Hello to all SaltPeter mates...

i just got home from holidays to find links to these STUNNING remixes of SALTPETER's JOHNNY DISNEY in my inbox! I'm all post holiday and really feeling the version by LIVE NATION, the two by DARIUSH are rocking my world this morning too...i reckon all three are out and available now on PROLIFICA!

http://www.prolifica.net/Prolifica/johnnydisney.html

i didn't mean to do it...
chop chop chop you into pieces...
put you in a bin bag...
and chuck you in a river

johnny!

Hoorah it has arrived have you heard it?
Dino Lenny remixes SaltPeter's classic 'Fuck Me'

Dino
Lenny turns his attention to what will hopefully become a future
classic in the land of underground sleeze and club toilets the world
over...Lifted from SaltPeter's debut album 'Hunger's the Best Sauce'
F**k Me Over (again) is a timeless orgy of sensuality, love and
betrayal... With an exclusive mix from up and coming Egostereo
production team, as well as Dino Lenny's own trademark sounds, the
track has, thankfully, been immediately banned from classrooms and
radio stations around the nation

Click on this link to hear it here first!
http://www.pushpullmusic.c..om/DINOVSsaltpeter/DINO_VS.._Saltpeter.html


...h.a.p.p.y....s.p.r.i.n.g...t.i.m.e....d.a.f.f.o.d.i.l.l.y.x.x.x.

NOW ALSO HERE... MYSPACE/bookclubboutique

DINO V's SALTPETER 'FUCK ME OVER (AGAIN)'

Its arrived have you heard it?

Dino Lenny remix of SaltPeter classic 'Fuck Me'

Dino Lenny turns his attention to what will hopefully become a future classic in the land of underground sleeze and club toilets the world over...Lifted from SaltPeter's debut album 'Hunger's the Best Sauce' F**k Me Over (again) is a timeless orgy of sensuality, love and betrayal... With an exclusive mix from up and coming Egostereo production team, as well as Dino Lenny's own trademark sounds, the track has, thankfully, been immediately banned from classrooms and radio stations around the nation

Click on this link to hear it here first!

http://www.pushpullmusic.com/DINOVSsaltpeter/DINO_VS_Saltpeter.html

Theo's face!...When we rocked into JFK airport with sneakily organised gigs and studio booked...Theo's face was pricelesss...he had no idea we were coming to do this...we took a swig of Tallisker and went to do last night's gig jam in Bushwick, in the basement of Brooklyn's hip Northeast Kingdom...those of you that don't know it...picture a kitch grannys basement in Switzerland and deer heads on the wall of a cabin in snowy Vermont and that's what the room looked like...cosy and  mellow which was so welcome after plane fatigue ...we set up by the fireplace and in the warm glow of a fire-lit  room with Sha-Boom...singing to curly moustache jazz dudes and lesbian cheerleaders...mofungo and rice and beans for brunch...and now in New Jersey studio...just found out SALTPETER'S SALTPEANUTS have 2 sets at Cornelia Street Cafe tomorrow night...so if you plan to make it down...we'll be playing two sets...9.15pm...and the 2nd set 10.45pm...hope to see you tomorrow night..more later alliagator...don;t lick the yellow taxi or your tongue will stick...don't lick the yellow snow...skyscrapers and everything, Salxxx ps: missing you Peter! gonna have some excellent recordings for you though!

SaltPeter / SaltPeanuts in NYC!!!

Aha!...SURPRISE!

SaltPeter are currently in NYC recording the guitars and strings for the new album! They will debut their wicked new work in exclusive unveilings at North East Kingdom and the Cornelia St Cafe!

3/5ths of SaltPeter come together as a jazz trio, fondly nicknamed - SaltPeanuts (Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie...) and in this excellent live show Salena Godden is joined by Saltpeter's New York colleagues - Max Doray (Baby Strange, Alagator) on bass guitar... Theolonius Moniak (Randy Herman & The Sceptre of Benevolence) on guitar, bringing jazzy licks and salted blues and grinding basslines to the party...these gigs are totally word of mouth..speakeasy....LIVE...FREE...and NOT to be missed!


Saturday 10th Jan. North East Kingdom. 10.30pm.
18 Wyckoff Avenue at Troutman, Bushwick, Brooklyn.

