The Savage Gardener #41

Hi everyone!! Whew, I was in the mall yesterday and I found a Darren look-a-
like!! My best friend (whose name also happens to be Lauren, isn't that a
trip?! She became an SG fan after going to KIIS FM's Kiis-mas party at Knott's
Berry Farm) turned and looked at me after he turned around and we both
whispered excitedly: "DARREN!!" From the back he looked just like him!! The
haircut was identical, AND he was wearing all black clothes! He still looked
like him from the front, but not as much as the back. I kept staring at him
until we walked out of the store. Now I just need a Daniel look-a-like!!

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                                          SaVaGe NeWs

**New single alert!!! Break Me Shake Me was JUST released on Thursday, April
16 in the US. I saw a clip of the video and it looks GREAT (it has footage
from concerts AND Daniel FINALLY gets equal time, according to K Luvs SG! It's
about time!)!!! It honestly looks like their best one yet! Except I'll always
have a special place in my heart for I Want You...anyhoo, keep your ears and
eyes open for this!

**Darren and Daniel broke their own record last week on the Rick Dees Weekly
Top 40!! They're spending their 9th week at #2!!! It's never been done before,
so congrats!! Yet another record they've broken!

**Great news for Daz and Dan!!! Truly Madly Deeply and To the Moon and Back
have been nominated for the APRA awards which will be handed out in Sydney on
May 11!! Anyone else thinking deja vu? I mean, TTMAB and TMD were both
nominated for the ARIA awards. Oh well, good luck to Darren and Daniel!!!! May
the best song win!!

**Billboard stats: Truly has jumped up to #7 and the album has jumped to #5
(see? Told ya they'd jump up!!). The album and song keeps bouncing on the
charts, but it's still doing great!!

**I was listening to the radio this morning before school and they played
Truly. After that, Rick Dees (that ultra-famous deejay heard 'round the world)
said that Truly is the first song to hold on to the #2 position for 9
consecutive weeks on the Weekly Top 40 and then jump back to #1. Considering
it was still at #2 this past week, could this mean Truly has finally knocked
off that sweet but very annoying My Heart Will Go On? We can only wait and
see!

**Truly was featured on MTV's Artist Cut as Darren and Daniel narrated the
video. The guys explained the vid and added their own thoughts to the song and
video (Darren's explanation of how it was written as his story but as soon as
it's on the radio it becomes your story was beautiful!). It looks like it was
filmed the same day they appeared on MTV Live, looking as perfect as ever!
Now, is it just me, or does Darren have the most incredible way with words?

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                                         Savage Trivia

Last week's trivia question was: what does Daniel plan his schedule on? The
answer is one of those virtual pets!! Casin53 has informed me that she's heard
he plans it by timing the feedings and stuff at the same time he has to go
somewhere/do something. Actually, that's very clever...go Danny!! Anyhoo,
those who got it right are:

Casin53      FPeachL        [email protected]       LittlGecko
[email protected]          ALo4476718

 
This week's trivia question is brought to you by SpceFerret: who is Normal
Mailer (the guy mentioned in Santa Monica)? Thanks to SpceFerret for the
question!!

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                                               SaVaGe CoMmEnTs

on friday (april 17) sabrina the teenage witch was on TGIF. it was on 8:00
p.m. New Jersey time. at the end of the show there was a dance, and guess wut
beautiful wonderful song was played?? "Truly, Madly, Deeply"!!! i just thought
you'd like to know. byeeee

DeViLcHiKi

Hehe, this was a repeat...it first aired back in January, I think. But thanks
for the info!! ~Lauren :o)

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Hi!!  I was just wondering if anyone could give me any Savage Garden
performances except for Jay Leno (it's the only one i have taped) ...
unfortunatly... i don't have anything to trade for it... but if anyone could
help (especially with the MTV performance) it would be greatly
appreciated...but if you can't or won't, thanks anyways... my Savage Garden
collection is in need of serious help!  I don't have that much stuff... just
the US singles, lots of pics on my computer (if anyone wants some... just ask
:o)  ), the Aussie version of the IWY and TTM&B videos on my computer, the
album, and the Jay Leno performance which i watch 20 times a day :o)  Well,
thanks for your time.

SGDarren

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ROFLMAO so cool!!! so very cool!!!!!!!! the NewsLetter is sooooo awesome!!!!!
So I guess I should get my butt in gear and finally tell you what I have been
trying to remember to tell you for like the past 3 months, no, more than
that...oh well anyways- YOU ROCK!!! just the idea of taking on something like
that newsletter makes me queasy and yet here you are, still pluggin away at
it, making it just so totally awesome each and every time!!!! geeze Renny, how
*DO* you do it!?! LOL you're so cool!!! oh yeah and, if ever you have a need
to fight for daniel (you never will, he'll pick you everytime :) but let's say
someone hottienaps him and you have to kick-butt Mulder and Scully style to
track down the villian and then pump him/her full of lead and rescue Danny-
dear, I just want you to know that I'll be your Lone Gun Men and there's no
way in school (I know you don't like cussing, so I'm substituting :) the bad
guy will win! LOL I'll back you up all the way! (ok so I'm kidding because
you're never gonna get in a fist fight over danny anyways, but you get the
general idea, right?) oh and how old is Mr. Hayes going to be? (::ducks:: ok
ok so a true SG fan would know this! ::falls to knees:: forgive me! forgive me
please!) oh and tell Sarah she RULES! k? :) alrighty so I gotta go check out
this awesome website for the NwsLttr so I'll cya later!

