Newsletter No. 6

sarahnewsletter
number six
january €94
So, Christmashas beenand gone,a NewYearis
u p o nu s , a n dt h e h o u s es t i l l l o o k s l i k e 3 2 p e o p l e
c a m et o s t a y t h e o t h e r n i g h t ; b u t I g u e s st h a t ' s k i n d
of 0K, because
they did - after our ChristmasParty.
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s t i l l p r o c e s s i n rge p o r t so n t h e e v e n ti t s e l f -
e x i t - p o 1 l s i m p l i e d t h o s e w h o w e n t f o r t h e M U S I Cf o u n d i t b e t t e r t h a n l a s t t i m e ,
w h i l e t h o s e w h o w e n t f o r t h e d r u n k e nn a u l i n g , o n s t a g e - s e xa n d h o p e o f s e e i n g
S t e w a r t B o y r a c e r p u l l e d t o t h e g r o u n d a n d s n o g g e ds e n s e l e s s i n m i d - b a s s s o l o
f o u n d i t a b i t o f a 1 e t - d o w n ;b u t y o u w e r e t h e . a u d i e n c es o t h a t ' s g
fault we did our bit - a festive sweet on the door, the chance to
w i n a s f f i n d i d r a f f l e ( w e l1 , a n a u t o g r a p h e di i f e - s i z e F a t h e r
C h r i s t m a s[ h e ' s n o t a b i g c h a p ] , t o b e p e d a n t i c - y o u c a n r t
a c t u a l l y w i n " a r a f f l e " b e c a u s ea r a f f l e t s n o r e o f a n
abstract concept than an actual thing you can take homeand
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f o r t h e d e t e r i o r a t i o n i n s o u n d - q u a l i t yt o w a r d s t h e e n d I d o n r t k n o wi f i t r s o u r c a s s e t t e - d e c ko r t h e d e m o - t a D ews e
g e t n o w b e i n g w o r s e q u a l i t y l n o t e t o b a n d s : p l e a s e m a k es u r e
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it and Ird hopedmy Mudhoney/Pussycat
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medleymight at least
provoke someemotive and constructive discourse on Babesin Rock - not to
mentionthe MassiveAttack/Tramway
segueinstigating a thoughtful re-appraisal
o f B r i s t o l t s p l a c e i n U KP o p ; i n s t e a d ,a 1 l w e g o t w e r ee m o t i v er e - a p p r a i s a l so f
- and 500 balloons
whetherTDKor BASFstood up betterin a humidatmosphere)
frgln a wonderfulshop in Streatham,though it turns out paul Blueboytsgot a
b a l l o o np h o b i a ,s o a p o l o g i e st o h i m f o r a n y d i s t r e s s c a u s e db y u s c o v e r i n gt h e
s t a g ew i t h t h e m . S i g h- o t h e r l a b e l s h a v eb a n d sw i t h g a l l o p i n gc o k eh a b i t s o r a
f o n d n e s sf o r d e v i a n ts e x w i t h m i n e r s( i t r s t h e l a m p s ) ,o u r b a n d sh a v e b a l l o o n
phobias. And apparentlyAli son from BRIGHTER
phobia. So
has a brusse-T-sprout
t h a t r s w h y B r i g h t e rd i d n ' t p l a y - t h o u g h tw em i g h tc o v e rt h e s t a g ew i t h b r u s s e l
s p r o u t s . L i k e y o u d o . H ec o l l e c t s b a k e l i t e d o o r k n o bt so o , y o u k n o w . S c a r y .
