PP What's been happening since The Painted Word?
Dan: Mmm... Well we've done a few dates in Europe, 25 actually, with a group called Fenton Weills (is that the correct spelling you ask). It was great to
do, the European audiences are more open minded than British ones, they aren't too conscious about fashions or cults or whatever, they just like to enjoy
themselves, it's the fourth time we've been to Europe, on some dates we got £400 a night! Europe's great, London's great, and well, I like Scotland's
approach.
PP How's you relations with the record label?
Dan: Well Illuminated kept asking us to do more records, so they gave us an advance, and then we never heard anything about the record, we don't know if
it sold 4 or 4000! There was also a German "live" album, on 'Principal Logic', it was no. 1 in the independent charts for two weeks I think.
Also we've had to change the name of our record label, from Whaam to Dreamworld, for obvious reasons, there should be a Go! Service single out soon.
PP Do you still listen to John Peel?
Dan: No! I mean it's not very entertaining, like it used to be, and he doesn't play our records anymore, he said that it was a shame that we had to grow up.
PP What do you think about the whole "Creation" scene?
Dan: Yeah, well I know a lot of these people. I know Alan McGhee. It's OK. If bands are happy ripping us off for b-sides. I don't mind.
PP What about the Jesus and Mary Chain?
Dan: I'd rather not talk about that... but Bobby's a nice person.
PP And what about the Pastels?
Dan: Oh yes, I like the Pastels, we put out their first single y'know.
PP What do the TV Personalities believe in?
Dan: We believe in anything that's good... just put down CND, Feminist... everything good.
PP Any favourite new bands, or any favourites?
Dan: Yes! The Bomb Party.
PP What do you think about Pure Popcorn?
Dan: I rather liked it, I received a copy through the post the other day, I especially liked the size and layout, because I was reading it on the Tube and it
gets very busy and crowded y'know, but the pages are nice and small, my slogan for Pure Popcorn! would be, "It's very handy on trains".
*** At this stage we actually ran out of questions (would you believe it), but we talked for a while with Dan about a variety of subjects... namely that this
interview wouldn't consist of direct quotes, but of sort of quotes (we didn't have a tape recorder, Pure Popcorn! never has. We have paper and pen).. he understood.
Finally Dan thought of a question we could ask.
Dan: Ask me what my favourite cake is?
PP OK, what's your favourite cake Dan?
Dan: Mmmm... I like carrot teacake, but my very favourite cake is Manor House. I mean it's very important.
PP Yes that's right, you need food to survive. Very important for living.
PP What's next from the TVP's?
Dan: We're recording three new tracks for a possible single, most likely choice will be "The Good and Faithful Servant", which funnily enough we didn't play tonight.
*** OK. There the interview / chat ended, and we thanked Dan for answering, we then said cheerio. Why not say hello...
TV Personalities Fan Club
C/o Emily, Poynders Court, 9 Poynders Road, London, SW4
*** Words and pics by Sheel & Paul.
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