Communication, Press and PR

[votingfloater]

I agree about the whole getting-away-from-living-to-a-release-schedule thing. Haven't they said that before? I wonder if they're just getting a kick about dropping these things suddenly and seeing how they spread. Records out of the back of a van, jumpers for goalpost, mmm... eh?

I reckon that'll change a bit in the run up to actually releasing things as solid matter. Then Karl should stand on Oxford Street in the wedding dress, holding a big "UW SALE" sign.

I'm quite liking this freeform drip-drop of juicy stuff now and then, but the buzz in the run up to physical releases would be nice.

[mmm skyscraper]

I'm kind of glad we have no idea what's happening. AHDO was leaked months before the album release, but now everyone has to wait for the actual release date to hear new material.

There are a lot of voices on the forum, but there's a lot less BS here than on the Boards of Canada forums where you have people uploading fake tracks all the time.

[Badger]

What's the point of uploading fake tracks if you and everyone on that forum likes/loves the band???

That's just really f**king stupid if you ask me.

[patrick]

Originally Posted by mmm skyscraper

I'm kind of glad we have no idea what's happening. AHDO was leaked months before the album release, but now everyone has to wait for the actual release date to hear new material.

There are a lot of voices on the forum, but there's a lot less BS here than on the Boards of Canada forums where you have people uploading fake tracks all the time.

ya that sounds lame, but it would also be super hard for people to make fake uw tracks i think... such a unique sound, (plus karls voice in most)

[undarrenworld]

Originally Posted by patrick

ya that sounds lame, but it would also be super hard for people to make fake uw tracks i think... such a unique sound, (plus karls voice in most)

Underworld songs are un-copy-able
They have some spirit...

(Sorry for that word, but it really belongs there)

[big screen satellite]

this is more of what i was on about...

http://www.londoncalling2006.com/big_interview.htm

i'd have considerd going to this had i known it was on and featured an Q&A / Interview with Steve H & Karl Hyde....

will we hear or see any transcripts of this interview...?

i know Lloydy has a small sample of this on his blog...

[Dirty0900]

Ha, dont think they give shit loads of interviews, for the site i work for i put in a request for a quick interview about the use of the internet with the RRP, but have heard nothing back!

[BeautifulBurnout]

Originally Posted by big screen satellite

i'd have considerd going to this had i known it was on and featured an Q&A / Interview with Steve H & Karl Hyde....

Hmmm. I get your point.

I dunno the extent to which it is "normal" for bands to release stuff to the fansites first though.

[big screen satellite]

Originally Posted by BeautifulBurnout

Hmmm. I get your point.

I dunno the extent to which it is "normal" for bands to release stuff to the fansites first though.

Well its not necessarily 'fan' sites but it appears to me that sites like neworderonline & thepetshopboys sites get info given to them in advanced, and relay daily it to the fans... the Pet Shop Boys are really good at this, warning fans in advance of things like TV spots, magazine articles etc...,

i just think that a quick:

'Karl will be appearing at the XXXXX on the XXth'

or

'Karl Hyde did an interview for XXXXX magazine, which is due out on the XXth'.

would be nice... as fans its hard work trying to track it all down, especially if you want the info...

i appreciate the news about tours and new music is fairly well publicised on the 'official' UWLive, but I just thought things like this 'event' would be nice to know about in advance... even if we can't go - its still UW news.

Whether its 'normal' or not, but KH does himself communicate with us daily - i don't expect him to do the work on this - but - perhaps i'm expecting too much - I thought a little bit of advanced info sharing on things like this would be nice... (sometimes Karl's messages are a bit too criptic to be 'proper' news stories)

i used to check the Dirty.org site daily but it's not regulaly updated with news (because no one is divulging it?). There is no longer a daily digest or diary of news any more, which i think there should be - especially with so much going on with the band at the moment ... (and it could also include Tomato related projects)

hell - i'd update it myself if the news was relayed to me....

i'm happy to be UW's communications expert

[lloyd]

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm...name_page.html

Interview in the Daily Record
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