SSML-37, 16 September 1996. 

Hi everyone,

 Siobhan and Dave Stewart have apparently split, if you want to believe a tabloid 
report published here on the weekend (which would have been lifted from a UK 
paper, but no source was given):

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POP SUCCESS LED TO SICK OBSESSION
 Life was so good to Dave Stewart, he invented imaginary illnesses to bring himself 
down to earth.
 The rock star had a phenomenal career as one half of the Eurythmics, a $60 million 
fortune and a string of homes around the world.
 But he still couldn't stop worrying -a psychological condition doctors called Paradise 
Syndrome.
 Now he has a real problem. His marriage to singer Siobhan Fahey is over.
 Stewart, 44 has left his wife and two young children at the family home in north-west 
London to live alone in a flat.
 Friends say Siobhan's patience with her husband's hypochondria had worn thin during 
their nine years of marriage.
 Even Stewart recently admitted "Siobhan has become so used to seeing me popping 
to hospital that she ignores me.  If I collapse now, she just steps over me to make a 
cup of tea."
 A music industry insider said: "This should make Dave concentrate on real problems 
rather than those he has been imagining."
 Siobhan, 39-year old former singer with Bananarama and Shakespear's Sister, said 
yesterday: "We weren't living together on a regular basis. We've always done our own 
thing.  But with two strong individuals it leads to conflict.
 There is no bad feeling.  We'll still go on family holidays together."
 Siobhan has had her own troubles.  In 1994 she was admitted to a private hospital 
amid reports she had suffered a breakdown.
 Stewart, 44, had hits through the 1980s alongside his former lover Annie Lennox as 
the Eurythmics.
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 Here's a review of Marcy's single I Hate You Now in "Beat" magazine from last 
week:

 "Booted out of Shakespear's Sister, her first solo album featured a duet with Elton 
John, and sucked the big one.  Now Marcella reacquaints herself with the odd pop of 
her former group.  This is a big Motown-y thing but comes with unstable Annie 
Lennox-esque vocals and a few strange twists and turns.  Almost brilliant."
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 And now it's time to use that desperate ploy to generate some interest on the mailing 
list....YES, A SURVEY! (Don't cringe!) Please answer as many questions as you feel 
like.   I will post answers to the list, but will keep it anonymous if you request it.

1.  Best single
2.  Best single from Sacred Heart
3.  Best single from Hormonally Yours
4.  Best album
5.  Best video clip
6.  Best B-side
7.  The track from SH that should have been a single
8.  The track from HY that should have been a single
9.  Do you generally buy Shakespears Sister
 CD singles? Cassingles?
 7"? 12"?
 CD albums?
 Cassette albums?
 LPs?
 DCC (digital compact cassette)?
10.  Are you a member of the fan club?
11.  Are you a fan of Marcella Detroit?
12.  Do you buy Marcy's releases?
13.  Are you a fan of Bananarama?
 The Siobhan-era only?
14.  What questions would you like to ask Siobhan?
15.   Any further comments?

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Date: Thu, 05 Sep 1996 20:56:15 -0700
From: dgarbuio@direct.ca (denny garbuio)
Subject: Hello kids

Well the SS single was never released domestically here in Canada. Rumours have it 
that the song was played on local stations but I never heard it (must have been the UK 
Chart Attack which plays that sort of thing). Anyways, apparently the album is due 
for release tomorrow but I won't be crossing my fingers just yet. The Pet Shop Boys 
album has already been pushed back TWICE! But I will call the local shops just to 
torment them.


That Marcy email was the EXACT same one I was sent! So much for individual 
replies.... Her CD single I ordered still has not arrived, nor my Bananarama 
compilation. Alas, I will have to wait once again.......... :(

Denny
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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 15:24:35 +0000 (GMT)
From: Allison & Humphreys 
Subject: 'Hormonally Yours' and 'I don't Care'

Hi 
I have just been reading the Shakespear's Sister page 
(http://w3.one.net~voyager/disco.hmtl)... I am doing some research on SS and 
wondered if you have any idea what the current sales for "I don't care" (the singles) 
and "Hormonally Yours" (the album and the video) are. I have looked everywhere but 
with no success so far.

Martin Wilson
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 Does anyone know this??

 Mike.

Survey

Hi everyone,

 Upon further thought: I will collate all the survey results together, so confidentiality 
is assured.  So fire away! Some additional questions you might like to answer:
 Worst single from Sacred Heart?
Worst single from Hormonally Yours?
Worst video?
Worst track on SH?
Worst track on HY?
Worst track on "I Can Drive" single?
Best track on "I Can Drive" single?

 Mike.

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