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The UM Archive for January, 2009

Microscopic God

Lyrics to an old song:
Because the microscopic lord’s in the mouse
Because the omnipresent game is what’s about
Because the dust in the bricks of your house
Is a piece of God that waits while you are out
Because the spit on the tongue of a dog
Even the poison in the rain forest frog
Are fractions of a good and [...]

Start your day with DC.

Walking away from the school gates this morning towards my bike, not quite catching people’s eyes, rain dripping off my hat, I make way for a scrawny traffic warden in an outsized coat. In a minute or so we fall in step again, and I notice with amusement that he is regarding a what-would-be illegally [...]

Spot The Real Ben down the old dole Tree, roger…

Gig w/ Max Tundra this Friday. I’m DJing too!

One night with Max Tundra
London Cargo, free entry
Time and PlaceStart Time:
Friday, January 30, 2009 at 8:00pm
End Time:
Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 3:00am
Location:
Cargo
Street:
83 Rivington Street
City/Town:
London, United Kingdom
MAX TUNDRA (Domino) – live
http://www.myspace.com/maxtundra
BEN BUTLER AND MOUSE PAD – live
http://www.myspace.com/benbutlerandmousepad
LIDL RICHARD – live
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=w1H1iU2KpXg
PETE UM (Gagarin) – live
http://www.myspace.com/peteum
G£NUIN£ GUY (Tigerbass) – DJ set
http://www.myspace.com/genuineguy
SILVERLINK – DJ set
http://www.myspace.com/silverlink
8 pm-3 am. Free entry.
A [...]

On edge about being Restless

Seems I’ve gone improv, just cos Chris is a nice guy and all. Think I will providing incongruent tempos and melodies for people who can actually play instruments and shit. I think I’m going to use various outmoded playback devices and a malfunctioning Electrix Repeater to feed them through.

Mike Polar in Munich

This dude Mr Mike Polar, some friend of Thimitris’, contacted me to tell me he was intending to see me play in Munchen, so him and his buddy travel from..uh… Hanover, I think. I was a bit suspicious of such singlemindedness, to be honest, but when I met Mike and his friend they turned out [...]

Transmission Zero Success!

My pal Gordon asked me to send him an MP3 of the old Um live favourite “Casiotone“, which I duly did whilst warning him it was pretty fucking awful on a great many levels, not least of which was the so-called production. He wanted it for his guest spot on a radio show, and happily [...]