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In this issue of the zine I'd like to bring your attention to two new CD's. The first is a compilation on the Manchester label Blue Cat Records run by Mary & Viv and the second is an album by Ceramic Hobs that includes 4 tracks by Jane. Both also produce fanzines and the details are below.  Out Of The Blue artwork by David at tenpasteleven.com We'd like to tell the world that OUT OF THE BLUE our compilation was released on 4 October 2004. Desolation Angels (who have an album & singles on Blue Cat) recorded a new track especially. For more info on the artists featured on the CD & mail order - click here Full tracklisting is: 1/ Out of the Grey - Sing The Body ElectricKeep an eye on bluecatmusic.co.uk for news & updates on the artists involved. It's been a LONG time coming but here it is! Issue 2 of Urban Scrawl has now manifested featuring interviews with Desolation Angels, Rebelski (Doves keyboardist - Solo Artiste), Jay from Night & Day Cafe as well as eye/ear witness accounts of Haven, Johnny Marr, Doves - plus commentary, insight and debate on stuff going on in the North-West of England. Also 5 pages of listings - so that's it, you don't need to waste your money on New Money Express no more - there's an alternative and you can get it from: Blue Cat Cafe, 17 Shaw Road, Heaton Moor, Stockport, SK4 4AG. - �2.00 incl p&p (Cheques to V. Lindley) - or from Piccadilly Records, Oldham Street, Manchester and hopefully more independent record/bookshops soon. Issue 1 featuring LONG Haven interview & 50 Hertz still available - same price, same place (click link for more info) Overseas orders: Europe �2.50 incl p&p - Outside Europe/USA/Japan �3.00 incl p&p. Jane writes about her lyrics on the album The lyrics were all written in 2002 (actually Roadkill had been knocking about in an unfinished form for several years) and they were recorded in September 2002. Then, Ceramic Hobs added the music and samples at a later date. There are 4 more songs from the same session waiting to be finished. The thing is the 4 songs that appeared on the album were all about different people but then they all came to be about one particular person, Alex --- it was like they were psychic and it all came true. So I feel bad about that --- that I believed in my songs so much that I made them happen all over again and put me through one of the worst times of my life. The album is available from Pumf Records Safe To HeavenThis is my favourite song I�ve ever done and I was really pleased with the way it turned out. It�s about that thing where you love a person who is troubled and you think you can save them. But using the Marilyn Monroe sample at the end (from The 7 Year Itch) and the quasi-religious imagery adds another layer because it�s saying if you concentrate all your energies on someone else, what about your own needs? Are you neglecting to save yourself (which I suppose is what the Axl Rose samples throughout are referring to)? That your altruism and empathy for another could ultimately be harmful --- I suppose there is that thing of will the creature turn on you. The song was actually inspired by Eminem (and a little bit by Axl Rose) --- that so many intelligent women are still attracted to damaged men. My Judas LoverThis is about a guy I knew, Indi. He wasn�t literally my lover, he was just a friend who I loved. He was one of the most charismatic and amazing people I�ve ever met but then he became a rabid Neo-Nazi and renounced all his former beliefs so I dropped him. It was a hard thing to do because in some ways, he was an amazing person but I think it was for the best. I can see that I had to do that to be my own person otherwise I would have just been a disciple blindly following him. Simon chose the samples on this song. Kaleidoscope GirlThis was written at the last minute before the recording session. It was basically a reflection of how fucked up I felt and how I thought I�d always be damaged but that I wanted to see some kind of strange beauty in that, just because I was ruined didn�t necessarily make me an abhorrent person. RoadkillThis is the most difficult song for me. I know everyone thinks it�s about Alex because the lyrics apply to that situation but it was actually written and recorded before I ever met him. It�s just proof of how fucked up my life was that the same situation could happen, even worse than before. For the record, it was originally written about a situation with a guy called Steven that happened in 1999. It�s a complicated situation to explain (which doesn�t reflect well on me) but basically I tried to commit suicide and he stood there and did nothing before going on his lunch break and never speaking to me again! He wasn�t the reason I tried to kill myself (I had long-standing problems but I�d also been sacked from my job under horrible circumstances and my father was dying of cancer) but he seemed to find a huge ego boost in claiming credit for what happened. The thing that hurt the most was that someone you thought was essentially OK (even if they weren�t really your friend) could be so callous towards another human being and just treat you like a piece of trash --- things like this have really destroyed my faith in people especially men. Basically the same thing happened with Alex but it hurt a thousand times more because I really loved Alex and Steve was just some random guy. So now to be honest, I think of this song as being about Alex even though it wasn�t originally written about him. The sample at the start is Iggy Pop from the live album Metallic KO. Issue 5 contains an exclusive interview with Jessicka of Scarling. Part 2 of Prince's female protegees featuring bios and reviews of Sheila E and Wendy & Lisa Article on Real Person Slash fiction with some recommendations and interviews with authors. Rasputina onstage quotes. Theda Bara & Toni Basil bio's Book reviews/collages. 60 A4 pages. �2 and A4 SSAE (with 2 stamps on) Please secure cash well. Overseas contact me for postage info first (include an IRC) Write to: Jane, 2 Aylesbury Place, Longbenton, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE12 8EN. |
