dear w.a.s.t.e. reader,
we decided
that we'd all write something for the newsletters now coz we can't decide how it
should sound. babbling, we have discovered, is a good option, when all else
fails. the stuff I most wanted to put down was things I've been reading about
the situationalists! but maybe not yet instead I found this inscription in a
museum In Oxford.
"I take upon myself the burden of all
suffering, I am resolved to do
so
I will endure IL I do not turn
or run away. do not tremble,
am not
terrified, nor afraid, do
not turn beck or despond. The whole of living
beings, I must rescue.."
I thought that was the beet thing
to put, thankyou so much for still being around..
love Thom p.s i hope i
don't sound like an evangelist. that was not the intention!
Following the Melody Makers response to the deluge of letters from suicidal
and distressed readers, a benefit album for the Samaritans is to be released in
conjunction with one F.M. We are contributing a version of Street Spirit
recorded for one F.M.'s evening session' to this record.
Having once been a
Samaritan volunteer myself, I've seen at first hand the care and support offered
to suicidal and desperate callers by this group of people. Callers find an
opportunity to talk about and examine extremely painful feelings in a way which
everyday life may not allow. Often just the act of sharing these feelings with
someone who is actually listening can make them seem much more bearable. The
Samaritans will always respect the confidentiality and anonymity of the caller,
and will listen non-judgementally.
The Samaritans can be contacted 24 hours a
day, 365 days a year, either by phone, visit or letter in the U.K. The number of
the local branch can be found in the telephone directory. They are also part of
an international organisation, Befrienders International, so this service is
offered world-wide.
So buy this record, Bye Philip.
Postcard no.1, why is 'no,' number, when there's no 'o' in number? So here
be I in Cleveland, waiting outside a venue called 'Peabody's Down Under' which
flooded last night, and is set to hold tonight's musty gig.
Before we go
and squelch our way around the carpeted stage for a sound-check, I think I'll
try getting a guitar out of the club, and work on some of the new songs -
'Uptight', being the only one with a slightly definate title, although Thom
prefers 'Subterranean Homesick Alien'. The fact that the chorus consists of only
one word 'Uptight' four times, and the words 'Subterranean', 'Homesick' and
'Alien' are not mentioned elsewhere, worries him not. You've got to admire that,
(c.f. 'Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong'.)
Love Jonny G.
Ed's contribution,
Greetings and salutatIons from a somewhat dejected
Manchester United fan, so I guess if you're not interested in matters regarding
football I should move swiftly on to one of the others contributions. Although
there were those who believed United were on for the double, I for one was less
than optimistic. After Blackburn clinched the title, it was inevitable that we
would lose to Everton and as they say, the cup was won by the best team on the
day. I should have known that things were going to go sadly away when I turned
up at our manager Chris's house to watch the game with his family and our other
manager Bryce, to find an 'EVERTON FOR THE CUP' baner over the front door, and
was made to drink the obligatory pint of lager in an Everton glass...... (so ff
you know of a Manchester United supporting management team, please write to
D.E.F.E.A.T.E.D. c/o P.O. Box 322, Oxford, 0X4 lEY).
Anyway enough of things
football and consequently traumatic. I am writing to you from the very beautitul
Montreal, about a third of the way through the first leg of our North American
tour. We are fortunate enough to have David Gray and his band open up for us and
I implore any of you who have not got 'A Century Ends' by David Gray (on Virgin,
1993) to go out and buy it-you must also see them live; they are truly
wonderful. Many thanks to all of you who came to see us on the U.K. tour and
make it one of the most enjoyable ever embarked upon-the Oxford and London shows
were particalarly special. Anyway I must finish here and get back to some good
old fashioned tour hanging around; Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones was so
correct when he said of 25 years in Rock 'n' Roll- "5 years of playing, 20 years
of hanging around."
- (A) Essential tour listening: Any Stevie Wonder
recordings pre '74 - Tricky; 'Maxinquaye' - Tom Waits; 'The Heart of Saturday
Night' - The Posies; 'Frosting On The Beater'- Supergrass; 'I Should Coco'.
-
(B)The order of the Red Guitar (toot R.G.) For this quarter has to go to our
bug-suffering crew, who we will be spending a lot of time with this year: Tim
Greaves (tour manager); Plank and Duncan Swift (backline); Jim Warren (sound
engineer); Andi Watson (lights); Mike Hornby (prod. manager); Mex McCauley (tour
accounting and T-shirts).
Hello! I'll just be brief. Stangely enough, I've been doing much the same
things as the others...I had the good fortune to see 'Tricky' do a show in a
small club called 'The Bank' (it used to be a bank) in New York. Recently, I've
just finished reading a fantastic book called 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' by
Louis De Bernieres (or Louis De Bumhole as Jonny has just unamusingly said). I'm
now starting a book called, 'Samarkand' by Amin Maalouf, an account of the life
and times of the Persian poet and sage Omar Khayyam. Music I've enjoyed
listening to at the moment has included Supergrass, 'dope on plastic'; and an
E.M.I. 'kitsch' compilation called 'The Sound Gallery'.
Anyway, I hope this
brief note finds you all well and dandy, and please get in touch and tell us
what you think of this slightly-different edition of w.a.s.t.e.
Goodbye 'til
next time, Colin.
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