Monday 12th Jan. Cornelia St Cafe. 8.30pm.
29 Cornelia Street, Greenwich Village, New York

CAMILLA
Remembrance Sunday in the wake of Rock-a-Nore

Oh Camilla
what have you done?
but smashed it all upon rocks
left us living
to foam and gurgle
on the shore
in the wake of Rock-a-Nore

a vulnerable thing
fragility
obdurate despair
it's last straw
these brave masks
we wear and wore
a thing disguised
but whatever for?
in the wake of Rock-a-Nore?

the lunar eclipse
flipped us that night before the
poppy stained Sunday
remembrance of World War
in trenches of disbelief this day
they found your dead body
washed up on the beach
salt. wet. sandstone. grave
gulls screaming above the shore
in the wake of Rock-a-Nore

Now, I remember best
your generous chest
bright light eyes and lovely self
Jack green face in May
you were sunflower yellow
from the sky to the floor
all God's peace you have in store
in the wake of Rock-a-Nore

Oh Camilla
what have you done?
but smashed it all upon the rocks
left us living to fight all this war
lost
a battle of Hastings on the shore
in the wake of Rock-a-Nore



© 2003. Salena Godden.





(Hastings / November 11th 2003 - Remembering Camilla…This is the poem written after the phone call informing us they had found Camilla washed up on the beach of Rock-a-Nore; the name of a cove of rocks, by the fishing boats in the old town of Hastings…fuck fuck fuck….fuck war…make love…)

The good news is that Plectrum - The Cultural Pick is finally ready!

for reviews, music, performance, art, books and other cool new stuff go to:

www.theculturalpick.com

I have poetry and a new short story published on these two pages!

http://www.theculturalpick.com/webzine/newpoetrysalenagodden/

http://www.theculturalpick.com/webzine/newshortfictionsalenagodden/

cheers!
Sx

BIGThanks to all of you that made it to the SALTPETER HALLOWEEN BASH. It was a huge success and we totally packed out The Dartmouth Arms back room...Everyone really made an effort and was so dressed up...we had lots of vampires, evil fairies and the undead...For those of you that were not there to the end it went a bit like this...

Firstly i send love to JOSHUA IDEHEN for coming early and planning to marry me at midnight...most kind....this was followed by TIM WELLS kicking things off nicely like the pro he is, we love him and i noticed everyone clinging to their copies of RISING. Everyone fell in love with young star and the next Bob Dylan ARTHUR DELANEY playing his beautiful songs in his devil horns. Also KARIS of DELIRIUM TREMENS was so pretty in her white wings and gave us a glittering set...Poets DZIFA BENSON, BEN GRAHAM and ANGRY SAM were firing as ever...lovely reading from the sparky newcomer ANNA HOPE too...

MARCUS DOWNE dressed as a ship wrecked man and wore his costume with aplomb when he fell asleep on the beach-like sofa with a lobster knotted in his hair, falling over his face...The live music kicked ass from the brilliant GRAHAM WYLIE and then later a blistering set from the awesome CRAIG BRAUNS...Also a lipstick smeared SORAYA ALLEN rocked up and played us a few and fell over at the end of every song and showed us her pants...Wicked poem by local lass Ramona too!

Apple bobbing was a laugh! To the roar of the crowd calling out BOB BOB BOB.....! SALTPETER played a few and it was fun to rip off my leopard mask and bob an apple mid-song and drench everyone. 'Coconut Banana' is such a daft song i cannot believe you all got up and danced, well done!

Star turn of the night of course was JOHN HEGLEY, what a lovely lovely man and we all enjoyed joining in with his 'blamange' piece...
bla...mange....bla...mange...is that even how you spell it? VENTRILOQUIST had us giggling with their vegetarian zombie love song and we completed the night with a fabulous set from OLIVA SPLEEN & ANGELCRACK...Hoorah!

Afterwards it was...Everybody back to mine...including the lovely Martin from SELFISH CUNT and many of the aforementioned poets and playmates. This rolled into a champagne Saturday, a dozen of us in my bed, drinking and laughing, facepaint smeared everything, wigs, and costumes littered the floor...there was a damp zombie...there was an evil pixie....a load of vodka...and the rest...as the say is another story....

THANKYOU TO ALL OF YOU...BIG THANKS TO THE DARTMOUTH MASSIVE, TO KEVIN FOR HIS TUNES AND TO ALL OF YOU FOR MAKING IT SUCH A WICKED NIGHT...Next party? Maybe a Christmas gathering...watch this space....sx

LOOK AT THE STATE OF US....CHECK THESE OUT!!!!
here's the link for the AMAZING photos of you all taken by JONATHAN FRANTZ:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathankrantz/sets/72157608573708550/show/

GO TELL IT TO THE MOUNTAIN...
LIVERPOOL TO THE PYRENEES...

