January 1989 - Cure News #6
cure news six january 1989
hello
thanks for your letters, and welcome to curenews 6. i hope you all had a great christmas. i'm sorry it's been so long since you last heard from me. to make up for it, this is a double issue! as you all probably know by now, Robert and Mary got married last summer, on 13 august at worth abbey in sussex. it was a beautiful day and a wonderful time was had by all.
questions and answers number six
(all answers by Robert)
what
have you been up to all year? how's the album (s) coming along? any plans to
tour early 1989?
writing songs, drinking, getting married, reading, rehearsing, writing songs,
recording...the album "disintegration" is virtually completed; no tour plans as
yet...
assuming your solo project is going ahead, do you plan to use session musicians
on it?
no - it will probably be just me - maybe a couple of "guests"!
in
retrospect, what do you think (remember!) of "the glove" project; musically,
lyrically and in general?
the glove project was good deranged fun - an artistic indulgence - but i wish i
had sung on all of it. musically it was fab, lyrically a bit patchy (severin
bits - oops!), but overall i'm proud of it.
what
do you think of siouxsie's "peepshow" album?
i think there are four good songs
on it...it is a bit "samey" - maybe i've just grown away.
what
are the background noises on "pornography"?
various television voices of people who happened to be on and annoying during
that period of recording - germaine greer is the only one i can remember by
name...
do you
keep a copy of magazine articles about yourself?
my mum does!
who
made the finger puppets in the "close to me" video, where are they now?
glo - tim pope's old video
company made them. we took them home.
what
is the song you play on the bandstand at the beginning of "staring at the sea"
it was called "i wish i was your mother".
where did you get your dresses from you
wore on "les enfants du rock"? did you go out and buy them yourselves?
boris's girlfriend, cynde, made
them for us at miraval. we chose the material!!!
was "simon's
night out" a lie?
no. a dream...
what's
the funniest thing lol has ever done?
pretend to be part of the group.
why do
you all victimize lol?
because he is useless.
are
you usually pleased with how your photos turn out?
no - very rarely - but it doesn't really matter.
what's
your favorite guitar? how long have you had it?
my fender 6 string bass, i've had it since "faith" - mike hedges gave it to me.
my other favorite is my fender jazzmaster
"fish" guitar which i've had since "3 imaginary boys" (and had customized in
1985..)
what's
your favorite venue acoustically / atmospherically?
paris bercy, or the la forum
what's
the most embarrassing moment on stage?
there have been a millions - whenever i remember something about myself i hate
(which isn't hard)
what
do you do when you're afraid?
shake. then remember that i am afraid of nothing.
what's
your biggest frustration?
getting old
what's
the nastiest thing you've ever done to somebody?
disappointed them
describe yourself in two words
bemused. clear
if you
could change anything in your life, what would it be?
my birth date
what
is the one thing you'd never tell anybody (!!!)
ha ha!!!
are
your parents proud of you?
i think so
when
you were a child what did you want to be when you grew up?
me
would
you like to return to your childhood
yes
have
you ever been to a fortune teller? if so, did it come true?
no. I've never been.
do you
believe in ufo's
sometimes
do you
believe in ghosts
sometimes
have
you any phobias?
movement in the corner of my eye...
if a
fairy granted you three wishes, what would they be?
to be 17 again, to be multi-lingual, to be able to read x 1000 faster than i
can.
what
would you do during "the four minute warning"?
cry - or laugh - depending who i was with
what
habits do you have?
drinking, singing, lying.
what's
the most unusual gift you've ever received from a fan?
a hammock!!!
what's
your opinion of the british royal family?
they are dullards, a waste of time and money - but no more so than a million
other things...
do you
and Mary have nick-names for each other? if so, what are they?
i call her "m". she calls me
anything she wants; it changes depending on what time it is...
when
and how did you propose to Mary?
when we were in miraval recording the "kiss me" album. she thought i was
joking!
did
you have a stage night? what happened?
no . i had a stage decade! what happened? nothing
tell
us about your wedding day
it was perfect. everyone shone and then fell over
did
you have a video made? who was the star of it?
yes - the group made it; Mary was the star of course!!!
what
was your favorite wedding present? who gave it to you?
a platinum heart from Mary
what's
the name of your tear-soaked teddy bear?
s-teddy
have
you ever had a rubik cube? could you do it?
no - iv'e never had one or tried. there are much better and bigger puzzles
inspirations - "seventeen seconds"
a
reflection this was to set a contemplative mood for the whole record
play for today the fraudulent aspects of an insincere relationship
secrets hopelessly wishing to have the courage to seize missed opportunities
in your house feeling uncomfortable in someone else's presence but still
always returning...
three the eternal triangle
the final sound mathieu's elegy
a forest a childhood dream (nightmare) that came true with adolescence
m about a girl...
at night inspired by the kafka short story of the same name - the precursor
to "faith"
seventeen seconds an arbitrary measure of time - one that seemed to be
suddenly everywhere once the song was written