02-27-98 -

AMERICAN MUSIC: THE VIOLENT FEMMES MAILING LIST
currently run by Pat. Wary

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TOUR DATES: (NEW DATES MARKED WITH A **)

Feb. 27- First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN (T,O,P)
THIS IS A 21 AND OVER SHOW ONLY
Feb. 28- 8 p.m. DECC, Duluth, MN (O,P,T)
Mar. 1- Wayne State College, Wayne, NE (O)
Mar. 3- 8 p.m. The Great Hall, Woodard Campus Center,
Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, VA, $8, $16 (P)
Mar. 4- Bohagers, Baltimore, MD, $20 (O,P)
Mar. 5- 9 p.m. Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA (O,P)
Mar. 6- Nightclub 9:30, Washington, DC, $20 (O,P)
Mar. 27 or 28- N. Michigan U., Marquette, MI (O) TENTATIVE
Apr. 4- Mt. Union College, Alliance, OH (P)

**Apr. 5- 7.30 p.m. Elco Theatre, Elkhart, IN (T)**

Apr. 6- 9 p.m. World Mardi Gras, Indianapolis, IN (T) 21+ SHOW
(or is it the 26th? See post below)
Apr. 7- Knight’s Hall, Bellarmine College, Louisville, KY, ~$17.50 (P)
Apr. 18- Winona State University, Winona, MN (P)

NOTA BENE: ‘O’ stands for the Official homepage
‘P’ stands for Pollstar
‘T’ stands for Ticketmaster
‘I’ stands for Insider Info
All other references are subscribers

To book a show, contact Monterey Peninsula Artists.
Serious inquiries only.

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What’s your reality?
It’s not real to me.
What’s your anomaly?
It is my destiny.
-From I’m Nothing
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WHO/WHERE
Going to a VF concert? Want to know if anyone
else on the list also going? Check here first!

Fredericksburg, VA
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Baltimore, MD
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Washington, DC
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Louisville, KY
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http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palladium/6918
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Une banane
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this list. Once it’s up and running, you can then
write in to find out who lives near you, or who lives
in a town you’ll be visiting.

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In Today’s Issue:

Tab Digest?
Alliance Info Needed
Marquette Info Needed
Chicago?
W & L Info Needed
RE: Stop the Evil
RE: Stop the Evil
RE: Stop the Evil
RE: Stop the Evil
RE: Web Page Woes…New Album
Victor News
Who’s Screaming?

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Tab Digest?
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Does anyone know what’s up with the Tab Digest? I’ve gotten three msgs
kicked back to me as undeliverable from S1155743, so I’m taking that
subscriber off the list and deleting the Tab Digest link until I hear
something.

Also, Check out Eric’s page (listed in the Unofficial Links). There’s
some pix, autographed tix, and for NICK– There’s a 1989 TOUR SCHEDULE.
Nick and I are compiling as many tourdates as we can find, and this
is a goldmine for us. Thanks, Eric, for letting me know about this page.
-Pat.

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Alliance Info Needed
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There’s an Ohio show? woohoooo!!!!!!! anyone know how far Alliance is
from Columbus? also, there isnt anything stupid like an age limit that
i should know about, is there?

Juliana

-Pat. Says: Alliance is about 15 miles NE of Canton. I’ve emailed
someone on the Student Activities Board for info, but have
not yet received a response. Mount Union College does have
a web page, so maybe you could check it out for phone
numbers. USUALLY college shows do not have age limits.

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Marquette Info Needed
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Does ANYBODY know when the Marquette show will go from being “TENTATIVE”
to being a little more concrete? I don’t know how to go about getting
tickets until I know what’s going on with the show.

Andrea

-Pat. Says: I’ve tried to get info by emailing the school, but there’s
been no response. If anyone lives nearby, would you please
call them? I don’t have the number right now, but they do
have a web page, and you should be able to find something
there.

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Chicago?
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is there going to be a chicago show?

-Pat. Says: I’ve looked, but don’t see one yet. If anyone has heard
anything, please write me.

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W & L Info Needed
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Do you have any info on getting tickets for the lexington VA show at
Washington and Lee?
Thanks!

Pat. Says: Anyone wanting info on this show should call (540)462-4061
or -4062.