Anyway,it sold-out, ACTIoI{
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all -watching,BoYnACER
forgot to bring their guitars, bass, ampsand eifects
p e d a l s ,b u t l o c a l h e r o e sT h e B e a t n i kF i l m s t a r sl e n t t h e mt h e i r s , s o a b i g t h a n k
y o u t o t h e m ( i n t r u t h , i t ' s a l w a y sg o o d t o h a v e a t l e a s t o n e i d i o t i c b a n d
scheduled,becausethere's never enoughtime for soundchecks
and if someone
f o r g e t s t h e i r d r u m so r g e t s l o s t e n r o u t e y o u c a n s a y i t ' s a l l t h e i r f a u l t ) ,
BLUEBoY
had to cut their set short becausePaul was complainingabout three
l a r g e b l u e b a l l o o n sb y t h e b a r t h a t w e r e ' , l o o k i n ga t h i m f u n n y , ' ,a n d H E A V E i l L y ' s
soundman
Dick wasflero of the Night for doing the soundfor everyoneand singing
C a l v i n t s p a r t o n " C I s T h e H e a v e n l y0 p t i o n , ' ; s a d l y , f o l l o w i n - gM a t - h - e wi e' st closing rendition of The Cramps'"GooGooMuck',,B0YRACER
are refusing to speak
to HEAVEilLY
ever again as such things are apparentlysacrosanct(if only they'd
w i t n e s s e dt h e H e a v r sv e r s i o n o f ' , A n t m u s i c "i n L o n d o n2 d a y s b e f o r e . . - ) . O n e
doesnrt'like to tell themthat HEAVEIILY
havebeenrefusing to speakto themfor
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asleepon our sofa - yourre lucky reaily the entire HEAvEllLy
set wasnrta quick
r e - h a s ho f P s y c h e d e l iJcu n g l et o p p e do f f w i t h s o m eo f c a t h y r si n c r e a s i n g l yn o v e l
interpretations of smurf classics. Moreexcitementlat-er at our ollc! when
BOYUICER
and ELUEBOY
nominatedone member
each to patch up their differences, on
our office floor of all places; shamethey didn't nominateanybodyto mopup
t o o . I r d b e t t e r n o t n a m en a m e sa, s S t e w a r t ,J, a m e sK
, e i t h , H a r v e y ,P a u l , L l o y d
and Mark all say it wouldn't be fair.
ACTI0I{PAIt{TIt{c!stayed'upa1l n.ight,
someone
threw up on the doorstep (we'vewritten to Unigateto complain- it's
t h e t h i r d t i m e t h i s w e e k . . . ) a n d - l l , e l l , t h a t r s C h r i s t m a sb i n n e d f o r a n o t h e r
year; except to nod thanks if you voted for us in the Festive Fifty - HEAVEilLYTS
nltti eir'll at 33 took the honours (our own entry was: "Hef Jazz", "Go west" and
"Razznalazz" - first two alternate for No.1 dependingon what point we're trying
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y o u l i k e t h ' e m u s i c i s l i k e v o t i n g B N Pb e c a u s -teh e y h a v e n i c e n e a t h a i r c u t s ) .
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A i s o o u t o n J a n u a r y 1 7 t h i s T H ES T G A R G L I D E R S ' n7e" /wC D ' S A R A H
s o n g s , " T o p 4 0 S c u l p t u r e n ( b o l d a n d b r a s s y , n o t a b l e a l s o f"o9r0 i t s s u n g f o o t b a l l Days 0f MothsAnd
c o m m e n t a r y ' h a l f w atyh r o u g h - A u s s i e R u l e s , p r e s u m a b l y ) ,
R u s t , , a n d - ' , y r . J a c i . e t " . i h e n o n F e b r u a r y1 4 t h ( V a l e n t i n e ' s d a y - d o n r t f o r g e t ! )
619) of 12 songs
t h e r e ' s a c o m p i l a t i o n ( " W e r r e A l l T r y i n i T o G e t T h e r e u- S A R A H
c h o s e n f r o m t h e i r 6 s i n g l e s f o r u s , b e a u t i f u l l y y e t c h e a p l y p a c k a g e d ,a n d
i n c l u d i n g a n i n d e x o f f i r s t l i n e s . N o t m u c hc h a n c eo f U K d a t e s , I r m a f r a i d ' b u t
s o m eg i g s i n M e l b o u r n ea r o u n d t h e r e i e a s e d a t e i f y o u r r e s t r a n d e d . t h a t w a y a n d
d e s p e i a i e . S o r r y , t a u t o l o g y . T h a t L P ' s a n o t h e r t h a t ' s c o m i n go. u t i n J a p a n . .
