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oh the voices! trying to get into the head of sally tomato is probably something akin to receiving every radio frequency all at once. discounting modern definitions of schizophrenia, numerous cultures throughout history have found folk directly in tune with so many channels of consciousness to be their holiest members. nearly every sally tomato tune is sung in first person, inciting wonder as to the number of personalities residing in sally’s remarkable head.

she learned to play piano by ear as early as age two. after a few years of this, they were pretty bruised and calloused, and sally’s doctor asked her to start using her fingers instead. though her polyphonic options really opened up, it wasn't quite as fun to watch. however, this demonstrated sally’s prodigious musical tendencies at an early age. few people know that this instrumental method is really how beethoven went deaf, though he was producing some of his greatest works in the process.

rather than being drawn to music as a form of expression, sally quite adamantly claims music to be part of her intellect and personality. it’s not difficult to see that she was quite probably born with a song in her heart and a melody on her tongue. the rubber band she remembers as possibly the first instrument picked up was more than likely the umbilical cord.

later, sally picked up a branch from a weeping willow. she would crack it in the air and it made her giggle. when she got home her father, hank, beat her with it and she found out why it was called a weeping willow. the first instrument sally put on were her shoes. she used to tap dance with her cousin, hazel mae, on the coffee table listening to spike jones on the radio.

Text Box: Sally Tomato would like to remind everyone that perhaps the situation need not be taken so seriously.

the tomato family has many well known members throughout world history. the russian relatives, alexsandr, better known as cosmonaut volkov, and his wife anna,are more recent notables, while it’s still almost entirely unknown that the united states has even had one of sally’s ancestors as president. yes, abraham lincoln, heroic civil war commander-in-chief was a tomato. most historians agree this would be almost as unlikely to occur in the modern media age as a president with bad hair. all those photos history books claim to be lincoln? actually the white house gardener.

sally’s uncles, [boxcar] willie and tiny tim, are two of her relatives from the musical realms, possibly explaining a genetic proclivity for some of her unique styling. in addition, their wives, aunt ginny and aunt ruby, not only taught the young sally how to find the spot where the path of universal consciousness leaves interstate 10 past the third rest stop, but also bought her her first barbie doll.

the bloody butcher, a black sheep of the tomato family, influenced sally’s voracious appetite for ann rule’s serial killer tomes. she embraces the dark inclinatons of the mind as symbolic and expressive of how the world really is. sally proclaims, “i want people to be proud of the disturbing creative ideas the mind can come up with and to feel free to express them through art.”

the often cacophonic sounds of sweet irony drives the band known as sally tomato behind their eponymous front woman. sally’s accompaniment features carlos marcelin on guitar and eric flint on drums. the duo arose from the ashes of the late, lamented portland combo, silkenseed.

using lush, textured guitars and one of the most intricate drum kits known to mankind, marcelin and flint seem uniquely qualified to add background depth to sally’s wild fluctuations between smoky chanteuse and child’s recitation.

born yesterday a million years ago, sally tomato is the eternal child, but also possesses the wisdom of the ages. sally tomato believes there is truth in folklore and fantasy ~ she knows that everyday life stories are not always what they claim to be and therefore more interesting because people like to exaggerate. even if the stories she sings about belong to others, she has seamlessly melded them into her resplendently-faceted personality.

visually, a tomato can take on the appearance of a chubby-cheeked child. in tarot, the zero card, the fool, is also sometimes symbolized by a child. the zero card implores one to express feelings without reservation, have fun with life and begin a journey leading to no less than the realization of the universe. sally tomato is your supremely capable guide to the voyage of a lifetime.