(PS- Go ahead and put this in the next letter, all Danny-lovers must know
their fate if they dare go up against ::drum roll:: THE GREAT RENNITA!! and
her sidekick- ME!)

LttlGrnWmn

LOL, in case any of you are wondering, "Renny" is me (they got it from
LauREN=Ren=Renny, get it?). Anyhoo, thanks for yer compliments, Kimmy!!
Oh, and darling Daz will be 26!! ~Lauren :o)

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I know I haven't sent in much to ya about the newsletter, i have just been
enjoying reading it, but i want you to know that you are doing a TERRIFIC  job
with it and from it i can tell you have a great personality. I love the humor
you put in it and sometimes I'm sitting here in my computer chair laughing out
loud! Especially 2 issues ago when you were going on and on about the finger
lick thing! LOL.
 
I KNOW this will sound reallllllly weird to you but here goes. Ok, i really
like SG's music and everything but i dont really tape their tv performances
and keep up with them as much as you do, but   >Major Blushing<   could you
tell me which one is Daz and which one is Dan??? Is Daz the one who sings in
TMD and Dan is the guitar player? Or is it the other way around? Gosh, i feel
so stupid for saying that but i had to get it out before i explode! Thank you,
and once again I love the newsletter!

Kiwi 1714

I responded to this personally through email, but I just want to thank those
of you who tell me how much you enjoy the newsletter. It keeps me motivated to
keep going with it. I had no idea how much work would be involved, but I
really enjoy doing it. And I'll keep writing it as long as you keep reading
it. ~Lauren :o)

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In the newsletter I've noticed that the finger lick had been written as The
Finger Lick guess you have to have it capitalized LMAO LOL I just cracked up
when I saw that ::shrug::

LilLiz621

Well dear Lizzy...must give it the proper respect!! I bow down to the Finger
Lick (and I guess the name has stuck cuz everyone else is calling it the
Finger Lick too)!! ~Lauren :o)

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Okay- BMSM is going to be released first. The video will be out sometime in
May. THEN TTMAB is being re-released. Then they will release Santa Monica, and
after that the new CD will be out next January. (This info is correct, I just
talked to Colby.)

KBSvgeGrdn

Apparently the video for BMSM is out now, but anyhoo...I find it interesting
that they're releasing Santa Monica. It looked like they were following in the
footsteps of Australia's releases. Oh well, thanks! And tell Colby she
rocks!~Lauren :o)

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Your not going to believe this! ALL the possable dates I could go to the
Savage Garden concerts I'm at camp-I'm so sad, so upset! I cried for three
days! I could not believe it! I CANT believe it! My life is ruined-please send
my saddness and regret to the newsletter before I kill myself!

SavGarGrL

Aww, I felt so bad when I read this! Just remember that if you kill yourself
you'll never be able to see an SG concert! Anyhoo, after the tour is over I
thought it would be nice to have a special issue full of your reviews of the
Future of Earthly Delites '98 so you can see how others felt about the tour
and (most importantly) give a chance for those who weren't able to make it
hear what it was like. What do the rest of you think? ~Lauren :o)

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**I've gotten some birthday wishes for Darren, and they have all been
beautiful letters!! Please don't anyone forget to do this because you don't
want to miss out! Remember I need all messages by Saturday, May 2. Your
letters have really impressed me, and I know there are more thoughts you want
to tell Darren on his special day that haven't been put down in words yet. Now
is the time, so hurry and send them in! See a hidden message? Ok, it's not so
hidden but you get the idea (those of you who don't get the newsletters in
color may not see this. Yup, color!)...

**To SG83JP: I can't tell you how many people have subscribed to the SGer
thanks to you!! People are emailing me all the time saying you forwarded them
the newsletter and they want to join...and I really want to thank you for
that! It's really appreciated. :o)

**This is just a little thing to explain something here...the last thing I
want in the world for you to think is that I don't care about Darren. I do go
crazy over Daniel, but he's not my favorite. I couldn't possibly pick a
favorite. I love them both, only difference is my crush on Daniel. Darren's
sweet and super super super magnetic personality (doesn't he just draw your
attention to him?), incredible voice, and terrific sense of humor (brought to
my attention by my wonderful meeting with him) make it impossible to think of
Savage Garden without Daniel OR Darren. Daz is a sweetheart and I adore him.
And they hold equal places in my heart.

**As you know by now, the new BMSM video is out. Check out
www.savagegarden.com to download a clip of it (which, by the way, looks
awesome!). And Darren's new short 'do has grown on me even more...it looks
adorable!!