"Tidal tlave 0f. Hype"
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o i s s e d . . . u ) , " I T o l i l y o u S o " ( c o n t i n u i n gt h e i r [ a l l e g e d Jt r a d i t i o n o f m e n t "i oSnoilnog
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llion" tILLIAlilS'solo LP
T h e n o n M a i c h 7 t h y o u g e t ( p l e a s e ) H A R V El Y
werre actually in Big Trouble for saying too nuch about this last time but h e l l , w e j u s t - w a n t e d t o r u b y o u a l l u p i n t o a l i t t l e w h i m p e r i n gb r e a t h l e s s f l u s h
of excitement, especially given there arenrt exactly 30-date tours and all the
other stuff a record-label has the moral right to expect frotn its artistes by
w a y o f p r o m o t i o n . A n y w a y ,i t r s 1 0 " a c r o s s ' v e r y t h i n , . a n d . . f e a t u r e sa r e a l
pilno, a real flute, a real violin and a real Ian "St.Etienne" Catt-producing;
a n d 7 r e a l s o n g s , a n d a l a r g e p h o t o o f H a r v e yo n t h e f r o n t . T h i s i s t h e s a m e
occasionally
SUllt{YDAYand currently guitars for.BLUEBOY,
Harvey who was AI{0THER
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"Hit" (another I.catt production)' and
Pet Shop Boys epic), the sequencery
' " N i m b u s ' i( a - s c a r y t h i n g w i t h l o t s o f g u i t a r - w e i r d n e s s a n d K e i t h m u t t e r i n g
q u i e t t y i n ' t h e b a i k g r o u n d- s n a p s h o to f e v e r y d a yl i f e h e r e a t S A R A Hr,e a l l y . . . . ) .
"Unisex". 12 songs, 3 of them
Followed a month later by their secondLP,
p r e v i e w e da t 0 u r . P a r t y a n d s o u n d i n gp r e t t y b l o o d y w o n d e r f u l , e s p _ e c i a l l yt h e l a s t
b n e ( " I r n i p r a m i n e "- y b u ' d n e v e r g u e s s K e i t h w o r k e di n a h o s p i t a l ) . T h e r e m i g h t
a l s o b e a B L U E B osYi n g l e s c o m p i l a t i o n i n t h e U . S . o n H a r p R e c o r d s . . . a n d t h e y r v e
j u s t d o n e a l i v e a c o u s t i c s e s s i o n o n G . L . R . , a n d w e r e m o s t t h r i l l e d b e c a u s et h e y
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got to meet Bill Oddie: "He just camethrough this door...".
labels have bands who dream of meeting Keith Richards or Thurston Mgore' qurs
f e e l t h e i r l i f e i s c o m p l e t ei f t h e y b u m pi n t o o n e o f T h e G o o d i e s . . .
No!',- at the risk of making you explode with awe at the way we rattle off
a l l t h i s i n t e r n a t i o n a l w h e e l e r - d e a l e rs t u f f i u s t l i k e w e w e r e s o m e t h i n gs p e c i a l
- our next single should be "Autobiography" by IHE HIT PARADE,
licensed from
Polystar Recordi of Tokyo. I know a lot of you were a bit baffled by our last
7 " s i n c e ( A ) y o u d i d n ' t k n o ww h o t h e y / h e / i t w e r e ( B ) i t w a s d r j p p y
HIT PARADE
and (C) it seemedto have a song about the oft-mentioned Harvey on the B-side.
