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Serendipity led me to find UnderworldLive.com this morning at approximately 9:45 PST. Low and behold, there was scheduled a live music webcast for today at 6 p.m. UK time. For those of you without a time zone map, that means I just happened to stop by this Underworld fan site 15 minutes before an excellent mix session by people involved with the group. That’s random chance.

Oh, and I discovered that they have some new recorded material available for purchase. The thing is, it only shows the price as being 5 pounds. Anyone know what the exchange rate is these days?

I’ve been a huge Underworld fan since the days when I shrugged off much of my fine Midwestern sensibilities and found the internet to be a most remarkable place to discover music scenes that were thriving half a world away. No, I’ve never been to the UK, I’ve never seen guys on stage making music with laptops and I’ve never taken drugs while bobbing my head in a dark and smokey club while DJs spin Born Slippy Nuxx. At least I didn’t while that song was new. But I do have most of Underworld’s material, and it is dear to my heart as soundtrack from my disorienting youth.

(I even forgive them for contributing to the Batman & Robin soundtrack, as I have forgiven several other artists who contributed to that piece of whoredom.)