I had a great train journey to Liverpool on Friday afternoon. I was in a carriage with over a dozen boys - all of them with crates of beer, cans of cider and bottles of brandy and hard liquor, possibly on a stag-do. They started playing tunes…Can You Feel It…from the I-Pod and yelling things across the train about each others mothers and sisters to great hilarity and mirth. I unpacked my books to read and write, a bottle of water and a cheese sandwich then I caught myself eyeing their wares. I considered making friends with them and reckoned I could drink them all under the table...

NEW BLOG UP NOW...featuring NATHAN JONES, WAVE MACHINES, LEMN SISSAY, ROSS SUTHERLAND, BYRON VINCENT & a matted sheep...Please do leave comments & check out the full blog here:

Facebook link: http://apps.facebook.com/blognetworks/blogpage.php?blogid=12873

or here...
Actual blog: http://saltpeter-godden.blogspot.com/


See you here -

OCTOBER 31st - THE SALTPETER HALLOWEEN BASH
THE DARTMOUTH, York Rise, Tufnell Park. 8pm
(off Cheywynd Rd / Tufnell Park Tube)
FREE PARTY....FANCY DRESS...APPLE BOBBING...BURN THE WITCH...DONKEY THE TAIL ON THE PIN..

live.life.long.love.light
sxx

Hello there, i dip my toe into our ocean of salty friends and send a warm briny welcoming lick to our new friends too!

This month we are fat on sweet octoberries...the colour of the moment is a dark blood orange, the pumpkins are ripening and the butternut is squashed.

This month i am excited because i finally got something published in the latest issue, that's the NOIR issue of TRESPASS www.trespassmagazine.co.uk

Brighton's poetry gig on Sunday was excellent fun, made some lovely new friends. It was great fun to discover that angelcrack is sweeter than angel delight but quite delicious. So lovely to run into our dear friend Oliva Spleen (see this months GAY TIMES) and to check out the new album SPLEEN & THE FLESH MACHINE...the launch is tomorrow, Wednesday 8th at The Good Ship in Kilburn.
http://www.timeout.com/london/music/events819497spleen_and_the_flesh_machine_carthage_the_mekano_set_hrt.html

This month also saw the opening night of the musical SPYSKI. With music composed by our very gorgenius PETER COYTE!
http://www.lyric.co.uk/fromhomepage/pl354.html

As i write this the chipped china sky is fluttering with yellow leaves. There is a tax return to complete (urghhhhhh...) but new songs and writings are an excited puppy dog begging to go for a walk...with a doggy lipstick willy...humping my leg...and now more than ever there really is no time to waste, no waste to time...but we are loving you more everyday...
live.life.alive.long.light.sx



SALTPETER are featured in the latest issue of the uber cool 'WOUND' Magazine, look out for it baby...it comes with a CD on the cover!

http://www.woundcreative.com/soundone/WoundSoundOne.pdf

and you can listen to the SALTPETER track here:

http://www.woundcreative.com/soundone/




OCTOBER GIGS:

October 17TH - LIVERPOOL/ BLUECOAT - LEMN SISSAY supported by SALENA GODDEN & NATHAN JONES

October 18TH - LIVERPOOL/ WAVE IF YOU ARE REALLY THERE / MERCY featuring ROSS SUTHERLAND, BYRON VINCENT & NATHAN JONES

October 25TH - SALTPETER @ BEFORE ENCORE 3 BY JOHN LEE BIRD / The 20th Century Theatre, 7pm, Westbourne Grove,Nottinghill.

October 30TH - TONGUE FU @ improvised poetry and jazz @ The BETSY TROTSWOOD Farringdon. 8pm


Mercy has been bringing the very best in literature performance to Liverpool since 2003 and has a growing national following. Nathan Jones will be joined by Wave Machines, fellow Mercy resident Ross G. Sutherland and Salena Godden.

"Liverpool's most inventive and impulsive collective." METRO

"Salena is a tour de force... Rather than perfecting a style Salena is style. Like most artists of note - there is no one like her." Lemn Sissay

http://www.thebluecoat.org.uk/component/option,com_events/task,view_detail/agid,225/year,2008/month,10/day,17/Itemid,14/

http://www.showmercy.co.uk/index.php/archives/tag/salena-godden

BEFORE ENCORE 3: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=409102874