O u r p r o b l e mi s , w e d o n r t c a r e . H o n e s t- w e r e a l l y d o n r t g i v e a f u c k . B u t , j u s t
s basically one person, Julian Henry
f o r y o u , a l i t t l e H i s t o r y : T H EH I T P A R A Di E
- o r i g i n a l l y o f G e r r a r d s C r o s s , B u c k s , b u t l a t t e r l y o f A c t o n ' L o n d o n- w h o ,
with help from old school chuns Matt and Raymond,and guest appearancesfrom a
still
not yet fully-formed Cath Carroll (later of course to find fame and
fortune on Factory and marry that bloke out of Big Black), released a string of
7 ' r s i n t h e 8 0 t s o n J u l i a n r s o w n J S H l a b e l , a l l w i t h r n a t c h i n gd i e - c u t s l e e v e s ,
picture-labe1s, marriage proposals in the run-offs - and you know - itts
memoriesof these 7"s that kind of sum up popmusicin the mid-eighties for me the way nobody bought them becausethey thought Sonic Youth were better. Which
M u c h l i k e y o u ' d a l l a d o r e l H E H I T P A R A D iEf J u l i a n h a d a n
they weren't.
A m e r i c a n a c c e n t a n d r . r a sm o r e f a m i l i a r w i t h 0 l y m p i a , W a s h i n g t o nt h a n 0 l y m p i a
nith peoplelike Beat
E x h i b i t i o n C e n t r e . I a l w a y s f e e l h e ' s g o t a l o t i n c o m m ow
Happening,except of course that Beat Happeningare mostly crap. Anyway, THE
HIT PARADE
then disappeared from sight but eventually re-emergedon the groundbreaking VINYL JAPAN1abe1, from where they stepped up to Polystar and maiorl a b e l p o p - s t a r s t a t u s . O u r s i n g l e w i l l b e 3 t r a c k s f r o m t h e b a n d r sn e wP o l y s t a r
E P ( w i t h M s . C a r r o l l m a k i n g a w e l c o m er e - a p p e a r a n c e )a n d t h e n , h o p e f u l l y , w e r l l
d o t h e i r ' l a s t L P a s w e l l - b e c a u s et h e s l e e v eh a s a n i c e D i c t u r e o f J u l i a n i n a
red jumper posing FreemansCatalogue style in front of BamburghCastle, and
thatts where I went paddling and caughtflu on holiday in 0ctober.
One place werve never gone paddling is N.Y.C.rs East River but, just a
c o u p l e o f b l o c k s a w a y f r o m i t s s l i m y b a n k s , E A S TR M R P I P E , h a v i n g b e e n w i n e d
and dined by every major label in The States (truel) and receivedevery accolade
going, from S0TWin Melody Maker to Albumof the Weekon national TV in lreland,
h a v e d e c i d e d t o s t i c k w i t h u s b e c a u s ew e r r e n i c e , a n d a r e r i g h t n o t r p u t t i n g t h e
finishing touches to a new eight-song thing l{hichr'll almost certainly include
" H e y , I ' l h e r e r sY o u r G i r l ? " f r o m t h e i r ' l a s t U S s i n g l e . . . A n d - I f i n a l l y t a 1 k e d
t o F l v lh i m s e l f a c o u p l e o f w e e k sb a c k , t h e f i r s t t i m e e i t h e r o f u s h a s , s o t h a t
was... well, kind of wonderfulrea11y. Like it must have been in the o1d days
when you signed to HMVand finally got to meet the dog. I rememberJohnny Dee,
w h e n h e d i d t h e N M Ep i e c e , t h i n k i n g u s t i e i r d f o r s a y i n g " s o w h a t r s h e l i k e
t h e n ? " a f t e r h e ' d d o n et h e i n t e r v i e w . B u t w e r r e l i k e t h a t - w e n e v e r m e t a n y o f
THEGoLDEllDAII{ either - except bassist U1ric, who turned up on our doorstep in
fluorescent cycling garb one day - but that wasthe mid-eighties all over.
And a new EP impends from SECRET
SHIllE, who sent us a fantastic new demo
just before Christmas, sort of Lush snogs Nirvana, with babies. And since
t h e y ' r e n o wa l l b a c k i n B r i s t o l , t h e r e s h o u l d b e m o r eg i g s . 0 n l y o n e c o n f i r m e d
Joinerrs Arms on February 15th.