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RE: Stop the Evil
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Puff Daddy working with real musicians is giving music a bad name. I
agree that he must be stopped. Not just because he has the chance of
working with the Violent Femmes and ruining thier reputation, but
because he might work with any other reputable band and ruining the
stereotype of music they represent. He’s ruined the classic music label
by working with Jimmy Page and the grunge label by working with Dave
Grohl. Next thing ya know, Puff Daddy is going to be doing covers of
Bach and Puccini or the Femmes and Sex Pistols.
WE MUST STOP THE MADDNESS!!! This is not the right way to go! DON’T
LET RAP TAKE OVER!

Another Femmes fan against (c)rap,
Emilia

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RE: Stop the Evil
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Wah wah wah. Stop cryin. If it was such a bad idea, would the Violent
Femmes go for it?? Would they let him produce the song? If you do like
the femmes, then respect their choice to do something new and something
they want to do. If you don’t like the idea, dont buy it, and if it
happens to be on the radio, then turn it off. You do have the choice.
Shawn “Puffy” Combs is trying to have a little fun, and I think it is
a good idea that maybe we are bridging the gap between rap and rock.

Thankyou.

Brian “All about the Benjamins” Stewart

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RE: Stop the Evil
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Hey galz n guyz. I just read the bit on Puff Daddy remaking those
songs. First, the remaker has to have permission from the band to remake
a song, right? That would mean that Dave Grohl (who I love to death)
gave Fluff Daddy permission (and even helped him along evilly enough).
Hopefully the Femmes love us (their fans) and respect us enough not to
let some really really lame umm “rapper”(can you call him that?)–who
APPARENTLY can NOT write his own songs–remake some of their already
splendid material. It was bad enough when someone (was it Fluff Doody?)
remade the Police song. I’m not sure if they feel any decent form of
music (anything other than rap and country) must be turned into crappy
rap or what but I wish it’d stop. Sigh. If the Femmes were to let him
remake their stuff, I’m afraid they’d lose a lot of respect from me as
artists. And to pacify all you rap or country music fans: I’m not
aiming this towards a diss on you. I’ve actually heard rap that I
thought was really decent (I like Bone Thugs n Harmony)..so, don’t get
your panties in a bunch emailing me about how great rap is cuz I won’t
listen and it’ll just make me mad and do mean things. Anyway. Maybe
it’s just because the entire world (including the President and our
music producers) has lost their minds..oh well.

okay i am not much of a Puffy fan at all, but I think the collabortion
stuff is really cool. I love the Foo Fighters but hated the original
version of “the bejamins” and now that dave grohl is in it, the song is
actually somewhat cool. Its a good form of experimenting with other
forms of music for bands we love… Try thinking of it less as a
hinderance to bands we love, but cool bands helping out boring ol’
puff daddy…

not that i expect puffy to want to collarborate with the femmes any
time soon, but hey, ya never know….

james

“i like pork”

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RE: Web Page Woes…New Album
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In response to the Home Page not be updated or acurate, I have to
agree. Especially when it comes to Florida dates. How long in the
‘What’s Happening’ section do we have to read that the VF will be
playing in the Superbowl festivities? I think they should have
volunteers help out.

In an unrelated topic, the new album is rumored to be released 3.17.98.
The group eluded to in the past of record copmpany squabbles that delay
producing and releasing. Why doesn’t the group just make their own
label, so they can avoid this. I believe the group Soul Asylum figured
this out. Since the VF (or the reacord labels) do very limited
promoting, I’m sure they could afford to make, produce, and distribute
their own music.

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Victor News
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I talked to Victor de Lorenzo the other day online and his third album
is being mastered right now in the studio. He said that the album will,
hopefully, be out sometime around June (Isn’t that when the new Femmes
album comes out?!?) and has the tenative title of “ARM”. He also
mentioned that he may have a band name of “Atomic Robot Man” (hence the
title ARM). He hasn’t quite decided yet. I’ll let people know when he
makes a decision.

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Who’s Screaming?
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Hello,
First time writer here. I just have a question. Probably a simple one
too but oh well. On “Balkan Falcon” is it Gordon or Guy who’s screaming
“fuck all the women, kill all the children”? I’m thinking it’s Guy but
I can’t be sure. Just being a Curious George, so anyone who knows the
answer, thank you!

Bianca

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