SSML-33, 27 August 1996.

Hi everyone,

 It seems "I Can Drive" just will not die in the UK charts.  It has reappeared in the Top 
200 this week at #185, and has now spent a total of 8 weeks in the Top 200 (in a total 
chart run of 10 weeks).

The Dominator: Dominator's UK Top 40 Chart Analysis (w/e August 24th 1996)
185 206 8 30 Shakespears Sister: I Can Drive

 The latest word from the SS fan club is as follows (thanks to Janine and Lisa at the 
club):
 * Three weeks ago Siobhan was recording in the studio [b-sides I guess], and a week 
ago was in Ireland filming [ a video clip I presume].
 * There are 2 versions of the video for "I Can Drive". (known as 'version one' and 
'version two').  The second one includes footage of cars on the street, but Siobhan's 
performance remains the same.
 * Siobhan performed as scheduled at the Wow Bar at the Gay Pride Festival, 
however her set was cut short by 20 minutes. She performed "Go", "You're History" 
and "I Can Drive".

 A Marcella Detroit fan club is also operating now. Members "will receive 6 
newsletters which include up-to-
date information on Marcella as well as photos and competitions.  Posters are 
available to M.D. Fan Club members.   To join the _Marcella Detroit Fan Club_ 
simply send a check, money order or International Money Order made payable to 
Janine LaDouceur to: MARCELLA DETROIT FAN CLUB, P.O. BOX 5142,
LONDON, W4 2WH, ENGLAND.   The membership cost is UK 4.50 pounds for
the UK and Europe, $9.00 for America and UK 5.50 pounds for the rest of the world.
 If you would like a reply to any letters, please send a SASE or an International Reply 
Coupon.  Thank you".
 Janine says the first newsletter will be out shortly.  Marcella's single will be released 
in Australia and New Zealand through Festival Records shortly.   No news on US 
distribution yet.

 The July/August 1996 issue of "Arena" has finally hit Australian shores, and includes 
a one page interview of Siobhan by Mark Edwards.   Some points Siobhan makes 
include:

Mark: Anger seems to be a theme on the album.
Siobhan: There's a lot of rage in there. Still, you have to express it somehow.  Well, if 
I didn't express it in song, I'd become incredibly violent -as I'm known to have been.
Mark: What, recently? Since the last album?
Siobhan: Comparatively recently. Oh yes but of course.
Mark: But only people you really care about right?
Siobhan: Naturally, it's an inverted compliment.

Siobhan: "Do I Scare You" (sung in exactly the nasty tone of voice you'd imagine) 
"takes me to quite a bleak time in my life. I was really depressed when I wrote it, and 
depression scares people off. It makes me laugh that it has that effect." (Then she 
adds, in a voice that demands the full black eye make-up of the Stay video): "Come to 
my place. I'm having a party... for _one_."

Mark: A pattern emerges. Between records Siobhan slips into depression -or violence- 
to emerge the other side having shed another skin. Siobhan: It's like a journey back to 
myself.  And I've been knocked off course so many times.
Mark: (Mainly by her lack of confidence, and her subsequent need
 to be in somebody's gang.  That's what Bananarama was all about:
 a gang that would have her. That's why she hooked up with Marcella,
 whose musical skills offered the musically instinctive (but incompetent)
 Siobhan what she saw as necessary help).
Siobhan: But there was never a natural friendship. It was a battle staying together.  
She just didn't understand what we were expressing.  She would look at it in purely 
musical terms, but that was barely half the story as far as I was concerned".

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Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 09:08:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Janine E. Harris" 
Subject: S.S. Posters

 ATTENTION SHAKESPEARS SISTER FANS! I just got back from a trip to 
Northern California where I made a trip to one of the most incredible record store I've 
ever been to. It's The Beat in Sacramento. If anyone is interested in S.S. posters check 
them out. They have 2 different British subway posters (those really huge ones). They 
have one for "Hello..." and also a new one for "I Can Drive" So check them out!
 Marc

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