so far though: supporting Sleeper at Southampton
Meanwhile ACTI0I{ PAII{TIilG!, fresh from getting Radio 1 Evening Session
Single of the Weekfor "Mustard Gas" (SARAH
87) and somedisturbingly over-thet o p l i v e r e v i e w s , a r e n o w a p p a r e n t l y i n t h e v a n g u a r do f t h e N e wW a v eo f N e wW a v e
- a movementseemingly dedicated to proving that Fabulous were ahead of their
showcaseat the Powerhauson
time - and as such will be doing an NME-sponsored
February 24th, along with SMASH,MANTARAYand DONELYINGDoNE. Theyrre also
speeding off (l choose my words appropriately...) to Londontomorrow for an NME
f e a t u r e , a n d a n E v e n i n gS e s s j o n s e s s i o n ( ? ) i s i n t h e p i p e l i n e . A n d t h e y r r e
Roomswith the appalling CoRNERSHoP
and rather more
wowing PortsmouthWedgwood
o n J a n 2 7 t h a n d B r i g h t o n J a z z R o o m sw i t h ' r s o m e b o d yS c o t t i s h "
appeaiing BREED
(John Smith? KennyDalgleish?) on the 29th. The South Coast is a-buzz.
A s o p p o s e dt o t h e X 7 9 , w h i c h i s a b u s . T o H a r t c l i f f e , n o t D u b l i n ; b u t
tIIilISTERSt"Little Dark Mansion"cametwelfth in
speaking of Dublin, THEHARVEST
Hot Pressrs Albumsof the Year, and now theytre off on a 10 date tour of Ireland
sponsoredby Heineken; presumablyreaching those venuesother bands donrt reach.
And HEAVEI{LY
finally seemto have somenevisongs, pick being the stupendous
"SpermMeets Egg, So l.lhat?", so maybea new record soon-ish..? l'lhat is definjte
i s ' t h a t y o u t v e a l m o s t c e r t a i n l y j u l t m i s s e dt h e m a t L e G i b u s i n P a r i s - T J a n1 6 t h )
B0YRACER
u n l e s s y o u a r e a m a z i n g l yh i p a n d F r e n c h , i n w h i c h c a s e : " S a l u t ! "
played to 300 people at Le Gibus a month ago, and apparently somebodyFrench met
Dean from SECRET
SHII{E(no, the other one) and was so overwhelmedhe exploded.
S t r a n g e t i m e s . . . H a v ey o u h e a r d a b o u t t h i s t u n n e l t h i n g ? W o r r y i n g , i s n r t i t .
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t h e y c a n w r i t e t h i n g s l i k e " . . . a p p e a l i n g t o t h e s a m - e T a - f r - b aasseS a r a h R e c o r d s
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f o o l i s h a n d e a s i l y s w a y e db y t h e p r o m i s eo f r a w f i s h . I ' l e s t i l l w r i t e t o h e r . . .
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of The Border, skidded off the road, down an embankment,rolled over several
t i m e s a n d l a n d e d i n a m e s so f b u s h e s , s n o wa n d , I ' m a f r a i d , h u m a nb l o o d . C h r i s
a n d J o h n e n d e d u p s p e n d i n gt h e b e s t p a r t o f t h e w e e k e n di n h o s p i t a l i n D u m f r i e s
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to the library), and the van is written off, but - that aside - I guessthey
w e r e l u c k y . M e a n w h i l e ,d o w n i n L o n d o n , a n d i n t r u e K i d s f r o m F a m es t y 1 e , B o b
a n d H a r v e y k n o c k e du p a n i m p r o n p t ua c o u s t i c s e t o f F I E L Df { l C E s o n g s , i n c l u d i n g
two which they never actually played live as The Field Mice ("An Eariier Autumn"
a n d " l , l r o n gT u r n . . . " ) , a n d e v e r y b o d yc r i e d a n d h u g g e dc o m p l e t e s t r a n g e r s . 0 r
m a y b et h a t w a s j u s t m e . F i n a l l y , t o m a k eo u r w e e k e n dc o m p l e t e , D e a nf r o m S E C R E T
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style, he struggled on heroically to
c o m p l e t e b o t h t h e i r h e a d l i n e g i g a t t h e D o m ea n d S a t u r d a y r s e v e n i n g e d i t i o n .
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THEORCHIDS,BLUEBOY
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