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Important Fan Club News
To those of you already familiar with the
press release on the News page this will not come as too much of a surprise.
Pulp People will be closing down all operations at the end of 2002 for
the foreseeable future. Pretty tragic huh? Let me explain:
Pulp aren't splitting up, but they are taking
unlimited time out to do other things, a desire which coincided nicely with
the revised offer from Island, perhaps making it easier for them to say
"No". As you know, the group have always had several non - Pulp
projects on the go, and in a way this is an extension of that, but with no
time limit for a return to the studio.
It follows that without a working group a fan
club is of less importance - hence the decision to wind down. We have
already decided not to renew any existing memberships or take on any new
members, but all members, present or ex, are entitled to issues 38
(see below) & 39 - just send me an 33p (2nd class) / 41p (1st class) sae
or 3 irc's (available from Post Offices) if you live abroad. Those of you
still within your current membership after the final issue will be sent one
or more Pulpy treats from the office, depending on how many issues you are
still owed (get your requests in now).
With regard to the final issue, planned for
Christmas 02, all members may request features - if there is a particular
photo, review, question - anything - you've always wanted to see, or
something you missed out on in an earlier issue, or anything you want to say
about the whole Pulp People caper, contact
me ASAP and I promise to try to include as many of them as I can. As for pulponline, the site will also continue at
least until Christmas - we haven't decided its fate yet - more info on that
will be posted on the news page and the e-mailing list as & when it
occurs to me
In the meantime, here's what we were all
about.....
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 ABOUT
US...
Pulp People, the one, the only and the best
Pulp fan club in the universe, has been in existence since 1992 when it was set up
by Mark Webber (before he left to join
the group - wise move).
From this page you can:
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  LAST
NEWSLETTER - CHRISTMAS 2002
The
36 page issue 39 of
the fan club newsletter was sent out on December 17.
Click here
for more info.
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To give you some idea of what we are about and what you
would be letting yourself in for, this is what our members said about Pulp People in a
recent questionnaire...
I think it's brill!....Quite
good....Entertaining and informative - everything I want from a fan club....I love
it!....The one and only
Pulp fan's dream!....Pretty damn cool....It's the best, man....A bit
infrequent....Amazing, fantastic, an inspiration....The irregular
newsletters just make it more interesting!....A bit short....Fab!....11/10....The best fan
club I've been in....Brill!!!....The newsletter is perfect....Very good....It is
perfection....It's excellent....Great!....A right riveting read....Pulp People are the
best....Really really really fabulous....Better than sex (almost)....Cosy and friendly,
quite a personal, down to earth publication....It's top....Relaxed, friendly and
caring....Superb....Feels like it's run by real people...Very nice....Great, fantastic,
friendly, funny, interesting....It's fantastic....100% fantastic....Alex you're ace!....A
second rate fanzine....It's crap....Cool, funny, informative....You're the best!....A
vital link between Pulp and their fans....A great read....You are the best....Sarky,
opiniated bastards!....Good for a giggle....Amazing, fab, cool....It's ace....Very
nice....A really personal service....Well worth waiting for....Brilliant!....Ace!....A
great, interesting, funny, honest, down to earth, witty, friendly....A well rounded,
stimulating read....It brightens up my day....The best....I like it, I like it
alot....Really friendly not snobby....Alex is great....Brightens up my day....It's goddamn
wonderful....It's the greatest....Informative....Smart....Good, amusing, honest,
slow!....Amazing, amusing, entertaining and informing....It makes my
day!....Cool!....Informative, funny, cool, wicked, the best!....Smashing!....Ace!....It's
marvellous....Alex, you're the best!....Groovy, fab, gear, suave, friendly, good clean
fun!....9.9/10....You knock spots off any other fan clubs....It's the best fan club I've
ever been in....The mag is in a Different Class....Well worth being a member....Fabulous!
