AMERICAN MUSIC: THE VIOLENT FEMMES MAILING LIST
currently run by Pat. Wary
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TOUR DATES: (NEW DATES MARKED WITH A **)
Mar. 6- Nightclub 9:30, Washington, DC, $20 (O,P)
Apr. 2- Brandeis Universtiy, Waltham, MA (O) TENTATIVE
Apr. 4- Mt. Union College, Alliance, OH (P,O)
Apr. 5- 7.30 p.m. Elco Theatre, Elkhart, IN (T,O)
Apr. 6- 9 p.m. World Mardi Gras, Indianapolis, IN (T,O) 21+ SHOW
Apr. 7- Knight’s Hall, Bellarmine College, Louisville, KY, ~$17.50 (P,O)
Apr. 18- Winona State University, Winona, MN (P,O)
Apr. 19- Fargo Civic Auditorium, Fargo, ND (O) TENTATIVE
Apr. 21- Madison Theatre, Peoria, IL (O) TENTATIVE
Apr. 22- To Be Determined, Cincinnati, OH (O) TENTATIVE
Apr. 23- To Be Determined, Asheville, NC (O) TENTATIVE
Apr. 24- Center CityFest ’98, Charlotte, NC (O) TENTATIVE
May 3- 99X Stage@Music Midtown, Atlanta, GA (O) TENTATIVE
May 15- Chocolate Fest, Burlington, WI
Official Homepage lists this show as TENTATIVE
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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The Quote Of The Day:
No, I gotta go.
-From Out the Window.
-Submitted by
PLEASE send your VF quotes to
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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!
Washington, DC
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Alliance, OH
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Indianapolis, IN
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Louisville, KY
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Winona, MN
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Peoria, IL (Tentative)
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Asheville, NC (Tentative)
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Charlotte, NC (Tentative)
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Atlanta, GA (Tentative)
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Burlington, WI (Tentative)
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ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO
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WEB PAGES:
Official: http://www.vfemmes.com
Unofficial:http://vf.scopemag.com
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palladium/6918
Past Tour
Dates: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/1725/femmes.html
Guitar: http://www.bucknell.edu/~wtorres/violent_femmes
http://www.olga.net
Une banane:Send in your top five faves each week to:
HERE I AM: Tell me where you live for the Here I Am list.
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In Today’s Issue:
It’s Party Time!
Bellarmine Info
Alliance Info
DC Tonight
Vive la Voilet
Eugene Chadbourne Reviews Needed
RE: Freak Magnet
RE: Freak Magnet
Covers..The LAST WORD on Puffy
RE: Beky
Reel Big Fish
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It’s Party Time!
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MAY I HAVE A DRUM ROLL PLEASE? Kyle, do a TADA on your kazoo. Beky,
clash some cymbals or bang a gong. Yes, folks, BACK by POPULAR DEMAND,
the guy we’ve all loved and missed, the man of the hour… Ladies and
gentlemen, let’s have a round of applause and a BIG WELCOME BACK for….
WES TORRES!!!!!! yaaaayyyyyyyy (psst: ok now we can’t talk about him
behind his back anymore. So Kyle, I’m not going to print the letter you
posted me) Right Wes, you know the rules: don’t ask me if the VF will be
playing in your town, look in the official and unofficial pages (see
new addy), refrain from deeply personal questions about band members’
lives, NO FLAMING. Now get out there and BE FUNNY.
And if you unsub again, I’ll kick your ass. I know where you live.
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Bellarmine Info
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I talked to Joyce at student affairs for Bellarmine again today. The
contracts have still not been signed so as far as the school is
concerned it is NOT official. She’s hoping they can wrap it up this
weekend so I’m going to try her back on Monday. I’ve got her 800 number
now so I don’t mind calling! I’ll keep you posted!
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Alliance Info
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Joy–Here’s the info.
Pat–thought you might want to post this
both of you–sorry you aren’t getting separate personalized letters, I
really need to get some sleep!
I called Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio about tix for the April
4th show there. You can charge tix by phone starting March 23rd (the
date they go on sale for non-students). Their # is 1-800-992-6682, and
then you ask to be connected with the information desk (which doesn’t
open until 10 am). Hope this helps; hope they aren’t sold out!
love to all
**amber
-Pat. Says: I heard from the president of the SAC, and here’s what she
had to say:
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DC Tonight
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Yes, I will be at DC tonight. Look for a rose skirt with black lace
over, and say hi to the person wearing it.
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Vive la Voilet
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Went to Fredericksburg! No wait I can’t stop there! Went to Fred. with
AM listers Amber B, Jessica O & Lincoln, Jesse L & Addy, and, my
friends, words cannot describe…
I thought we were in big trouble when we all looked at our tickets and
they read VOILET (like toilet) Femmes. But Jesse keenly gave it a
French twist and it became our mantra for the evening – pronounce it
Vwa-Lay! So the six of us (along with at *most* another 6-700) proceeded
to be “seduced, indulged, and redeemed” (I love it but I didn’t make
that up) by the enigma known as VF. I just had a feeling it was going
to be something special! So many wierd things happened – Amber and I had
been threatening to go to a show together for months and Jesse and I had
missed each other in Knoxville TN last year. Pat hooked me up with Jess
who had an extra ticket and only *after* Amber fedexed a check to the
Blue Dog did she realize I had gotten the mileage mixed up with the
Lexington date and we realized it was going to be about a 1000 miles
round trip. And on top of that – when I left Knoxville it was snowing
and by the time I got to Bristol Va to pick up Amber it was sticking!
BUT ooooooooohhhh was it worth it!
