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till I made my big mistake
oh no it’ll never happen to me
-From Out the Window

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In Today’s Issue:

No Wednesday
The Birmingham Show
Upcoming Review
RE: Eep Opp Ork Ah Ah
RE: Eep Opp Ork Ah Ah
Gordon in Rugrats Movie
He Owes You $1000
Forbidden

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No Wednesday
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In case anyone was wondering, due to circumstances beyond my control,
there was no issue Wednesday.

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The Birmingham Show
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Sunday’s show was a little wacky but fun! Here are the highlights…
Gordon did a special little Father’s Day duo – a little ditty he said
his dad used to sing to him when he was a little boy – I’d call it the
Mom & Pappy song – it was precious! and Just Like My Father (Like Pat
said -they do seem to be throwing this one in a lot lately) A special
guest joined in so the guys did something with a “harmony.” Aussie
Spencer T. Jones (I believe that’s the correct name) was in town with
Paul Kelly and he sat in and played slide on Good Feeling and Dance MF
Dance. And to my utter delight – Brian blew a few spectacular minutes on
the shakahachi during Black Girls.
yes Oh yes….. the Violent Femmes rocked Bham in the sweltering summer
heat of the tenth annual city stages…

-ddearry

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Upcoming Review
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Just so everyone knows, I write for an online magazine, called In Music
We Trust. It can be found out http://imwt.hypermart.net/ The reason
why I am telling everyone this is because I attended the Drexel Show and
I did a review of it. It should be up the first of July. Check it out.

Jen
brownj

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RE: Eep Opp Ork Ah Ah
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Just a little bit of info. The “EEP OPP ORK AH-AH” song that was in the
Jetsons was not done by the Femmes. It was sung by Ralph Sall and some
studio musicians. But the Femmes do sing the one that is one the Cd.
What I thought was funny was that Gordon said, “Love in outer space
between humans and aliens will be a salient issue facing the 21st
Century. ‘EEP OPP ORK AH-AH’ is very important and prophetic song that
transcends mere entertainment.”

Stephani Kahal

worth picking up might I add……….the rev.(horton heat) and helmet
are on the comp. as well……and i have to give sublime a tap of the
hands for their effort…even though i think they blow!!!
byebye

-kyle_souza

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Gordon in Rugrats Movie
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A while back (last Halloweeen to be specific), Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo
was at the U of A here in Tucson where I live. He was part of a panel
organized by a local radio station and Evening Star Entertainment; local
concert promoters. The panel was so students could ask questions about
how to break into the music business. After it was over, I went down to
the front and asked Mark about his current projects, which happen to be
film scores and soundtracks. He mentioned that he was doing the music
for the rugrats movie, and that he had arranged for many different
musicians to work on it with him. If I recall correctly, there is going
to be one song which has 17 different artists singing, and Gordon is
going to be one of them. I’m not really sure about that part, but I do
remember the part about 17 people.

The femmes haven’t played here in a while. Maybe I should see if I can
get those same promoters to arrange a concert. I’m sure we could lure
them back with some eegee’s…

Chris

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He Owes You $1000
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Hey guys n gals. I was talking to this guy today who was telling me
that he knew who the Femmes were before other ppl cuz he’s from
Pennsylvania. I asked him what that had to do with it and he tried to
tell me that the Femmes are from Penn. I was like “uhhh…no, they’re
from Wisconsin.” He was like “No. They’re not. They’re from
Pennsylvania” I was like “I swear to you that they are form Wisconsin.
They’re my favorite band.” He still didn’t believe me. In fact, he was
willing to bet me a grand that he was right. On top of that, he tried
to tell me that they released an album before the self titled and that
his uncle has it. I personally think he’s full of shit. He also told
me that the Femmes were on an Indi label first and not Slash. I had a
record of the self titled and it says on it in big ol letters
“S-L-A-S-H” Does anyone know anything about the possibility of the
Femmes having released a possible disc (possibly a demo) before the
self-titled? Anyway. Everything else I know he’s full of shit on
since I have solid proof of it. And when I looked at the Discography on
the home page, it had only the albums I know of… but neway..

beyz

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Forbidden
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Someone posted a message a while back and said that the song “Forbidden”
(Freak Magnet) was a William Carlos Willaims poem set to music. I have
tried to find the poem, and have had no luck whatsoever. Does anyone
know where I can find it?

Kicza

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