You can be part of the HomeGround Magazine 40th Anniversary Special Edition!

[Peter FitzGerald-Morris]

In 1982, in the months leading up to the release of The Dreaming single, we first had the idea of making a Kate Bush fanzine. Over the following 30 years we put out 79 issues, full of news and information about Kate and her music and associated subjects, providing a platform for review and discussion of Kate’s work on a worldwide basis. On the way we also organised, with the official Kate Bush Club, the 1985, 1990, and 1994 fan Conventions, the 1986 Video Party, all of which Kate attended. We also organised the fan contribution to the video shoot for The Big Sky. We were asked to provide the chronology and discographies for the 1987 Kate Bush Complete music and lyric book from EMI Music Publishing, and the sleeve note for the 1997 EMI 100 remastered CD of Hounds of Love.

The last printed HomeGround magazine was published at the end of 2011 and rapidly sold out. It was followed in March 2014 by the hugely successful two-volume HomeGround Anthology, containing over 1,200 pages of material from all 79 issues.

In May 2022 it will be 40 years since the first issue of HomeGround, and we felt we should mark the occasion with a very special issue – issue 80. Our intention is to make this available as a free downloadable PDF enabling us to use full colour.

Just as no previous issue of HomeGround could have happened without contributions from Kate Bush fans around the globe this special issue cannot happen without your help.

We will be producing the familiar news and a special retrospective summary of the last ten years in the Kate Speaking world. What we need are other features, artwork, poetry, short “Letters to the Editor” and even For Sale, Wanted, and Personal Message ads, just as we always did.

Here are some ideas for articles: there’s the work Kate has done since 2012, the 2014 Before the Dawn live performances, the 2015 live album, the 2018 re-masters and The Other Sides, and the Record Shop Day specials. 40 years of The Dreaming. Last words on 50 Words for Snow and the animations. Tribute Bands and tribute gigs, cover versions and Kate songs on TV talent shows. Inspired fictional stories. Reviews and reactions to the many and various Kate related books now available. The trials and tribulations of collecting Kate material. Charts and facts. That day you met Kate. The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever, tales of fan conventions and other Kate fan meet ups. The wider KateSphere – Paddy and John Carder Bush, Beck Sian, Sarah Daly, Raven Bush …

But generally, whatever might have a connection to Kate’s music. Before now we have run material as diverse as the appropriate whisky to drink with each album, to an analysis of the Red Shoes myth. We are looking forward to your contributions. Have a go!

Our aim is to have the issue ready by 18th May 2022, the official HomeGround birthday, so four months.

Please send submissions to and otherwise contact us at

hgto...@btinternet.com

[Graham Dombkins]

What a wonderful idea. Now I have to think about a contribution!

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[Peter]

Looking forward to that.

P.

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[Karen Newcombe]

Hi Everyone,

I agreed, a lovely idea from the Homeground crew, thanks for the invite, Peter! 

LoveHounds, how are all of you? Where are you now? What are you up to?  

I’m still in South Florida, my temporary move away from California in 2004 turned much longer when it became clear my parents couldn’t take care of themselves anymore, so I stayed on with them as they aged and passed away. 

The kid is now living in NY working in architectural lighting design. She’s a real go-getter, and it was a pure delight to be here for her while she was growing up, going to college, and starting her career. 

I had breast cancer this past year, but am almost done with treatment and they cannot find any cancer now - it’s gone. Recovery from chemo and radiotherapy will take about a year, so I’ll stay on in the childhood home for a bit, sleep 10 hours a day, and figure out what I’m going to do with the next stage of my life. Yes, I’m fine, no worries.  

I hope you’re all well and living good lives that make you mostly happy.  My email is still ne...@writebank.com if anyone wants to get in touch. 

Sending much affection to each of you, Karen 

On Jan 18, 2022, at 6:45 PM, Graham Dombkins <ga...@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

What a wonderful idea. Now I have to think about a contribution!

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"Quantum Physics: The dreams stuff are made of."

On 19 Jan 2022, at 3:46 am, Peter FitzGerald-Morris <Mo...@mogggy.org> wrote:

In 1982, in the months leading up to the release of The Dreaming single, we first had the idea of making a Kate Bush fanzine. Over the following 30 years we put out 79 issues, full of news and information about Kate and her music and associated subjects, providing a platform for review and discussion of Kate’s work on a worldwide basis. On the way we also organised, with the official Kate Bush Club, the 1985, 1990, and 1994 fan Conventions, the 1986 Video Party, all of which Kate attended. We also organised the fan contribution to the video shoot for The Big Sky. We were asked to provide the chronology and discographies for the 1987 Kate Bush Complete music and lyric book from EMI Music Publishing, and the sleeve note for the 1997 EMI 100 remastered CD of Hounds of Love.

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[Peter FitzGerald-Morris]

Hello Karen,

People have been getting in touch. It's like getting the band back together!

Good to hear that the treatment has been going well.

Best wishes,

P.x

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[Don Williams]

Hi Karen and everyone,

I’m doing great. Like Karen, I had a bit of an issue with cancer. I managed to contract desmoplastic melanoma. There are about 300 cases a year in the United States, so that’s less than a one-in-a-million chance. Lucky me! Anyway, it was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. However, a team of top notch doctors and oncologists from UCLA and The City of Hope managed to turn that into cancer-free (so far) with the deployment of surgery and experimental immunotherapy.

Glad to hear you’re on the mend, Karen!

Don

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[Graham Dombkins]

On 17 Apr 2023, at 5:08 pm, Don Williams <donwi...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Karen and everyone,

I’m doing great. Like Karen, I had a bit of an issue with cancer. I managed to contract desmoplastic melanoma. There are about 300 cases a year in the United States, so that’s less than a one-in-a-million chance. Lucky me! Anyway, it was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. However, a team of top notch doctors and oncologists from UCLA and The City of Hope managed to turn that into cancer-free (so far) with the deployment of surgery and experimental immunotherapy.

Glad to hear you’re on the mend, Karen!

Don

Glad to hear you’re on the mend Don! Way too many of us are having to deal with it (love and hugs to Vickie)