Eugene Chadborne treated us to, not just the electric rake this time,
but also, the electric toaster, guitar, and banjo played with assorted
dental instruments and whatnot! He opened with Bach and closed with Nazi
Punks – even managed to slip a little Sadam number in called Oil and
Hate – there’s always someone reminding you you’re 2 quarts low! The man
is an unfuckingbelievable genius!
VF took the stage for just a little over 2 hours – played 27 songs – and
just generally RaWkeD us from beginning to end! Those of you who don’t
like set lists – fuck off – I do! Didg,Flamngo,Nonny,Prv My Luv,Nothin,C
U Agin,Bits,Am Mus,36 24,Brkn Hrts,Dahmer,Out th Wind,Wait 4 th Bus,Good
Feel,Danc MF Danc, Bad,Held Her,Grl Trbl,Mthr Reag,Gimme the Cr, Rejoice
– at which point Mr. Gano (who has let his hair grow long again – I love
winter!)said “That one was from Matthew – this one isn’t.” I didn’t
catch the first few lines but the chorus was I’m a I’m a I’m a … FREAK
MAGNET! Yes I do believe they treated us to the title track! At this
point things start to blend together as more people began to appear on
stage – Dr. Chadbourne, Dominic, a guest on tenor sax and (sniff) Dale’s
repl. on trombone. I don’t remember who was on for what but the rest of
the set was Confessions,Black Grls (ended fantabulously by Mr. Hoffman),
Gon Dady Gon – Ring of Fire *almost* (they started but only played a few
lines) then , of course, ADD IT UP during which BR played the conch,
bass, mini sax (oops wait I may be confusing some of this with Black
Grls) mmm now I can’t remember which song but BR also played a wooden
flute (which I assumed was the Japanese flute he’s performed in NY). By
the end of Add Chadbourne and BR were sharing a mike AND the electric
rake – Dilemma was belting out the four piece blast – Gano’s fingers
were flying, Guy was on his tip toes pounding on the skins and as I said
before … words cannot describe…
Since one of our group, Jess, had waited 6 years (Guy pointed that out
to us =) to attend her 1st concert because she wanted it to be her
favorite band – we all waited outside by the bus. I think now, more
because we didn’t want it to be over than we were expecting anything to
happen! Guy came out and talked to us for a long time, and we watched
Willie do some fancy bus (er, coach – sorry Willie) drivin’. Amber
(lucky dog!!) was the recipient of a very special gift from Guy – an all
access pass – and proceeded to make herself very useful directing ,uh,
VF traffic! BTW – we decided on the way home that the next person who
disses Guy on the list we’re comin’ to kick your butt! Just kidding
(mostly)! Guy also told us that Bad is not a Gano. He said that it was
originally written for Johnny Cash but he never used it. Hmm
interesting! And , please let’s let the Puff Daddy string lie in peace
now, but everyone will be pleased that we did at least plead the case
with Guy. I think we’re safe!
So as the bus pulled away,
Each went a separate way
The six of us – strangers before
VF friends forevermore!
Viva la Voilet!
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Eugene Chadbourne Reviews Needed
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Please give me a review of the Eugene Chadbourne show. I am putting out
his next record. And would like to hear what you all think of him. Brian
plays on this record as well. I will put an Mp3 file from the new CD on
my site if you want to check it out.
Looking forward to your thoughts.
Dale Kaminski
Charm School Records
PO box 93273
Milwaukee, WI. 53203
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RE: Freak Magnet
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Question. With ROCK not having been officially released in the U.S.,
will Freak Magnet have overlapping songs with ROCK or will it be all
new cuts?
-Pat. Says: GREAT question. Anyone know?
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RE: Freak Magnet
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that’s it!!! as soon as I get a band, it’s gonna be called Freak
Magnet!!! Thank you Femmes!!!
Nick
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Covers..The LAST WORD on Puffy
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Everybody has probably known this for awhile, but I haven’t seen it
mentioned. I guess UB40 did a cover of “Do you really want to hurt
me?” cause I hear it about 20 times a day while I am working at
Applebee’s. I really didn’t notice at first because I tend to tune
out the music we play all day, but one day it just hit me. Anyway, I
just want to say…… WU-TANG SPEAKS FOR THE CHILDREN!!!
WU-TANG SPEAKS FOR THE CHILDREN! YEAHH!!!
Oh yeah, you guys are forgetting something when it comes to good ol’
P****. Sure he makes his living off of remaking everybody’s music,
but you are forgetting that everyone whose music he skanks is
allowing him to do it. If they don’t mind him remaking their shit,
then why the hell should we? It’s not like the music belongs to us.
If one does not appreciate p**** do what I do…turn off the TV, and
don’t buy his albums!! So simple. It amuses me how someone here
called somebody else closed-minded for liking p****. To me, that
seems pretty damn closed-minded in itself. If one is so quick to
judge someone as a person because of their musical tastes, then
that’s pretty shallow too!! (due to the fact that I am always so
far behind on these news letters, this will probably get censored out
anyway, so fuck it)
Now that I got that off my
chest I feel much better. Nothin’ but love. Aaron
~there’s a mean bone in my body…~
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-Pat. Says: OK I cut Aaron some slack because he’s catching up, and
because I’m in a good mood. But no more.
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RE: Beky
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good to hear from beky again.
her paranoia is kinda cute, huh?
about the juliana hatfield song: my sister and i love it!
so cool–for any of you out there with sisters, you know how it goes!
byeeeeeeeeeeee!
*em-illll-e
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Reel Big Fish
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It sucked i was at the Reel Big Fish show on Wendesday night. Reel Big
fish opened up playing a mock song of the Violent Femmes they were
making fun of the Femmes. Screw Reel Big Fish
Jordan
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