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The Quote Of The Day:

If you are lucky
I’ll play in your city,
and you can come see me…
if you got money.
-From More Money Tonight
-Submitted by LilBoek (since there are so many
concerts coming up)

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

March 11- 8 p.m., Kutztown Univ., Kutztown, PA, $22 (O)
March 19- 8 p.m., Lupo’s, Providence, RI (O,T,P)
(Tickets from Lupo’s are $17.50 in advance, $20 at the door)
March 20- 8 p.m., McNeil Room, RPI Fieldhouse,
Renselaer Polytechnical Institute, Troy, NY, $15 (O,P,T)
(With Hybrasil; this is an 18+ show)
March 21- Picklebarrel, Killington, VT (P,O)
March 22- Chantilly’s, Manchester, NH (P,O)
March 24- 8 p.m., The Silo at Riveredge, Reading, $20 (T,O,P)
(This is a 21+ show)
March 26- Rodeo’s, Jackson, MS (P)
March 27- Ohio Northern Univ., Ada, OH (O,P)
March 30- Shrover Auditorium, Bozeman, MT (O)
March 31- MSU Ballroom, Missoula, MT (O)
April 2- Doubletree Ballroom, Boise, ID (O)
April 3- The Rock, Pocatello, ID (O)
April 4- 7 p.m., Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham, WA (T,O)
April 6- 8 p.m., Emu Ballroom, U of Oregon, Eugene, OR (O)
April 9- 7 p.m., Univ. of Dayton Arena, Dayton, OH (P,T)
(W/George Clinton)
April 17- Shepherd’s College, Shepherdstown, WV (P)
April 21- 8 p.m., Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, MI (T)
April 23- Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA (P)
May 1- Harvard, Cambridge, MA (O)
May 4- Le Batacian, Paris, France (P)
May 5- Forum, London, England (P)
May 6- Student’s Festival, Lisbon, Portugal (P)
May 8- Oporto Festival, Oporto, Portugal (P)
May 10- E-Werk, Cologne, Germany (P)
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ABSINTHE DATES (W/ GUY HOFFMAN):

Apr 20- Northern Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN (P)
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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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WHO/WHERE
Going to a VF concert? Want to know if anyone
else on the list also going? Check here first!

Kutztown, PA
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hudsonm (Matt)

Providence, RI
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thenewkid (Drew)
potatoe482 (Em)

Jackson, MS
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mdixon (Mike)

Ann Arbor, MI
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alexa135 (Andrea)

Cambridge, MA
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thenewkid (Drew)
potatoe482(Em)

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ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS LETTER SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO
AMUSIC
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In Today’s Issue:

Boise
RE: Absinthe
RE: Absinthe
More Money Tonight…
Femmes Related Dream…
RE: When You Wish Upon a Star
Dreams are a wish your heart makes when your high and tweaked…
RE: When You Wish Upon a Star
My Big Dream
RE: To A Query
Newbie/Bootlegs
Bogus Headline of the Day

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Boise
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Hey! I am soooo freakin psyched to hear about the Fabulous Femmes
coming back to my Boise, Idaho! I was fearing that they wouldn’t come
back for awhile cuz drunken people were throwin stuff at them…By the
way, do you happen to know when the tickets go on sale? I will be the
first in line…Last time they came, I was in the front of the stage
taking pictures..out of 36, I got about 5 that turned out good…I was
hoping they’d come back so I’d get some better ones since I am a
photographer..I am overcome with happiness!!!!
Thanks,

Marie
RealAllure
Boise, Idaho

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RE: Absinthe
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Geez! You’d think I could figure out how to use my computer by now. It
wasn’t my fault… my parents locked me in …

“After the first glass you see things as you wish they were. After the
second, you see things as they are not. Finally you see things as they
really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world.”
-Oscar Wilde, on Absinthe

How could anyone resist indulging in something Oscar Wilde described
in such an alluring way?

I just have to thank Marylee so much for her review of the Absinthe
show in PA! I had been debating about whether to drive down to
Atlanta or not but when I read her review I HAD to go. I showed it to
my husband and was pleasantly shocked he offered to go with me (in the
13 years we’ve been together he’s only agreed to go to ONE Femmes
show)! Even though I had not slept in 2 days – or maybe because of
that :O) – I was determined we were going to make it to the Monday
show at Smith’s Olde Bar. It was such a catharsis for me!! I was
incredibly tense and stressed and by the third song I was totally
involved in the music and feeling more relaxed than I have in weeks.
Sam has always had an entrancing voice (IMHO) but the music was so
different than what I had expected – deep, dark, solemn at times –
sensual at times. And the music was perfectly matched with powerful,
raw, emotional lyrics.
I also thoroughly enjoyed watching Guy wield his sticks to this musical
departure. I think part of the strength of the music was that everyone
seemed so much a part of the sound – very connected & tight. Just like
Marylee mentioned before, the lead guitar – Jim Eannelli – did seem as
if he were in a trance at several points in the show. Oh I could go on
and on but I won’t (unless you email me privately & then I’ll tell you
more) – alas I’ve come to the end of the Absinthe and I see things as
they really are – yes this is the Femmes list. On that note – Absinthe
had a “Dahmer’s Dead” in their repertoire – it’s called “A little bit
of hell.” Um… sorry Gordon but this one had the eerie feel & lyrics
the subject deserves. Very odd bit of music! Oh and I’m sure they
would all roll their eyes at the mere suggestion of this, but even my
husband pointed out that the bass player was a young Ritchie
look-a-like. There. Guy, Brian, Gordon – now I’ve properly made this
note Femmes related!
Seriously folks – next time you’re in the mood to be “in a mood” you
should pick up the CD.