**The venues for the tour have been announced!! Thanks millions to Zhaofam for
sending them to me!!!
July 3 - St. Louis American Theatre
July 4 - Kanasa City Beaumont Club
July 6 - Denver Paramount
July 7 - Salt Lake City Kingsbury Hall/Saltair
July 9 - Seattle Paramount
July 10 - Vancouver Orpheum Theatre
July 11 - Portland Civic Auditorium/Schnitzer
July 13 - Sacramento Crest Theatre/Freeborn Hall
July 14 - San Francisco Warfield
July 16 - Los Angeles Wiltern/Universal/Greek
July 17 - Las Vegas The Joint/Aretmus
July 18 - Phoenix Symphony Hall/Celebrity
July 19 - Albuquerque Kiva Auditorium/Paolo Soler
July 21 - Oklahoma City Music Hall
July 22 - Dallas Bronco Bowl/The Complex
July 24 - San-Antonio Majestic Theatre/Laurie Aud.
July 25 - Austin Ranch Studion/Music Hall
July 26 - Houston Cullen/Areana (R)/Bayou
July 28 - Memphis Omni New Daisy/Orpheum
July 29 - Nashville 328 Performance Hall/Ryman
July 31 - Atlanta The Roxy
August 1 - Pensacola Seanger Theatre/Bayfront
August 3 - Tampa Tampapac/Thea./Ruth Eckerd
August 4 - Miami Gussman/Gleason Theatre
August 5 - Orlando House of Blues/Bob Carr Pac
August 7 - Myrtle Beach House of Blues
August 8 - Charlotte Capri Music Hall/Ovens Aud.
August 10 - Pittsburgh Byham/ IC Light Tent/Palumbo
August 11 - Washington DC 9.30 Club/Lisner Aud.
August 12 - Philadelphia Electric Factory
August 14 - New York Hammerstein/Roseland
August 15 - Boston Avalon/Orpheum
August 17 - Montreal St.Denis/Metropolis
August 18 - Toronto Warehouse/Massey/Arrow
August 20 - Cleveland Agora Theatre
August 21 - Cincinnati Bogarts/Taft Theatre
August 22 - Indianapolis Egyptian Room
August 24 - Minneapolis First Ave/State Theatre
August 25 - Milwaukee The Rave/Eagle's
August 27 - Chicago Rivera Theatre
August 28 - Chicago Rivera Theatre
August 29 - Detroit State Theatre

I'll let you know when tickets go on sale!!! And for your info, all dates are
TBC (to be confirmed), so keep your ears and eyes open for info in your city.
Thanks again to Zhaofam for the info!

**If you haven't visited the Savage Gardener's new website, go now!! Hurry!!
Sarah did an unbelievable job and you must see it to believe it!! Once again,
many thanks to Sarah for this great website!! Oh, and don't forget to sign the
guestbook!

**And speaking of Ms. Sarah...she'll be 19 on Saturday, April 25th!! So let's
all wish our beloved webmistress a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Give her a b-day
present and visit her incredible page and sign the guestbook! Congrats on your
19th, Sarah!! And keep a watch for the silver Mercedes 500sl in good 'ole
Brissy!! ;o)

**If you've seen the SGer's website and browsed the guestbook, you may have
noticed an unwanted visitor that older members might remember. One of you
signed the guestbook telling her off and whoever it was, thank you! Sarah and
I really appreciate it. :o)

**I was recently directed by a friend to go to a website which had a review of
the '97 Australian tour to check out a comment by one of the reviewers. This
comment absolutely broke my heart. Here's what it said: "...Daniel walked by
then and, it might just have been me, but I felt that there weren't as much
screaming and hysteria going on like there was for Darren...I looked at Daniel
and he appeared to look, I don't know. It wasn't jealousy (I know what the
feels and looks like) but a kind of happy sadness. Like crying in your eyes
but a smiling face. Everyone will always like Darren more than Dan, it's just
a fact." Why I'm mentioning this is for my own personal curiosity. To all Daz
lovers and Daz lovers only (and those who don't crush on either one): do you
consider Daniel less important? If Daniel left Savage Garden, how would you
feel? And do you think the above comment is true? If you don't want me posting
your response, feel free to mention it in the email and I'll keep it private.
I just want to know how other Savage Gardeners out there feel. I won't say how
I feel about this here, but I will email it to you if you want. Oh, and I
won't hold anything against you for your comments! Just please be honest. :o)

That's it for this week's issue of the Savage Gardener! Stay Savage and don't
forget to send me your birthday wishes for soon-to-be-26-year-old Darren! And
visit our website! And sign the guestbook! And let me know how you (Daz lovers
and non-favoring) feel about the above review of the Aussie concert! And do
whatever else it says in here! Oh, and one more thing, for those of you who
have AOL, I have found that there is a maximum capacity on buddy lists! You
can only have 102 names. I had a goal to get 100 and I reached it a couple
days ago so I'm pretty happy. I know, I know...I'm an odd one! :oD

Peace, love, and Savage Garden!
Lauren ( <A HREF="mailto: [email protected]">[email protected]</A> )