A mine of interesting stuff....Cool, disorganised, friendly....Brill!....You are the best
of them all....More or less the perfect fan club really!....It's great, I love
it....Fabulous....You lot are the funniest....A welcome distraction from the
mundanities of life....Pulp People is really, really excellent!....Brill....It's pretty
crap really, a waste of money....This is definitely a very cool fan club...You
made being in the fan club a pleasure. It's great how you took the time to reply
to my babbling nonsense in such a friendly way and genuinely being very kind...
and more specifically:
I've only been in
a couple of fan clubs before & they were a very long time ago. As far as I
remember one never actually sent me anything ever and the other one sent me some
crappy stuff & a few news pages but I didn't feel I 'belonged' to it in any
way or felt any affinity to anyone else in it or to do with it. Later,
in my 20's when I found a group I was fairly 'mad' on, it never crossed my mind
to join the FC, thought I'd outgrown stuff like that!! Ha! Look at me now I'm
'oh oh oh so mature!' Maybe
alot of fan clubs are just publicity machines not really connected to the group
or even run by fans. The
whole reason PP is so good is because you make us feel a part of things. The
reason why the tour was so special, apart from PULP being fantastic to watch,
was like I said, it felt as if we were part of that too. It's not like just
going to see a concert which is what I did before I saw PULP. I suppose
getting the mag is not as exciting as it was before you took over the website,
though I still like having it in 'real' form under my nose, & there are
always plenty of things not on the site. At the same time I prefer to get the
news straightaway from the site or email so it's not really a complaint.
(Toni Sutton, member since 1998)
Hi!! Received my first mailing
from you this morning and it was FAB! Just can't believe I've spent all this
time as a fan and have only just got around to joining, lol. (Harriet, member
since 2002)
Hey, Thanks for
responding. That's one thing I'd like to compliment you on, is most
webmasters take for ever to respond or never, but every time I e-mail you, I get
a quick response. Thanks again and keep up the good work! (Sam)
I've really enjoyed the fanclub.
Thanks for everything :-) (Tim, member since 2001)
Thanks for the latest newsletter
- an entertaining and informative read. The e-mail message service you provide
is fantastic - up-to-date and informative (again); the Suede information Service
could take a leaf or two out of your exemplary book. (D Rafti, member since
2001)
The best fansite in Britain (Tim
Abrahams)
I love Pulp People and all the
cool stuff you do for it so much, that I'll be in this club until you give up on
it. (Jenny Ferrero, member since 1999)
Just wanted to say that I enjoy the updates you send - I don't know how big the
fan base is, but your emails have the feel of being a personal correspondence to
each and every one of us in the extended Pulp family. (Belen, Washington, DC)
I know, there has already some
time passed, actually I wanted to write this just as the fanclub-parcel had
arrived, but my internet connection broke down and so I had to wait such a long
time, just to say: thanks!!!! The stuff is even more than great! After
euphorically reading all the newsletters and scrapbooks, I read it all again,
and then (guess what..) I read it yet again:). It's really a good thing reading
the concert reports to get over the waiting for some new live dates to be set
near Germany (*sigh* will they ever tour us again...?) and the quotes and....but
i guess i don't need to tell ya, cause you probably know yourself how fantastic
pulppeople is, eh?;) Thanks for everything (Charlotte Horn)
It is very kind of you to reply:
I am always pleasantly surprised and enormously touched by your high
level of customer service, so to speak. (DR)
Thank you thank you thank you!!!
I received your magazine, it is the first time I am reading this, and it is
great!!..I don't know how to thank you! (Dimi, Greece)
Thanx for all your back issues of
Pulp People - you do a great job, Sheffield´s coolest editor, well not just Sheffield's
- Europe's! (Jesper Tillberg)
I just wanted to let you know
that you are doing a wonderful job at letting everyone know the latest
information about Pulp. It is nice to know that if I have a question about the
band I can send it your way and get a response on the quick side. Keep up the
good work. Sincerely, A True Pulp Fan, Jen
In
the world of over the top websites you seem to have achieved a fantastic balance
of coolness, content and usability, something that is quite rare these days.
Oh and helpful. (Steve)
It
really is hugely rewarding being a member and I hope you know how much we love
you! (Kev West)
Thankyou kindly for your most prompt response
... if only other sites had similar e-mailing policies (such as the BBC who
have failed to answer my question regarding the lack of exposure Pulp (and
Bjork) have received during their most recent albums...).Brilliant site,
thanks, Chris
With the days of Pulp People
sadly winding down, I must say how excellent you, Alex, have been to, us, the
fans. I unfortunately never actually got around to joining Pulp People, but
through your unbelievably rapid fire email replies I never felt out of the loop. With
what other group and fan club would one fan's idea for an album
sleeve actually be taken seriously and given a chance to actually be
communicated to the band? Outstanding. Your service to Pulp fans is greatly
appreciated, you deserve a great big medal. Ok, I'm done now. Thanks. David