:24:02 +0000
Subject: Re: More on Pearls Girl re-issue

>Geoffrey Elgey wrote about disc 1 of the Pearls Girl re-issue:
>> Errm, isn't this a bit redundant? What's the point of having a re-issue that
>> contains the same tracks from the original release?
>
>Nobody bought it the first time! Seriously, since the huge chart success
>of 'Born Slippy .NUXX' here, an excellent single that was deemed too odd
>to play by the powers that be (Radio 1 playlist, Top of The Pops etc.)
>first time out, will now reach a much wider audience. Personally I'm
>glad on 2 counts...
>1. Those of us who want to buy all UW tracks don't have to fork out for
>2 CDs if we don't want to, it would have been easy to swap 'oich oich'
>and 'puppies' over and force us completeists to but 2 CDs. I'm sure if
>UW were on a bigger label, they would be forced to do this sort of thing
>to maximise sales.
>2. It is proof (as if proof were needed) that Underworld are not
>'selling out' by putting out cheesy remixes - since there was nothing
>wrong with this disc when UW were not top 10 fodder, theres still
>nothing wrong with it now!

hear hear.........actually, I was a bit dubious about putting Pearl's
Girl again....but as you say I think it's gonna hit a wider audience,
which isn't a bad thing...unless you're Ben Willmot...
has anyone seen the new NME interview Rick and I done????
Couldn't stop Rick talking that day

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From: Ben Willmot <d@spoonman.demon.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 18:24:14 +0000
Subject: Re: Pearls Girl re-issue

>> But good to see UW have not asked anyone else to
>> mix these tracks, their own mixes are so much better.
>Agreed, but when I asked Dirtylist about the Reece mixes, the only reply
>I had were that his were better!
>
>I guess you can't please everyone all of the time...
>
>- Andy R.

RESPECT TO ANDY R!!!!!!!!

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From: Darren Emerson <d@spoonman.demon.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 18:23:58 +0000
Subject: Re: oi tom

>Darren Emerson wrote:
>>
>> tom irwin.............you're a fuckin fruitcake m8
>
>what the fuck did he do?
>
>--
>Vorsprung durch Technik Industria Grafica
>standard.@iri.su.se
> affiliated with nordisk media analys public limited

well he is though....ain't ya tom?

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From: Tom Irwin <t.irwin@udcf.gla.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 22:29:22 GMT
Subject: Re: oi tom

>well he is though....ain't ya tom?

6 oz butter 6 oz castor sugar
3 large free range eggs 6 oz plain flour
1/2 tsp baking powder 2 oz ground almonds
4 oz stoned cherries

yum that darren

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From: Darren Emerson <d@spoonman.demon.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 12:24:37 +0000
Subject: mid week chart posistion

mid week chart posistion is 22.....

too many tunes out this week to get a high posistion i reacon.



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From: Darren Emerson <d@spoonman.demon.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 12:24:32 +0000
Subject: Re: mixes

>Hi folks - new to this list, so this has probably been covered before, but
>does anyone have a list on the remixes the boys have done? Future ones?

wish I could remeber all the mixes we've done..


gonna be doin a depeche mode mix soon..
I done a Bjork mix a couple of weeks ago.

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From: Darren Emerson <d@spoonman.demon.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 12:24:27 +0000
Subject: Re: oi space dj

>space dj darren...........'tin there'....fuckin excellent m8.
>
>u been listenin to jamie bissmire?
> or has e been listenin to you?
> th_nkz

'Fraid jamie and ben got nuttin to do with it mon...thanks though !!

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From: Darren Emerson <d@spoonman.demon.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 13:15:10 +0000
Subject: Re: mid week chart posistion

>>mid week chart posistion is 22.....
>>too many tunes out this week to get a high posistion i reacon.
>
>suppose you guys'll just have to get back to making music then.
>crap for yous good for us.

more crap for the label...we don't care s'much

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From: Darren Emerson <d@spoonman.demon.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 14:35:56 +0000
Subject: Re: mixes

>Nick Abbott wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >bet this list is overcrowded people who got off to
>> >master & servant back in 1985. at least, they got
>> >me interested in samplers and electronics in the first
>> >place. actually a friend of mine thought the uw sound
>> >kind of reminded her of depeche...

>ok ok ok nick. don't take it so personal with caps et al.
>i guess violator wasn't necessarily a bad album per se,
>but with everything else going on around that time, it sounds
>like the 80s never ended... it's only that 909 in enjoy the
>silence that makes it somewhat contemporary. what i'm trying
>to say is that... ermm.. depeche is crap and that's my policy
>of truth? :> they start to remind me of u2.

I'm sorry but I think Violator was a great album.
Tim Simenon has produced this so it has some scratchin and
nice funkee loops.
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From: Darren Emerson <d@spoonman.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 10:43:07 +0000
Subject: Internet Phone

has anyone checked out the Internet Phone yet????????
It's great....

pc and mac....here's the www page.
http://www.vocaltec.com/homep.htm

we could start an Underworld Chat room.....

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From: Darren Emerson <d@spoonman.demon.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 15:06:18 +0000
Subject: bits and bobs

if people are interested in merchandise,
could you just give me your email address's please.
then I'll pass them onto the girl at our fan club/merchandise place/

also ..i haven't forgot about ther dirtylist tshirt...
anyone have any ideas what the want to see on it?????

i;m gonna be sorting it out soon at tomato


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From: Darren Emerson <d@spoonman.demon.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 19:15:06 +0000
Subject: t-shirt

I'm gonna have to charge something for the t-shirt....
but it's not gonna be a money maker for me...
I'm just gonna charge cost price.

I'll most probably get Julia(merchandise girl)
to send them out ...

Just a little pressie for Chritmas really.We're also
getting a newsletter together ...just to let people know wots goin on.

I'll most probably post it on ere once it's done..


i thang u