Newsletter 02/1995
Maart roert zijn staart, en April doet wat hij wil - March stirs its tail and April does what it wants, weatherwise. YEAH! Snooze... um... z... YOW! COR, look at that! Jump out of bed. Eat a bowl of tortelloni, here comes the new SALAD newsletter, 100% high-fibre sponge. CITY ALL OVER! No no no no no no no no no no no no - to quote 2 UNLIMITED - it's April 95 and our album DRINK ME still aint out yet. But fear no more - it's coming soon, with a case of the jitters, critters. It's going to be released into the community on May 15 1998 (Well, 1995 as it happens, but it might as well be 1998, it's taken long enough). We finished the album in September 94 but it's been delayed for various reasons too boring to go into... snooze... z... mmm... CITY ALL OVER! YEAH, GO JOIN YOUR GANG!... But now we're lurking around the corner, waiting to pounce. We're sick of waiting, and making you wait - we've got something good to get off our chests, and we want to get it on to your chests. So... What have SALAD been up to since the last newsletter? well...
We recorded some B-sides for future release. And guess what? They're good. Drink the Elixir was aired during a nightclub scene in THE BILL, but the club was empty. Our parents phoned us up to tell us it was the nonevent of the year. Then we buggered off on the UK gig circuit again. With the most advanced hi-tech recording equipment, we recorded our gig at Moles, Bath, some of which will see the light of day when we're ready, not before we're ready, and not after we're ready. We also did a gig at London's Astoria, filmed by THE BEAT and currently being aired on a television set near you. THEN... At the beginning of March we shot the video for our next single, Motorbike to Heaven - directed by Mouldy - creator of all SALAD vids and part of the extended SALAD family. We share a vision of a parallel world... man. This involved a trip to Biggleswade where Marijne careered around on a throbbing Norton, haring through the countryside. Look out for that catsuit - meow! During March we toured the UK with Carter U.S.M. and THURMAN. Three very different bands - like a three course meal but without the spam. Nice boys all. CATATONIA came to the Welsh one-date leg of the tour in Newport. We took them on at table tennis, Paul wiping the table with all comers. Then it was back to the hotel where Cerys showed her prowess at pool goes hand in hand with her drinking abilities...
It was the final night of our tour with CARTER U.S.M. - at the London Forum. The male members of SALAD turned up for the soundcheck only to find the female member hobbling about on crutches - quelle finale! She'd been in a ballooning accident, according to Melody Maker, but the reality was a stupid foot / bath interface scenario. Marijne is now the proud mother of a broken toe. So, torch song style, she sang the entire gig from a high stool... She still went for it though. As this goes to press she's still nursing the pesky thing. However it didn't stop her doing some DJing at an 'Indie Club' [Club X at Bagley's], and she'll be back in footular action for the next spate of gigs.
Then Marijne and Paul set off on a short promotional jaunt around Germany and France doing interviews till their mouths fell off. "So how did you get the name SALAD?" They almost missed a plane, Marijne hobbling down an endless corridor to the wrong departure gate. At the other airports we got her escorted by wheelchair-wielding young boys in white coats, to her delight. One of the planes had propellers. Paul had to concentrate very hard to keep it in the sky. We did some TV and radio appearances, playing acoustic versions of Granite Statue and Overhear Me, snippets of which may appear on our long-form video (whenever that comes out). When we returned to England we were back in England.
