Hey, Mr. Robertson doop dee doo doo...                   Ladies Room newsletter 13 At home on a brief hiatus from the Maroon tour, we talked to Ed. You’ve been on your current tour for the better part of two months now. How are you finding it so far? Ed: The audience response to the new material has been really exciting! We’re playing a ton of stuff from Maroon, which makes the shows really fun for us. It’s always great playing our older stuff, but obviously the new stuff is really fresh for us. The tour has been very tiring, as we’re doing loads of press each day, but I think we’re weathering it well. I think we’re playing great. This is your largest production yet. When you prep for a tour of this magnitude, size and length how do you decide what look you want the stage to take on? Ed: Most of the set-up is handled by Craig Finley. We come in late in the process, focus on what songs we want to play, and how we want the set to flow. Largely we leave the set design, lighting etc. to the experts. It has been quite some time since you last toured the length and breadth of Canada. What prompted a return to your ‘home and native land’ after such a lengthy time touring almost exclusively in the United States? Ed: We’ve been wanting to tour in Canada for years, but it just hasn’t been realistic. After the massive success of Gordon, I think our popularity dwindled a bit…understandably. I think people were tired of us. I know we still had a lot of hardcore fans here at home, but not enough to support the kind of touring we were doing in America. Well, I think we’ve stayed away long enough! Canada’s ready to see the Ladies again. It’ll be nice to be able to bring a full production tour across the country. I’ll say! Are you planning on changing up your set list or stage set up for the Canadian leg of the tour? Ed: Canadian fans may be a little more familiar with the older stuff, so we may play a bit more of that. We’ll have to see how fans react. We’re never sure until things get going and every show is different. After your run of Canadian dates, the tour continues and management has alluded to UK dates in 2001. Do you see the UK as the next area where you will devote your attention and time? Ed: It’s really hard to say. We’ve already worked very hard there. We have a great fan base and have received some nice attention recently. It’s a very different world over there. We’re constantly reassessing what’s happening. “One Week” was a top 5 hit and we’ve played most of the big festivals but most importantly though, we have lots of fans in the UK. I think we’ll continue to play there for that reason alone. Fan club members will be happy to learn that I think. When do you see things winding down, if at all? Ed: When we all perish in a tragic dog sledding accident. >Laughter< Failing that unlikely possibility, NEVER! >Laughs< You’ve chosen to sport matching clothes on stage these days. Many people have asked us, what made BNL decide to try the coordinated look? Ed: It’s something we’ve been joking about doing for years. Simply put: it’s fun, easy, and it looks great! Rumors abound about a new single. Let the fan club members know what it is…. Ed: The next single will be “Too Little Too Late.” There will be a video, but no concept or director has been selected yet. We promised two special members that we’d ask the two final questions on their behalf…Whose idea was the infomercial and how long did it take to shoot? Ed: Tim Godsall wrote and directed it. It was shot in L.A. in one afternoon. How many tattoos do you have and what are they of? Ed: I have a fish, a flag, a Mercator’s Projection as well as a band of Oak tree leaves and acorns. They were all done by a guy named Matt Reed at Tigerlily Tattoo in Portland, Oregon.