“The green fairie who lives in the absinthe wants your soul …”

ddearry

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RE: Absinthe
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I saw Absinthe at the Cat’s Cradle in Chapel Hill, NC. I managed to
pick up the CD Good Day to Die, as well.

Absinthe is a MUST EXPERIENCE in my opinion. Sammy Llamas is a very
talented writer and player. This music is really heart felt. The
group works very well together. Everyone does a super good job. GO
SEE IT!!! if they are coming around your way . . . and buy a CD their
doing it all independent.

Jesse
jesse

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More Money Tonight…
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I just bought my ticket to the Violent Femmes in Eugene…this year is
by far the best for the Femmes playing at locales that are within
driving distance. And yes, I will be wearing my Mercy Seat t-shirt once
again. As far as the dreams of the femmes… it would be a dream to
be their agent/manager that way albums could get released more
frequently.. and their material would not be influenced too much my
management types… However, I did have a dream after my last post
(the Seattle review)… I found a person with two more autographed
drumsticks but they were autographed by Gordon and Brian. I know it
doesn’t make much sense to autograph drumsticks but I wanted the
complete set and the whole dream was spent trying to get these sticks
by any means possible… it was a fun dream.

LilBoek

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Femmes related Dream…
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I think I got as close to g as I’m ever going to last year (and it was
FUN) soooo….
My Femmes related dream would be at the end of the show when Brian
usually says, “You have been a very fine audience…”
He would also say, “So fine in fact, we are now going to take a few
requests. What would you guys (in my dreams he’d say y’all ) like to
hear?”
Either that or …
“So fine in fact I’m now going to play the Shakuhachi for two hours…”
Well Pat said dreams …

Deana
ddearry

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RE: When You Wish Upon a Star
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alright, this sounds like a really bad teen-american cliche, but if i
could pick something, i would hang out with them with a few of my
friends at a diner till really late with no press or cameras. i think
that would be fun.

~shannon
Fraggle3

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Dreams are a wish your heart makes when your high and tweaked…
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My ultimate VF dream would be to take them shopping and teach them how
to color coordinate. (Well Guy can pretty much dress himself and not
look like an idiot.) Oh yeah and to burn every pair of ugly pants
Brian has. So if you see Brian walking around without any pants on
you know what happened.

Kittricken
Kittricken

This has been my dream for SUCH a long time! When I was fourteen, I
would sit there singing along with “Good Feeling” imagining that Gordon
would pick me out of the crowd at a concert and invite me to join him
in a duet. I could die happy after that… okay, maybe I could die
happy after that AND singing with Tori Amos, but hey, I’ll take what I
can get!

<< Plus, if I could travel for a full year, that would mean that I had
enough money to live the lifestyle to which I would like to become
accustomed. >>

I think there should be a stipulation in g that this doesn’t
automatically mean you’re rich; it just means that you won some radio
contest or something and you might live in spartan conditions as you
tour the world with Our Femmes. Even in this case, G runs a close
second to A!

Claire
Lottelita

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My Big Dream
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a dream I would like to see fufilled…hmmm…
well, I’ve always wanted to meet the band, and ever since I started
going to their shows, I started writing requests to meet the boys.
I’ve been to a whole mess of their shows, but have yet to meet them. I
tried everything! My most recent attempt occured at the beginning of
February, as I’m going to the rhode island, mass, and possibly N.Y and
PA shows, and wanted to give them plenty of time to respond. As I know
the band is busy, I e-mailed and snail-mailed(<–my personal fave…)
the femmes, their record company, their manager, etc…I’ve tried
EVERYTHING!! Even trying to sneak backstage….but alak..to no avail.
Any advice would be appreciated!

your distraught friend 🙁

em
potatoe482

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RE: To A Query
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>Does anybody else compose their posts to amusic while naked?

Guilty.

Erik”36″ Foisy
thehappycyclops

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Newbie/Bootlegs
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I have a lot of bootlegs in my collection- but not any of the Violent
Femmes. I LOVE them but i can’t find any bootlegs of them so I was
wondering if anyone out there is willing to help me iwht some 2:1’s or
1:1’s or something from my list which is here-

http://members.xoom.com/Subaddict/

it is mostly Bob Dylan but there ARE others

thanks a lot

-Mike
SUBADDICT

ps- i am going to call etown college AGAIN (for like the 3rd time)
tonight (mabye the radio station this time…) and try to find out any
info on the concert

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Bogus Headline of the Day
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The following story is FALSE.

BATTLE RAGES ON: VICTOR RESPONDS

(AP)-In response to Dennis Rodman’s recent shocking announcement of
his desire to join the popular rock group the Violent Femmes, Victor
DeLorenzo, former drummer for the band, called his own news conference
Sunday. “Dennis is only dreaming. In fact, it is I who will become
the fourth member of the band.” Mr DeLorenzo also stated,”There simply
is no such thing as too many drummers…Every band should have at least
two. I think there should be bands with nothing BUT drummers!” He
further stated “Besides, this move would rejuvinate and then settle for
all time the Great Victor VS Guy debate.”
In related news, Violent Femmes management reportedly have retreated to
the planet Saturn in order to avoid the press.

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