Isles of Wonder - to 'frighten people'

[BeautifulBurnout]

Excellent article in the Guardian

Underworld's brief to "frighten people" at London 2012 opening ceremony

Well it didn't really frighten me, but I still get goosepimples when I listen to "And I Will Kiss"

[stimpee]

Big heavy drums and lots of weird sounds. I think they hit the spot.

[ThingInABook]

that article and the comments are making me teary-eyed. i feel so proud for rick & karl and the rest of the team

[BeautifulBurnout]

I know!

The Graun is my main online haunt these days, and I am really chuffed to see so many people giving them the props they deserve.

[TheBang]

A quick article about Esme, who is, in fact, Rick's daughter:

http://www.dunmowbroadcast.co.uk/new...mony_1_1469350

[ThingInABook]

i should be studying french but INSTEAD i'm posting here aaand thanks for that bit of info todd. caliban's dream is a smash

aaaand back to that dialogue i'm supposed to understand. my tutrice is going to kill me.

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Originally Posted by TheBang

A quick article about Esme, who is, in fact, Rick's daughter:

http://www.dunmowbroadcast.co.uk/new...mony_1_1469350

...so that puts them fairly north-east of Romford

[TheBang]

London2012 YouTube channel put up a lot of behind-the-scenes videos of the Opening Ceremonies. They're pretty short, but interesting. This one about the Pandemonium Drummers has a quick shot of Rick:



Here are the others:

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frightening for Lord Coe - the Fawlty Towers clip where Basil's about to launch into his Hitler impersonation, the appearance of Fuck Buttons on the playlist...

[Flywaver]

Originally Posted by //\/\/

...so that puts them fairly north-east of Romford

Makes sense as when I saw Karl in 2005 it was at a Cafe in Saffron Walden. Tripped over a chair as i went to pay....